那是因为蒙迪欧和帕萨特在欧洲属于高档车，一般的家庭不会买，他们宁愿小一号的focus 或者欧宝。但是也不会拿蒙迪欧和帕萨特做出租，那是mb的骄傲。
A large proportion of the incredible development cost was due to the Mondeo being a completely clean-sheet design, and used Ford's then-new Zetec engines, all-new manual and automatic transmissions and a sophisticated suspension design which gave it class leading handling and ride qualities. Subframes front and rear gave it executive car refinement. The automatic gearbox featured electronic control with sport and economy modes plus switchable overdrive. Safety was a high priority in the Mondeo design with driver's airbag, side-impact bars, pre-tensioner seat belts and ABS (higher models) as standard features. Other features for its year included adaptive damping, self-levelling suspension (top estates), traction control (V6) and heated front windscreen, branded Quickclear.
The interiors were usually well appointed, featuring velour trim, arm rest with CD and tape storage, central locking (frequently remote), electric windows (all round on higher models), electric mirrors, flat folding rear seats etc. Higher specification models had leather, trip computers, electric sunroof, CD changer and alloy wheels. On the whole, this range of features improved over the years, except between 1996 and 1998 (detailed below).
Ford briefly sold a version using the 2.0 Zetec engine and four wheel drive. The timing was not ideal though as four wheel drive had already become synonymous with large off-roader vehicles such as the Land Rover Discovery and the bottom dropped out of the saloon 4x4 market. In other words, people who would tolerate the knock on performance and economy preferred to graduate to a full blown off-roader rather than a saloon with good all-round traction. Especially since off-roaders had become so fashionable at the time.
An alternative to the Zetec engines was the Endura-D 1.8 turbo diesel. This engine had origins in the older 1.6 diesel design used in the Fiesta and elsewhere. Although not without merits, it was not seen as a strong competitor to other European diesels such as that produced by Peugeot. The contrast between this unit and the competition seemed enormous by the time the engine was dropped in 2000.
A less popular engine (for the UK) was introduced in 1994 in the form of the 2.5 24-valve V6 Duratec unit, primarily included for markets where four-cylinder petrol engines are not favoured and for the upmarket European buyer. This engine is characterized by its smooth operation, chain driven cam shafts and an ability to operate using only half its 24 valves at low engine speeds. Economy is reasonable, with the manual barely much worse than the 2.0 automatic. This engine was originally branded 24v (when valve count was all important) but later on sold as the more glamorous sounding V6.
jasongzgd 于 05-04-08 17:50: 写到
上个月去欧洲,包括德国和奥地利等国家. 作为M友,肯定要搜寻一下MDO. 不过令我惊诧和失望的是, MDO的数量少得惊人, 在欧洲10天,而且每天坐在大巴上,竟然只是看到了不到10台MDO. MDO的户外广告也只是见到一次 ...
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