Ford Mondeo Sydney Motor Show
October 11, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
Ford Mondeo Sydney Motor Show
Ford shows-off the all-new Mondeo at the Motor Show
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I’m cheering the news that the Focus will be made in Oz in a coupla years. Maybe Holden will do the same, but maybe they don’t have to with the Commodores success.
The Mondeo looks good and no-doubt will bring far more convincing qualities to the market then that awful attempt from Holden with the Epica.
Congrats Ford Australia, i like the direction you guys are starting to sail and i hope Holden falls furthers behind when Ford becomes our new No.2.
Better still, if the new Falcon can pinch enough sales from the Commodore then maybe the Corolla will end up being the No.1 selling vehicle of which a combined effort from Ford and Toyota will relegate Holden further down the pecking order.
Two things i would really like to see, Holden falls behind Ford while they loose bragging right with the Crapodore at the same time.
I agree that the decision Denny Mooney made to stop importing the Barina and the other small cars from Europe and opt for Korea instead was the worst decision in Holdens [recent] History.
The idea was to improve profit margins as the Korean cars would be chaper to import [due to exchange rates] than the Europeans. Yet the Barina and Viva didn’t sell as well as expected which meant dealers had to slash prices thereby eat into or even wipe out the original profit margin.
However; it appears that the new CEO Chris Gubbey is strongly in favour of bringing back the Opel Corsa [Barina] and other European GM Cars.
Because they would more than likely sell more European cars [even if at a slight premium] which means they’d import more of them so the cost per unit would be less maybe even equal the cost of a Daewoo.
It would also restore Holdens image which Hannenberger worked so hard for more 10 years on.. yet Mooney destroyed in less than 4.
Seems Frosty would rather drive Korean crap than a decent Euro motor.
The Mondy over here (UK) is being compared to BMW/Audi in quality and cheaper. Admittedly the engines can’t match with BMW.
It here on the market starting at about $37600 on the road. Its better than my 3.0Diesel Vectra Wagon.
Guido………thanks for your imput……..Nothing compares to BMW engines..true!hehehe
You drive a Vectra ? Why then?
Yes Guido, thanks for some overseas input/opinion. Clarkson did give Mondeo good wraps. I’ve read a few reviews on Epica and Captiva, none have been positive. Surely not every magazine reviewer is wrong.
But i think under the bonet of the New modeo Zetec and the Focus Ztec it lacks power and they should have added more KW to the engine to give it the distinctive name and more grunt. Focus is 107 KW under the bonet compared to mazda sp23 which is 115 KW which is not far off the standard lower end mondeo’s.
LOL, Bavarian Missile,
Best Commodore Holden made was the 6 cylinder VL cause it had a Nissan engine in it!
Bet Toyota wish they had never re-badged a VN as a Lexin ! That was a bad,bad ,bad car!
shhhh, or we will bring up the Nissan ute that was a rebadged Falcon and dumped from Nissans line up due to “poor quality control, warranty issues and generally not well built enough to be part of Nissans model range”
Never heard of that one. When was that? What model? To be sold where?
Yep what re-badged falcon ute!
It was the xf ute, simply rebadged, no other work as far as i know and called Nissan Ute, even had tacky “Ute” badges on it
I vaguely remember,gee that couldn’t have sold many. Funny thing is the Nissan Pintara was crap too . Shhh though or we will get Frosty back
LMAO, gotta agree with the Pintara sentiments, had a memory flash, they soooo originally called them the xfn ute, I think they only sold a couple of hundred Aus wide, it was right at the time when they recalled the xf’s for steering probs. The local Nisan dealer sent them around to the Ford workshop I was in to get em fixed lol.
Well, we learn something new everyday :-)
The first time I saw a “Nissan Ute”, I saw a Falcon that said “Nissan” on the back of it and I thought it was the owner’s joke and I larft my head off, thing I saw it had a “Nissan” bage rivited over where it says “Ford” and nissan ute on the side.
There was A Ford Maveric that was really a Nissan Patrol.
…They had an XF Falcon ute that was called a Nissan ute?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
yeah the nissan ute had NISSAN painted in block letters across the tailgate like the other jap utes do.
hey the XF wasnt that bad. the 250 Xflow was a pretty good motor and ive seen them tick 1 mill k’s.
actually most xf’s getting round will have say 500,000k’s on them.
they were still basic enough that if something did go wrong you could actually fix it.
i dont know anyone with a bad XD, XE, XF story (apart from door handles)
hey missile i know a bit about the XF so guess which question i answered Yes to in that thing you sent me
XD-XF Falcon & ZL Fairlane, oh the memories! The XD,XE,XF Falcons were the icon of my childhood, Oh I wish those days would come back!!
Yep I know what your talking about Andrew,how come there was no music questions and tattoos re bogans! Billy Idol there is a Bogans singer hahaha .White Wedding ,yep great music!
Hate tattoos on women,one year it may look like a butterfly! but in 40 years it will look like a dragon! Ok on guys if there good!
Have to finish washing my car back soon!
Door handles in XA,XB XC same,use to brake,harder to get now though use to cost $10.00 from the wreckers.Hey remember the Holden Apollo/Camry,saw one this afternoon in wagon form ,must have been the first in the wide bodied model.God they were ugly in wagons!
so apart from the door handles what was wrong with them? i thought they were great cars
No idea ?
thats right missile because they ran forever.
You going to Indy?
I’ve had an XE and TE Cortina with 250 x-flow. Couldn’t kill them. Back then I could do most work on a car myself, now I don’t do anything except check things.
Door handles were shit tho. Used to drill out the rivet and put a screw in it place, they lasted a fair bit longer.
Ford Crossflow I6, a good engine, it’s a shame I don’t have my ZL any more. Sorry, I better shup-up because there are arseholes like toyota paul that will jump in and say ‘Toyota is more reliable’.
I went to the Gold Coast today and I saw the street circut been set up, I won’t be going there for the races, but i’ll just watch it on channel seven on the weekend.
TE Cortina…………yep remember them, Andrew is too young though hahaha.. 250 x-flow yep went real well in Cortinas…gee Watto I thought I was the only old one among us!lol
Haha, my first 3 cars were Cortinas. TD 2.0L, TE 2.0L then TE4.1L Ghia, factory air, sunroof, shortened GTHO replica spoiler. Loved that car. Man, could it line-lock !!!!! (I was younger then, lol)
Sold it to a mate with the V8 conversion kit I’d bought because I was planning to slip a 289/302 in her.
I will be back tomorrow Watto,watching Mr & Mrs Smith !
and i am how old missile?
i have already stated that i have owned one of those 250Xflows havent i?
it wasnt in a cortina though but a mate had a tina ghia with the 250.
mine was the carby but another mate had a 250 which had the fuel injection that made me envious
ah maybe i havent directly said i have owned a 250Xflow but only commented that they were a great motor.
well just for you yes i have owned a 250Xflow. so maybe you will stop thinking i am 13 he he he he he
on another note you will notice that i refuse to use abbreviations for laughing out loud, in my opinion etc etc out of fear behaving like a 13yr old on a chat site. you use those abbreviations dont you missile? he he he he are you 13? he he he he
gee I think Ive caught a big one………..reeling him in now! I am guessing your younger than me but older than 30..thats what I have assumed!
Never thought you were 13 ever dahling……
dont you love it how on the telephone (or even internet now) you can be anyone he he he he.
i could be the president of the united states for all anyone knows he he he he
ah but then i could be that 13yr old????
its like the guy that dresses up like santa at the shopping centre
your still angry with me,ha!
So is that your dads fax I am sending stuff too? Your not 13….I have 13 year old who acts like a 6 year old!
he he he he im not angry.
it takes a bit more than that to get me angry he he he
So whats the big plan to keep the HRT and TOOL boys off the track this weekend ?
No conrod straits for Kelly to lose a tyre on this time, Skaiffe will run out of talent some where Saturday I think !
Todd is still trying to remove his foot from his mouth after the Lowndes thing and Tander is wanting to be a one man team!
Should be good! I am home alone for the next 4 days so pease and quiet from those that normally hassle when I am in my zone!
Ok Andrew its official Thongs give you a work out!!!!!!
So we should see more fat people out there now wearing Thongs….wrong! You have to purchase $90.00 flip Flops AKA Thongs with heels!
Ill stick to GYM I think and soooooooo much less bogan ,unless you wear Billabong…..or Colorado thongs !!!!Memory also like an elephant also !hehehe
Talking of GYM …….paying heavily for yesterdays new appraisal….all I asked was what is that new machine? I get roped into a whole new program……plus I still didn’t get to use the machine I want too.Looked good too, great for your ABBS! Can hardly walk today! I guess he has that lined up for me in another 3 weeks ..owwwwww!
there are 2 things i wish i bought into (shares or whatever) only a few years back and they are gyms and childcare centres.
they make you think that both of those are a necessity in life.
i say both are for the undisciplined
Undisciplined??????????????????????????????? Are you reeling me in now??
I would have thought that a person that has been to gym since their early 20s and continues to go 5 days a week is very disciplined!
I go cause I enjoy the break and me time! Oh plus it keeps you looking hot! But I always have….hehehe
You have 15 min to redeem yourself before your off to bed!
OK
I cant go to Indy as would be great, have to go to Cairns for 1week
Sorry were having a car advice domestic!hehehe
Cairns?????? What for? Nice and cool this time of the year!
Pulling 46ft ketch out and doing minor repairs and scuba diving and getting campervan with other half and going up to Atherton Tablelands, Cape Tribulation and Daintree! She knows her 4WD and cars so hopefully can survive the heat. Bloods Fords better woop arse @ Indy!
…typo = Bloody Fords….
Thinking of moving up as want to do volume home building up there and it is going off up there. YES NIGHTMARE HUMID UP THERE!
pffft……nice to some this time of the year!
Are we pulling that Ketch out with anything FWD {front wheel drive}sorry couldn’t resist! 46ft is a mother of a boat! A slip I imagine!
Ah so she is getting touch with mother nature!!!!!!A lady I can identify with!
I would be watching closely in my mirror again if I was the Voda Phone Team!
She used to do 4WD tours up there so she knows her crap. DER…yes a slip. No FWD as it would struggle is a behometh svelte 17tonnes. Was planning to leave other half here and live on ketch as wicked, roomy, has air con, tv, stereo, oven, stove, full size fridge and cute going to sleep on it as unreal – iam hooked on water hey…
PS: it has a 60hp ford lees marine diesel so in great hands.
LOWNDES GO MAN
keen on going diving with hammerhead sharks. went on hmas brisbane with other half and a stingray was quickly going over to her tail up close range! no reason why, my eyes were like shocked!
Did she…….go girl!
My ex built a 100 ft steel fishing boat a couple of years ago
cost him a couple of mil to build but it looks awesome!
Something like $50k to fill up with Diesel!
I was never one for boats,has to have wheels or hooves for me to get in or on!
I guess sailing around The Great Barrier Reef is a little different than being on an Abalone boat in Tasmania! Nice swell they get down there and cold you wouldn’t believe!
I am too much of a control freak…..horses and cars I can control mother nature I cant!
Like I said mother nature……cant control it.
The ex came up close to a White Pointer once around 18 ft he thought,as an ABB diver you would know they have air hoses so he was a little concerned you could say,took him a while to get back in the water after that!
Trust me Abb divers deserve every dollar they get!