All wheel drive option. I wonder what the transmission layout will be? Not the same as the X type, I presume - that had a few inherent problems.

A few years ago, if anyone had asked you which engine you had in your new Mondeo and you had said, "1.5", they wouldn't have believed it.

Saying that, my Grandad had a Mk3 Cortina 1.3. You could get in the engine bay with the engine still there.

I don't know what Ford are playing at with this. The Aston Mondeo was meant to be launched last year.

I wonder if they're trying to flog off the older ones first?

Nothing Aston about it. Apparently developing and fine honing for Europe.