This new 2015 Ford Mondeo should have in fact been the 2012 Ford Mondeo. That’s when it went on sale in the US, albeit called the Fusion, as part of Ford’s vision for a range of world cars that also includes theFocus and Fiesta.
Problem was, back in Europe Ford had been forced to close the factory where the Mondeo was due to be built, and so began the long process of shifting production to another plant (in Valencia, Spain). And when I say long, I mean two years.
Not that we’ve missed the new Mondeo in the same way we would have a Focus or Fiesta. For while those smaller models have thrived, the Mondeo’s sector has been eaten into on three sides; by the growth of crossovers and SUVs; by a shift in the company car market to premium brands; and by an overall trend for downsizing.
If Ford sells 20,000 Mondeos in 2015 it’ll be quietly happy – amazing when you think that in its Nineties heyday it was achieving six times that volume.
Boot capacity of the Mondeo hatch is a vast 550 litres
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