Ford Mondeo, history – Auto Story
Fifth generation Ford Mondeo will come to 2013 and will be identical to the sedan Merger presented at the Ford booth at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.
Under the hood there will be engines a Petrol e turbodiesel but there will probably be variations hybrid e plug-in hybrids (i.e. it is charged through an outlet).
The "D segment" of the blue oval, which has always been available in three versions (four doors, five doors e station wagon) passed almost twenty years of his career, conquering many European families. Let's find out its evolution together.
Mk1 (1993)
He was born in 1993 to replace Mountain chain, It has front-wheel drive instead of rearair bag driver series and range engines from 1,6 to 2,5 liters from 90 to 170 liters
In 1994 he became a laureate of the Car of the Year and in the same year, the 2.5 V6 engine with 170 hp debuted. There is no shortage of sporting success: 1993 and 1994 conquer Tourism World Cup with a driver from New Zealand behind the wheel Pavel Radisic.
Mk2 (1996)
It debuted in 1996 and is nothing short of deep. makeup (only the doors and roof are not upgraded) from the Mk1. It has a powertrain range of 1,6 to 2,5 liters from 90 to 205 hp. and is no longer available since four-wheel drive.
In 1998, a coupe was built on the same platform. puma while in 1999 it's the turn of the athlete ST200 с 2.5 V6 da 205 CV.
Mk3 (2000)
It goes on sale in 2000 and eliminates two of the previous series' biggest drawbacks - low rear end capacity and inferior turbo-diesel engines compared to the competition. external dimensions ed internal increased and a more modern engine range (1,8 to 3 liters, 90 to 226 hp).
The 1.6 unit disappears, the 3.0-horsepower 6 V220 arrives, which is mounted with the ST 220 version; the 1.8 turbodiesel leaves the scene and leaves room for the 2.0 TDCi. IN interior benefit from significant improvements.
First update since 2003: large chrome grille, redesigned dashboard, Automatic transmission with steering wheel controls and two new engines (SCI petrol with direct injection and 130 hp turbo diesel).
In 2005, the taillights were redesigned and two TDCi engines debuted: 2.0 90 hp. and 2.2 155 hp.
Mk4 (2007)
The first conquered Mondeo five stars in crash tests Euro NCAP shared floor with minivans S-Max e Galaxy and an aggressive style called Kinetic designanticipated by the concept Iozis shown in Frankfurt Motor Show 2005 and for the station wagon - from the prototype shown in Paris 2006.
First debuts on the big screen (in Agent 007 - Casino Royale 2006) than dealerships and benefit from makeup (the one currently on the market) in 2010.
The car presented on Moscow Salon, has a more elegant design featuring Led lights and new safety devices such as Lane Departure Warning (which signals an involuntary lane change) andAutomatic high beam control which automatically adjusts the high beam.
Seven engines: three petrol engines (1.6 HP, 160 and 2.0 HP), 203 HP 240 LPG and three TDCi turbo diesels (2.0 hp 145, 1.6 hp 116 and 2.0 hp 163).
