AutoWeek Netherlands has published what it says are the first real spy shots of the 2007 Ford Mondeo. Most notably is the swooping roofline that stretches the rear of the car. The new Mondeo is believed to borrow from Ford’s Iosis concept, show last year. The car also appears to have broad Aston Martin or Volvo-like shoulders. The Mondeo will most likely receive a front Fascia similar to that of the Iosis. Its roof does not appear as low as that of the Iosis. Recently, we cited an AutoExpress test drive of the Iosis that suggested the Mondeo would be a direct derivative of the concept. We’re not entirely convinced that this is the case, but there will certainly be some similarities. See some shots after the jump…
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03/02, 10:24 PM
posted by:
manny
huh… it looks like its wearing a winter jacket… and if they do make a production car that looks as sweet as iosis, they better sell it in the US… ford needs all the cool cars they can get…
03/02, 10:40 PM
posted by:
Jeff
It’s made out of Gore-tex. It keeps the Mondeo nice and snuggly warm.
03/03, 4:09 AM
posted by:
DaveO
No chance of this in the US. There is no slot between the Five Hundred and Fusion so it would only serve to pull sales from them. Plus the production logistics costs and cost to adapt to US standards just can not support a profitable business case. Same reason why the last Mondeo wasn’t sold there.
03/03, 4:55 AM
posted by:
DaEMoN
Doesn’t look to bad.
But, you know, I met girls who looked hot in a fancy outfit and then nothing special when naked.
Not that that’s a fancy suit. Or a girl, that is.
I.. am afraid I need some coffee to kickstart my brain today.
03/03, 6:11 AM
posted by:
Andrew
Wasn’t the last Mondeo sold in the US as the Contour?
03/03, 7:46 AM
posted by:
Nick
Did Ford invent a new airbag system? It looks like it’d be really hard to get door dings!
03/03, 11:35 AM
posted by:
Phil
I don’t buy the whole logistics costs thing as a reason why the Mondeo couldn’t have been here in the U.S. before. They have the Mondeo not only in Europe, but in Asia as well, so there was no reason they couldn’t have brought it here.
03/05, 4:06 AM
posted by:
Daveo
No, the last Mondeo sold in the states was the previous generation. The Mondeo currently sold in Europe is more Focus like in looks. Go to http://www.ford.co.uk and have a look.
It’s true about the logistics. Think about it, they can”t just POOF start building the car in the states. There are parts to be made and factories to tool for a platform that isn”t (I don”t think) produced for any of the models in the US. Not to mention what would be required to adapt things like the lighting, emissions, and safety features to meet the tough USA standards. And at best it would be a medium volume seller which means importing it would scale back the profits and take away sales from higher margin models like the Fusion and Five Hundred. Or when the car came out…it would have been between the new (at the time) Taurus and new (larger than Escort) Focus at a time when sedans weren”t selling.
I agree that it is a shame that the US can”t benefit from what is a better car than the Taurus ever was.
03/05, 2:33 PM
posted by:
ford mondeo
ich hoffe das der mondeo genauso aussiehen wird wie auf den bildern.
06/25, 1:01 PM
posted by:
juan
i wonder why doesnt ford get the mondeo to the US…. we have it all over latin america… and it’s a really really nice car.. great looking, great interior quality, and don;t even start with the handling… it would be a good rival to the accord and camry.
07/19, 8:21 AM
posted by:
getreal
could the americans live with anything under 2 litre – they seem to thing anything that doenst have a 2.5 twin turbo nutter gas guzzeling world burning engine cant cut the mustard
lets see
mondeo 2 L diesle is cheaper to run ( comoparing apying uk cost of petrol
than paying the equivilant in us dollers $3 dollers ( and you are moning FF sake) for one of those huge SUV they all seem to drive in florida etc
one comment form a cabby in san fransico why there areso many big cars state sized whas of the hills and passanges – WTF – and we dont have hills in the uk or passangers.
stop buying cars with such large engines and ford might think hey we can sell mass volume small engine ( american perception ) cars
ok they had euro sized in tampa