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Ask any Russian, which car is closest to the ideal, and the first will probably be called an SUV, and the second sedan. Well, one candidate is at least logical SUVs love for spaciousness, power, comfort and indifference to our roads, although they are redundant in some ways. The sedan has no objective advantages except a respectable image. If we take into account the capacity, efficiency, cost and the fact that 95% of the run is still on the road, then a well-equipped station wagon with a diesel engine and an ideal car for all occasions should be recognized as an ideal car and automatic transmission. Need arguments? Here they are...
Directed size. A year ago, representing the third-generation Mondeo, Ford people were constantly focusing on the public on the size of the new items, clarifying that this is not an attempt to pull out Mondeo into a business class, but a response to the wishes of customers. Be that as it may, we are only into the hands that Mondeo in the back of the station wagon turned out to be such an accelerate first of all, he won from this outwardly. Look at him and you see a beautiful, swift car, and not some kind of shed.
The third generation of Mondeo is densely expanded by electronics and higher technologies. All modifications, except for the initial one, are regularly equipped with ESP electronic pacifier. An even more advanced IVDC interactive system is available for the surcharge, as well as the function of continuous adjustment of the stiffness of CCD shock absorbers with three suspension operating modes (sports, comfort, automatic). Even the fuel tank in Mondeo evolved the neck remained, and the traffic jam died out as unnecessary.
  Mikhail Gzovsky, magazine driving
In your tests, you compared Mondeo with several cars of business class. Does the Ford novelty lose strongly?
Well, Mondeo is very little behind. When we mated with direct competitors, he generally among classmates turned out to be the winner of the totality of advantages. And in the test of cars of a higher class, Mondeo lost, but very little. He even won Nissan Teana.
What exactly?
In controllability. Mondeo is a car for both the driver and his family, and Teana is a car for the rear seat passenger.
What did not like in Mondeo?
Mostly finishing. The performance of Titanium looks at least extravagant, but the configuration with the decoration for wood looks philistine.
Do you find the choice of boxes and engines strange?
Yes, the number of combinations with an automatic machine is small, but Ford offers two optimal combinations: automatic transmission for gasoline 2.3 and diesel 2.0 TDCI. The weakest motor with a machine gun is unlikely to interest anyone, especially in Russia.
In a range of six engines with a capacity of 125 to 220 hp. In pairs with automatic transmission, only gasoline middle peasants are offered 2.3 (161 hp) and a two -liter turbodiesel (140 hp). It's a pity. We really wanted to try the 175-horsepower 2.2 TDCI diesel, but the car with a pen, no matter how good it is, is not drawn to the ideal with a clutch in the capital's beam for three to four hours a day. So for the test, 2.0 TDCI was selected with a six-speed Durashift Auto and performed by Titanium X: with a FordPower engine start-up system, with a salon made of leather and alcantar, with a luxurious color LCD system of the HMI system on the dashboard and a very convenient sliding. platform (option) in the luggage compartment.
The price of Mondeo station wagons starts from a mark of 729 thousand rubles (140-horsepower diesel, handle, the simplest performance of Ambiente). For the most powerful gasoline or diesel option, at least a million rubles are asked. But such Mondeo is still far from ideal. We open the configurator, mark the adaptive cruise, automation for wipers and headlights, the CCD system, xenon, air pollution sensor, full -fledged electric drives, parking heater, folded mirrors, hatch and other attributes of a carefree drive. The cost of such a mondeo will increase somewhere by 250-300 thousand rubles, but the price still remains divine and this is proved by his opponent.
FAMILY TRADITIONS. The Swedish Volvo tried to make the perfect car for all occasions half a century ago, although in those days, probably, she did not even suspect this. The Volvo Duett released in 1953 was represented simply as the first family station wagon.
Modern V70 appeared at about the same time as the third generation of Mondeo in the first half of 2007. Given the corporate kinship of Volvo C Ford, we can assume the presence of cars of one unified base, but this is not so. Mondeo shares the general platform with the S-Max minivan, and the V70 is built on the chassis of the flagship sedan S80.

Andrey Timofeev, Top Gear magazine
Wolvo universal lover should choose the V70?
I would advise with a new diesel. The gasoline six somehow does not reach the energetic, enthusiasm, or something. And here everything is with her: dynamics, and traction, and power, savings and ... ecology, you know.
Previously, Volvo was reproached for Brick design. They left the brick, but now all the cars are on one face. Crisis again?
I would not call it a crisis. The Swedes seek to preserve stylistic continuity, I only welcome. Worse, when the decor is introduced, which is very given to Kich, as in the case of the new Cross Country.
By the way, the XC70 will not repay buyers from the V70?
More likely no than yes. Plain, comfort, safety at the same level. But the front -wheel drive V70 car for asphalt, and the XC70 is made for those who like to move off it. Buyers are different. And the price.
Service. Everything, as before: sat down, went and forgot until the next then?
Exactly. If without force majeure and fanaticism on our roads. Constructive unexpenters are not uncommon in cars built from scratch. And this platform is already well debugged, there should be no childhood diseases.
For a test drive, we chose a version of the V70 D5 with the latest aluminum five-cylinder turbodiesel, which in its class 2.4 is characterized by low weight, acceptance, efficiency and burden (torque reaches 400 nm on the shaft). In addition to power, the Swedes tried to endow the anniversary tenth generation of the station wagons. Improved algorithms for the operation of the six -speed GEARTRONIC machine. The station wagon can be equipped with adaptive cruise control (monitors the speed and distance to the in front of the driven car), the BLIS system for monitoring the blind zones and a radar of dangerous rapprochement, which casts a bright scarlet signal to the windshield (in the daytime in dense traffic, it can irritate, but in Dark time of the day is extremely useful). The Wolly Four-C system has also wiser, the running part of the Four-C constantly monitors the condition of the road and sets the rigidity of shock absorbers according to a comfortable, sports or advanced program, and the active suspension also takes into account the signals received from the steering wheel, engine, brakes and the DSTC electronic stabilizer.
The V70 design does not look as dynamic as mondeo. The Swedish designers did not come up with anything new and continue to exploit ideas for a decade ago. But be sure with aerodynamics here is complete order. It is enough to compare fuel consumption. A more powerful Swedish car consumes an equal amount of diesel fuel per hundred with a competitor.
The basic V70 will cost the buyer more expensive than the Mondeo station wagon in any highest configuration (without additional options). For the D5 version, for example, you need to pay 1.27 million rubles, and optional equipment can raise the price of the car up to 1.6 million. But, firstly, it will be a more powerful station wagon. Secondly, it is very soundly made and clearly marks in the premium class. Thirdly, it surpasses Ford in equipment, as well as, presumably, in terms of security.
TAKE-OFF LANDING. In terms of visibility and efficiency of the climate control system, the rivals were absolutely equal, so this comparison point can be considered closed. The Swedish station wagon wins in smoothness and has more effective sound insulation. You can almost not hear the traditional diesel chatter on idle and low speeds in the cabin, which can not be said about mondeo, and at high speeds the D5 engine sounds like a solid gasoline v6 is a smooth, mild, rumbling sound. Ford at high speeds also does not sound in diesel, but his rumble is older, with a falsity. In addition, a noise that comes from the tires is not so good to the sound of the engine is not so good.
Switching of the suspension operating mode in Volvo almost does not affect the smoothness of the course, it remains high and in the coordinated mode of Advanced. Only the behavior of the car in turns is changing. The sharp input to the V70 turn performs more clearly, with smaller rolls. But Ford compared to the Swede generally goes along the arc like on rails! Its suspension is tougher, the front axle holds better in a turn, where the V70 begins to demolish and the stabilization system hurries speed, the mondeo station wagon continues to go very quickly at the limit of the adverse properties of tires. Ford insurance electronics is configured for more gambling. True, the Swedish car, despite low -profile tires, does not react so sharply to unevenness and track and many drivers will consider this a big plus. Mondeo is hypersensitive to the transverse profile of the road on the rut of the steering wheel, literally has to be clamped so that the car dries straight.
Mondeo liked the brakes more. They are clearer, the brake pedal can be very accurately dosed by slowing down. Although the Volvo brakes are no less effective for the car slows down very intensively and stably, strictly in a straight line.
The Volvo V70 wins in accelerated dynamics. The advantage of its motor and transmission is especially well felt when accelerated from 60-80 km/h, it is worth drowning the pedal, and after a couple of seconds you see the speedometer arrow at a mark of 120-150 km/h. Almost perfect result for the perfect car.
Mondeo diesel is surprising only at the start. He naturally tears the car from a place. But with the increase in speed, there is more and more lack of strength and a narrower traction range 2.0 CDTI. The Mondeo box more often switches the gears and does it not as agile as the Volovsky Geartronic. Perhaps it is imprisoned for a more powerful and reserved gasoline engine, but even taking into account this nuance, the diesel modification of Mondeo does not want to change to another. The main argument is displayed on the scoreboard the average consumption in the city of this liner does not exceed 11, and on the highway 7.5 liters per hundred. And how much does your perfect car eat?
It all depends on what to compare. If we take a business class car with which Mondeo is comparable in terms of dimensions, criticism can cause a fat and shapeless dashboard, budget trim for metal (in my opinion, overwhelmed) and saving on electric drives. The passenger seat does not have them, and the driver's electric drive is primitive and devoid of memory.
But next to any carriage of the comparable cost, the novelty Ford looks advantageous. The leather and alkantara salon looks sports and respectable. The seats, despite the hard pillows, are convenient, they fix the body well and prevent it from sliding. The ergonomics of all controls is verified to get used to it and the search for the desired button-hand you do not spend a second. The luggage compartment in the standard design has a decent capacity of 554 liters in a five -seater and 1745 in a double version. The rear sofa, which, incidentally, can be pre -equipped with heated, like luxury machines, develops in a ratio of 40:60. But the most successful innovation is a sliding cargo platform. Here you do not need to dive into the womb and get dirty on the bumper in order to catch some bag from the depths of the trunk, it will roll out to you on a black saucer with an aluminum tub.
V70 with a beige salon looks spacious and friendly. The design of the dashboard is made in the Scandinavian style, it is remembered by a beautiful natural form, and not cheap decorations. And the branded soaring console, despite the abundance of buttons, pleases the eye is the most elegant element of the interior. Devices may seem primitive, but their simplicity, openness and unobtrusive gray-green backlight is also part of the style. Not the most successful element of beige doors upholstery with leather. To the touch is very pleasant, but it looks pretentious. Black upholstery, in my opinion, would much better emphasize the complex profile of pens and pockets on the doors. I was not enthusiastic about the steering wheel. Due to the insertion of the polished tree, the rim turned out to be chubby. But the inside of the steering wheel is sheathed with delicate skin. There are no more nit -picking. At the wheel of V70, you feel like a white person everything is extremely convenient. It is also a sin to complain to passengers. Cargo functions are thought out to the smallest detail: the sofa is folded in parts in any combination 40:20:40, on the upper perimeter of the trunk there are hooks for screeds, on the floor adjustable hooks and additional bulkhead. Smart!
Ford Mondeo Wagon 2.0 TDCI
Diesel engine, 4 in a row
Working volume (cubic meter) 1997
Power (L.S. at rpm) 140 at 4000
Moment (nm at rpm) 340 at 2000
Front drive
Automatic gearbox, 6 step
Length/width/height (mm) 4830/1886/1512
Equipped mass (kg) 1611
Maximum speed (km/h) 195
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 11.9
Fuel consumption, funny. (l/100 km) 7.4
The price in Moscow is 944 400 rubles.

Volvo V70 D5
Diesel engine, 5 in a row
Working volume (cubic cub) 2400
Power (L.S. at rpm) 185 at 4000
Moment (Nm at rpm) 400 at 2000-2750
Front drive
Gearbox automatic, 6-speed
Length/width/height (mm) 4823/1861/1547
Equipped mass (kg) 1409
Maximum speed (km/h) 215
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 9.4
Fuel consumption, funny. (l/100 km) 7.4
Price in Moscow 1 265 700

We thank for help in organizing the shooting of the company Volvo, 8 (495) 745-9780; and representative office of Ford 8 (495) 745-9700.
Text: Ruslan Tarasov
Photo: Andrey Danilov
 

Source: "Autopilot"