Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way

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Mon 9 Jan 2012 09:11
Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way - Trilogy

Apparently its' the new Mondeo that looks like an Aston Martin. Maybe they're trying to positon it more upmarket.

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/detroit-motor-show-2012/detroit-motor-show-ford-mondeo/260771/pictures/detroit-motor-show-ford-mondeo.aspx?im=481667

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Mon 9 Jan 2012 09:26
Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way - ChannelZ

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"Sources say the new car, which has been engineered primarily in America, is based on an all-new, “10 per cent stronger” platform that replaces the one under today’s Mondeo and the Mazda 6-sourced platform"

Well, that's ruined the Mondeo then. It'll be a wobbly, numb piece of yank junk.

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Mon 9 Jan 2012 09:49
Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way - gordonbennet

Apart from the front end a remarkably good copy of the Kia Optima.

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Tue 10 Jan 2012 12:21
Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way - bananastand

and thanks to the lobbyists and crooks in the EU it will have a million more "essential" components that will go wrong and render the car worthless in seven years.

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Tue 10 Jan 2012 15:15
Ford Mondeo - New Aston Martin on the way - jamie745

Maybe Ford have listened to my criticism of the Mondeo on this forum! I said that they made it too big for private buyers, too expensive for fleet buyers and accidentally positioned it in the firing line of the 5-series where it cant compete. Maybe they're now going to try and do exactly that.

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