>>It's still a mondeo.
Therefore you will never see me in one>>
What a stupid immature comment, passing jugdgement on a car that you have not seen let alone driven.
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Sorry but having driven all three marks of mondeo i can honestly say that i haven't liked any of them. To me it just another rep-mobile.
Oh and by the way i have seen the new mondeo - Ford very kindly sent me a desk calender earlier this year showing various new models such as the new mondeo and also the new galaxy.
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IF it turns out to be that good looking (when the bean counters and focus groups have had their way) and hits the showroom looking that sexy I will eat my hat. And I will get one.
It wont turn out looking half way that good.
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IF it turns out to be that good looking (when the bean counters and focus groups have had their way) and hits the showroom looking that sexy I will eat my hat. And I will get one. It wont turn out looking half way that good. ------------------------------ TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
Don't say thigs like this
It maybe a case of wot flavour you like your hat!
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"And I will get one" What a hat !
Saw it as well, I wss rather taken. The new Puma looked good enough to eat.
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Simply stunning.
I can't wait to see these filtering down through Ford Direct within 6 months of launch :-)
If they make it even half as good looking as the Iosis concept then they will turn the rep-mobile sector completely on it's head IMO, it blows anything else, from any other mass market producer, completely out of the water.
My dad's a commited BMW fan who wouldn't dream of buying a Ford and even he brought up how nice he thinks the concept car looks, without any prompting. I really hope Ford don't mess this one up, it's the little details that make a difference that they normally get wrong. (e.g. an ugly aerial sticking out of the windscreen of the Focus CC that wasn't on the concept, why not hide it?)
Blue
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Ooh. Aah. What'll she do mister?
'Concept cars'. Artists' impressions... who remembers the Rootes Group ads of the fifties and sixties, with the cars subtly improved and the human figures extra small? Ah, the innocence of a lost world. Well, not entirely lost perhaps...
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It's still a mondeo.
Therefore you will never see me in one.
B H --- Would it make any difference if they called it LOSIS -- which is apparently what it's badged at this stage?
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It's still a mondeo. Therefore you will never see me in one.
So if they sold the fatory to Audi, took off the "Ford Mondeo" badges and called it an Audi A5 would you be happier?
Name-change time: NoWheels + Almera = NowWheels
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If they make it with a 3 litre 200+BHP diesel and with rear wheel drive, I'll have one too...in that same colour.
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How to make the punters' mouths water with a concept car that might make it into production if it can be cheapened enough: take one pic of an Alfa Brera, Photoshop it a bit, including new grill with Ford badge...
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It doesn't matter what it looks like, we'll still be bored of it after six months. Remember when the current Primera came out? At the time, it was a bold step of Nissan to launch such a car. Now? boring aren't they?
Remember, Ford have managed something that very rarely happens, launching a new car (current Focus) that from a styling point of view is a retrograde step from the car it replaces.
I can see no reason to think that, apart from the grill, anything of the Iosis will be carried over.
"Hi we're Ford Motor Company. Look at our brave new design direction previewed on the Iosis, or as we are so pleased the motoring press have called it - the new Mondeo. We'll milk this coverage for as long as possible, and then, when the buying public are whipped into a frenzy, we'll launch a sad, watered down new Mondeo, which looks nothing like the Iosis. Remember the MkI Focus? Yes, it became the top selling car in it's sector and had an outlandish style which was a bit of a risk. The public loved it, but we were a bit scared we couldn't do the same thing twice, so we went all Steve Davis on the replacement. Anyway, we've decided to bring in a new name for the Mondeo replacement to mark it's new design direction. After much discussion, we have settled on...................Sierra"
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let me be the last to let you down....
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Can't see it ending up like that.... unless the illustration is of the coupe variant, and there is a Hatch & Saloon variant also produced.
The one in the picture is nowhere near big enough for Mr Rep to transport his wares around in...
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MoneyMart
Current car: 55-reg Audi A4 2.5 V6TDi Quattro flappy-paddle
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"Can't see it ending up like that..."
The pics I have seen were not that car, they were four-door and had visible door handles. They were very very similar in every other way though, nicer even. I have a hi-res image back at work, if only I knew how to post it...
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Was curious about this so bought the said copy of Auto Express.
Pictures of the concept Iosis of last year and the "next Mondeo in the mag" are one and the same except the car in Auto Express has four doors and not two. But they are still gullwing... so I'd bet that could not become a production reality. Mutli-story car parks anyone.
More importantly looking at wheelbase and where driver sits... there's not going to be a lot of room in the rear or boot from what I see. And the Mondeo of today is quite practical.
Looking at the S-MAX and next Galaxy pics in AutoCar today, they look a lot more practical and makes me wonder whether the Iosis is still a style direction more than anything else. They are all said to share the same wheel base.
Don't get me wrong I think it looks brilliant but cannot quite see how it will be brought to production quite like that... unless there's a 4-door coupe coming as well as saloon, hatchback and estate.
Rob
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"Remember when the current Primera came out? At the time, it was a bold step of Nissan to launch such a car. Now? boring aren't they?"
Thats very unfair.
They still make me want to vomit on site even after all these years,
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Or Even on Sight
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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Do you mean the shark with the stomach problem? Not pretty are they.
Well brought up people try to vomit offsite (or out of sight). But needs must when the devil drives, innit?
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Go all "Steve Davis" on the replacemennt?!! That's me!
OK I have an e in Davies.
Anyway, back to motoring. It looks beautiful. As a Fabia vRS driver, I am not a badge snob, though....
I like the new Focus, too. DOes that make me a bad person?
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Anyway, back to motoring. It looks beautiful. As a Fabia vRS driver, I am not a badge snob, though.... I like the new Focus, too. DOes that make me a bad person?
Not at all, sir -- of course you're not a bad person. Now would you like to take my arm while we got together to the optician? Oooh, do mind the step there, yes, it is hard to see isn't it ... ;)
Name-change time: NoWheels + Almera = NowWheels
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Ho ho!
I just think it looks neater, the new front lights are smiley, the rear end looks cleaner, there's not all that new edge nonsense of lines and angles.... but then I readily admit to liking bland looking cars. Sad hey? My Fabia's green brakes are far too racy for me....
I used to have a TT, far too exciting. Probably why I crashed it.
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>> Anyway, back to motoring. It looks beautiful. As a Fabia vRS >> driver, I am not a badge snob, though.... >> >> I like the new Focus, too. DOes that make me a >> bad person? Not at all, sir -- of course you're not a bad person. Now would you like to take my arm while we got together to the optician? Oooh, do mind the step there, yes, it is hard to see isn't it ... ;) Name-change time: NoWheels + Almera = NowWheels
And that is from someone who has just bought an Almera!
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