by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 11/27/2017 at 08:06
by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 11/27/2017 at 08:06
Tags: Ford
; Mondeo
STARS: 2
scary thought - in Europe the Ford Mondeo has just turned 25 years old, and very few remain on the road in the UK
"Echo51" (echo2047)
11/27/2017 at 08:15, STARS: 0
I blame the micro car making it way cheaper for people to pay for a new car that works, than for repairs at a garage on the older car they would normally have kept, along with people buying them with MOT, running till they won’t anymore with minimal service done, and then scrapped. They’re also getting rarer, alongside the Mk5 Escort here in denmark.
"Svend" (svend)
11/27/2017 at 08:23, STARS: 0
I was working for a Ford dealership soon after the Mk2 first gen facelift came out. They were popular because they were cheap, spacious and quite nice cars for their time.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
11/27/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 0
They’re seen as quite disposable, like most cars really. Are there any Mondeo enthusiasts? They depreciate to close to zero, after which a set of worn brake discs and tires will economically total it. Utterly wasteful and frankly quite shameful, but that’s how it works sadly. Especially in the UK.
Added problem for the Mondeo: rust. Much more so than a number of its competitors.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
11/27/2017 at 08:33, STARS: 0
Saying the Mondeo is collectible is like saying the Camry is a classic.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
11/27/2017 at 08:42, STARS: 0
And that’s exactly why they’re going extinct.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
11/27/2017 at 08:44, STARS: 0
Well I’m sure Contours still show up in the random barn cold morning jump start, or some guy trying to set the airbags off in a broken fridge.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/27/2017 at 08:45, STARS: 0
I saw a Mk2 yesterday which caught my eye because you don’t really see them any more - and it was only 17 years old.
The Mk1 is well gone at this stage. They’re bought, used up and then thrown away. Not much interest in well-used ones because the kind of buyer looking for an old, cheap car wants a small one that (s)he can afford to run and especially to insure.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
11/27/2017 at 08:53, STARS: 0
While I’m somewhat salty that the U.S. never got the rather handsome first-gen, I have seen quite a number of second-gen Mondeos running about lately—looks like they’re coming into their own as cheap beaters for the working class.
Most are usually far more dog-eared than this somehow rather pristine Wikimedia example.
"bingham123" (bingham123)
11/27/2017 at 09:26, STARS: 0
theres a bloke who lives near me who has one, he has spent a ungodly amount on it. he loves them and is even trying to make a btcc replica
"fintail" (fintail)
11/27/2017 at 09:44, STARS: 0
I saw quite a few 2nd gen/mk III ones in CZR a couple weeks ago. Maybe they head east.
Contour is getting to be really uncommon in NA now, but as the last one is heading for 20 years old, and not from the golden age of quality, maybe not a surprise.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
11/27/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 1
The Mondeo received a big facelift in the mid 90s. The Contour got that facelifted front. It’s still a mk1, even if Ford disagrees. Let us examine the most common version of the Mondeo: the wagon.
pre-facelift, with the old front:
Post 1996 facelift, with the same front as the Contour (note the much more interesting Lancia Kappa in front):
It gained chrome above the license plate. The rest seems identical.
"Hoccy" (Hoccy)
11/27/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
Actually saw a rather good looking silver Mk1 today - but they are rare.
Can’t really come up with anything that would make this car interesting, unless you find the extremely rare 4x4 version. Considered one for my first car.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
11/27/2017 at 14:24, STARS: 0
I mean I usually go with the manufacturer’s designation even if it’s wrong—the Mk II Mondeo had more changes than the supposedly third generation Lexus ES.
Yes, somehow there’s a whole generation between them and not a facelift. No, I don’t believe them either. But it makes it much easier to refer to them as the second gen and third gen, just like calling them the Mk I and Mk II Mondeos.
"BlurpleToyotaDishwasher" (blurpletoyotadishwasher)
11/27/2017 at 14:29, STARS: 0
I think there’s a handful of people who like the ST24.
"RT" (rt-p)
12/01/2017 at 07:08, STARS: 0
Underneath, those ESes are completely different though.
The 2nd gen is based on the XV10 Camry.
The 3rd gen is based on the XV20.
Only the exterior styling remained near identical in the ESes. It’s not a fluke however, Lexus did this trick before with the 1st and 2nd gen LS. The second gen looked nearly the same as the first but “internally, over 90% of the redesigned LS 400's composition was new or redesigned” - according to a Wikipedia citation.
In comparison the Mondeos still have the nearly same framework between facelifts. So, it’s a clear difference in the case of the Lexuses.
"Amoore100" (amoore100)
12/01/2017 at 13:02, STARS: 1
But are the Camries really quite different as well? Toyota’s been doing rebodies for decades, changing mechanicals minimally while updating the bodies.
Also, this trick wasn’t Toyota-specific.
