Test drive Ford Mondeo sedan since 2007 sedan

Absolute compromise

Ford Mondeo
Engine
Type of gasoline R4
Working volume, cm3 2261
Max. Power, L.S. at about./min. 160/6500
Max. moment, NM at about./min. 208/4000
Transmission Auth., 6-st.
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 207
Acceleration 0100 km/h 10.5
common data
Fuel consumption (EU), l/100 km 9.3
Wheel base, mm 2850
Length, mm 4778
Width, mm 1886
Height, mm 1500
Mass equipment., Kg 1541
price, rub. from 820,000
 
On the move, nothing reminds of the size of the car: the reactions to the steering wheel are light and unambiguous, the brakes are powerful, and their drive is accurate
Outside, he is great! He takes Toyota Camry: Mondeo Hatch, which was on our test, shorter than the Japanese bestseller by 3 cm, but the sedan would be longer in its same size. Mondeo is now more Camry! He is wider. He is higher. He has a longer base! It is worth a pause here. Realize what happened. Move a car with a familiar name to another cell of consciousness. There are also a station wagon: we received a full line of possible body types at once.
 
Inside it is spacious! How much the new Mondeo is great, you do not realize until this geometric fact will sound in your ears with a ringing reverberation of an empty concert hall. Yes, only the chant will be left to say, falling apart in the seat of the second row: there is more space there than in another business class machine. There are additional opportunities: the salon is transformed into one touch and in a disassembled state causes associations with the An-124 hold of Ruslan.
 
The driver is equipped with a European man: sewed with leather seats, sealing and dense, and planting involves a tone and drive. The contents of the beard are worked out beautifully, but not too functional: the climate control buttons are signed finely, and the sound control directly on the radio is inconvenient. When you watch Ford Mondeo from the inside, the road is perceived as entertainment: you want actions and maneuver. In the movement about the size of the car, nothing resembles: the reactions to the steering wheel are light and unambiguous, the brakes are powerful, and their drive is dense and accurate. However, more importantly, it is more important that from a practical point of view of the chassis is also excellent: hostages of the sharpness of controllability and instant responses of the car to the actions of the driver did not become a move or energy intensity of suspensions.
 
On Russian roads, Mondeo does not strain the need to go around every fossa, nor inevitability to put up with shaking. Ford undoubtedly the best chassis in our comparison. A successful choice of priorities for Russia is a modern style of controllability, enviable tenacity and ability of the machine to maintain constant contact even with an uneven road. The correct setting of the problem, a neat solution, a meticulous study of the nuances: it's nice to deal with excellent work. The only thing that is knocked out of the picture of the general status of a car: both the car is finished and configured is better than voiced and dislike.
 
Against the background of the existing environment, Mondeo looks like an exceptional offer for active people with a pragmatic look at good things. A set of enormous capacity and spaciousness in combination with decent execution and excellent running properties should beat the audience on the spot and rebuild society in line: the price also looks attractive. However, there is no exciting demand for the car. Why? Do people not need such a big Ford? Have you tried it? There are not many people of the desired formation in Russia yet? There are many reasons, but without serious data, all these are just fantasies. It remains for us to state, leaving sociology, myths, art and religion behind the brackets, looking only at technology and economics, Mondeo confidently won compared.

 
An excellent Ford chassis is highlighted by the excellent quality of running properties and their successful combination
The largest new Mondeo in our test. He is wider than all and he has the longest base
 
DESIGN
The first show of 2007, the design under the leadership of Martin Smith.
OUTSIDE
This is the middle class D Luxury. Every detail and every chrome molding and frame are loudly declared about this ... But still more often the theory and practice of the kinetic design of the branded dish of the Ford Fords conquers, and sports charisma of the style prevails over the decor. But. A fault in the form of a huge first floor of the cladding (it is occupied by the bumper disguised as black) or a hypertrophied special drawing of the Farny blocks is again returned to the idea of \u200b\u200binsincerity of style. From the side, thanks to the third rear window, the silhouette looks very serious and, it seems, suitable for driving with a driver, but remember that this is a hatch-bek, and even with such a strong sports energy. The image is kept behind the image expressive in the drawing and design of the lanterns and the spoiler under the bumper emphasized by the relief.
INSIDE
The feeling of some chaos in the style of details in which the interior simply burns. Even the classic of the T-shaped architecture of the instrument panel is destroyed by an obsessive accent on the silver central console. The steering wheel is solid, about the four knitting needles, which are again decorated with silver lining
Three types of body:
sedan, hatchback, station wagon.
Five engines 1.6 122 l. p., 2.0 145 liters. p., 2.3 160 liters. p., 2.5 220 l. p., 2.0 diesel 130 liters. p., 2.0 diesel 140 l. With. 5- or 6-st. mechanics or 6-st. machine
Prices
start from 615,000 rubles. For the 1.6 Ambiente sedan. The top version 2.5t in the configuration of GHIA X or Titanium X will cost from 980 thousand rubles. up to 1 million, depending on the type of body: sedan, hatchback and station wagon, respectively

The hatchback is the shortest. Following him is a station wagon. The sedan has the most impressive length
 
Wheel base, mm 2850
Length, mm 4778
Width, mm 1886
Height, mm 1500
Trunk volume, l 528
 
Excellent visibility worsens wide zones near the racks, to which the hands of the wipers do not reach

The instrument shield is saturated with information

The control of the radio is directly inconvenient due to unsuccessful buttons and a rotating handle. It is better to use the keys on the steering wheel

The location of the windshield keys is unsuccessful: the access is shut off the door handle

The machine showed itself from the best side: quick, flexible, sociable

Great chairs are trimmed with leather and alcantara
 
 

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