2013 Ford Mondeo revealed: official pictures and details

By Jez Spinks | January 09th, 2012

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The 2013 Ford Fusion has just been unveiled officially on the eve of the 2012 Detroit motor show, revealing the look and details of the medium-size car that will retain the Mondeo nameplate in Europe and Australia.

Ford’s new Fusion will go on sale in the US in the second half of 2012 but, as the Mondeo, isn’t expected in Australia until 2013.

The 2013 Ford Fusion/Mondeo presents a striking new look that Ford’s design boss J Mays claims will set a styling benchmark in a segment populated by models such as the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord Euro and Mazda6.

“I think [with Fusion] we’ve got a bit of a milestone moment with this car,” said Mays. “This is not just another C/D [medium size] car. It’s going to be a real contender in that market.

“And when I look at the competition, whether it’s Volkswagen, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan … we’ve got a really strong product that we’re bringing to market.”

As expected, the Fusion/Mondeo is influenced by last year’s Ford Evos concept.

The Fusion’s front end – notably the grille and narrow headlights – seems to have been inspired by current Aston Martins.

The new Fusion is the latest global model under the blue oval’s ‘One Ford’ manner, and the overall styling – and the nicely balanced proportions – is clearly more of an evolution of the outgoing European Mondeo’s ‘Kinetic’ design than the previously separate US-focused Fusion.

Ford says it expects the Fusion/Mondeo to achieve best-in-class fuel efficiency whether customers opt for the ‘Ecoboost’ petrol models or hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants.

The turbocharged direct fuel injection Ecoboost models include a 133kW/233Nm 1.6-litre four-cylinder and a 177kW/339Nm 2.0-litre four-cylinder.

The latter is the engine – including likely similar outputs – that will power the Ford Falcon Ecoboost model out in April.

Diesels will also be in the mix again for the Mondeo in Europe and Australia.

The new Fusion could have even greater relevancy for the Falcon after Ford executives last week hinted the company’s new global large car could be based on the front-wheel-drive/all-wheel-drive Fusion/Mondeo platform – either with a slightly stretched platform or simply stretched sheetmetal.

J Mays told Australian motoring media at last week’s Delhi Auto Expo, where Ford launched its new EcoSport baby SUV, that the Fusion/Mondeo would influence the design of the new large car that will also replace the Taurus in the US.

The new Fusion’s underpinnings includes an all-new multi-link rear suspension, with Ford claiming the model will remain a driver’s car. More higher-strength steel has made the body 10 per cent stronger than its predecessor, according to the car maker.

Technological features for the new Fusion/Mondeo will include active parallel parking assist from the Focus small car, blind spot warning warning and a lane departure warning system Ford says is exclusive to the medium car segment and found only in the luxury car category.

Ford is also promising improved noise refinement and higher-quality cabin materials for the 2013 Ford Fusion.

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love the bonnet and headlights and foggies,not the grill but,its omg i’m a mini terry x aston gone wrong…
- V8
  
  The front on shoot (4th pic from the top) looks like a Aston desktop wall paper.
Al

I personally don’t like Fords styling language, but this is probably the best example of it yet. That said, the side profile has a lot of new Audi A6 in it and the grill is pure Aston Martin, while the rear reminds me of the Kia Optima (itself an Jag XF copy). Over all, it works.
Mark

The whole exterior looks like a cheap aston martin, but overall it does look nice
Able

Vastly better than the old US car, but like the new Escape, not vastly better than the old Euro car that it replaces.

I really hope the Mondeo looks better than this because it’s almost identical A-pillar back and the interior is like the current model but squarer. Meh…
- Anonymous
  
  Interior looks nothing like the current model but more like new Ford Explorer. I reckon it’s a very handsome car but the grill needs to be black honeycomb like the Evos concept. This looks too in-your-face.
Anonymous

I’m calling it evolutionary, but it’s lost the athleticism of the current car. Visually, there’s lots happening and it looks heavy.
Rocket

Ford cant be accused of bland styling at least. It will be a winner if priced around the Camry especially with the Ecoboost engines. I cant see a business case for a Taurus in Australia as this car looks big enough for the vast majority.
Ibc

This mightn’t be to everybody’s taste (I like it though) but at least Ford is trying to match Mazda and Hyundai/Kia is the styling stakes. This can’t be said of most other mainstream manufacturers who seem to think that vanilla is the flavour of the day.
filippo

It’s always worrying when Americans attempt to design a “world car”. The fact that they call their national baseball championship “the world series” says a lot.
- Joker
  
  Ford are a Global car company if you haven’t noticed. No doubt this would have included the input of Ford Europe.
- http://www.facebook.com/priusfreezone Matthew Werner
  
  Ford Europe?
- Guest
  
  They call it the “World Series” because it was originally sponsored by a newspaper called the World!
Aaa

The Mitsi Lancer copied the styling of this car. Mitsi has a time travel machine.
Mikey

All of a sudden the GM Malibu seems very old fashioned …
Mikey

All of a sudden the GM Malibu seems very old fashioned …
DC

Is that glasshouse the same as the Mazda /6 Takeri concept? Could they be sharing the same platform? – they say the next Mazda6 is going to be a lot bigger…
- Aaa
  
  The next Mazda6 uses the same platform as the next Mazda3 and CX5. No inputs from Ford.
Anonymous

I like it. The front looks more agressive and I really like the cobalt blue (let’s hope it makes it to the Aus models) as the white, silver, sea grey on the latest generation are too bland. Performance variant please!
Vøn Hütch

Bit XF a bit Lancer. Which is good – sexier and less bland, I’d prefer to drive a mondeo that looks like this the current one is to old man.
Laurie

Try cleaning those alloy wheels………. sigh
Anonymous

Bit boring tbh, seems like the americans had to much design input, while I love the front the rear sides are to flabby.
Tdh

H-O-T-!
Beautiful lines, loving ford’s new styling direction!
KKool

nice design.. not extraordinary… and more evolutionary than revolutionary…
Richo

Hey Ford, Aston Martin want their grille back!
- Guest
  
  Hey Ford, Aston Martin want their designers back, lol.
  - http://www.facebook.com/priusfreezone Matthew Werner
    
    Don’t forget Ford paid those Aston designers
Dano

I think the Mondeo will be a little different.
This looks a little too yanky to sell in Europe. I don’t mind it though and I suspect it will look much better in the flesh
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Anonymous

Those tail lights aren’t going to fly in the US. Over there, they prefer all-red lights (i.e. red indicators as well as red tail lights).
Byrne_in_hell

i’ll be interested to see how the styling is modified for the UK/European market – I wouldn’t be surprised if the grill is toned down a little.
rentakeyboard

looks like a jag to me
F1

I hope we get the American model and not the eurotrash model..
Rallysti01

The current ford mondeo and aston martin db9 had a baby.
mvyrmnd

I don’t like it is much as my ’07 XR5, but it’s still good enough for me to stick with a Mondeo for another round
Braedz

Ford have got the design right on this car, even though it does show some similarities from Aston Martin. Looks bloody great! I would like to see an AWD Ecoboost version.
- http://www.facebook.com/priusfreezone Matthew Werner
  
  This article doesn’t mention it but there are multiple versions – 2.5L, 1.6L Ecoboost, 2.0L Ecoboost, hybrid and plug-in. AWD is an option on the better versions
Guest

This is a difficulty with many of the sedans with coupe-like silhouettes, but I notice it a lot on this car. I have to say that the car looks extremely undertyred at the rear, with the sheetmetal dominating over the wheels completely.
Lx

Having had my opinion changed previously between the pictures and seeing the real thing I’ll reserve my comments over the looks for when I actually see it. However, here’s hoping they don’t do a repeat of the unintuitive +/- shifter buttons which come with the LW Focus powershift…:P
steggles

when do you think think then new mondeo model will be introduced to the Australian market. I spoke to ford sales rep & he no idea that there was a new model.
ThatGuy

It looks REALLY good for a 2009 car, pity it already looks a bit dated and far too fussy. The fussy alloys should be changed ASAP, and the Aston Martin front is a bit too obvious. Overall it looks almost as good as the current Mazda 6 and Accord Euro…..almost. I can only imagine the interior is typical awful Ford with cheap silver accents.
Mikka

Nice shape (with the addition of some offset lip rims to account for the slab sided design) and more torque from the 2.0L than my 3.5L Aurion (336nm vs 339). I’ll wait for a few second hand ones with 20k on the clock to come on the market and then one will be mine
Milton

Ford marketing boys should have reversed Mondeo’s interior photos for better viewer impact. Alas, the email ends with an advert for quality Proton cars, which have a reputation for poor quality.
Phantom

Get rid of that Grille ! This was the problem when the AU Falcon came out – an awful grille.
Black Honeycomb is the answer.

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