About the Ford Mondeo HatchbackSales of American cars in the UK are notoriously difficult to predict, as some models hit and others miss. In this article we are going to discuss one of the most popular American cars the UK market has ever seen. We are talking about the Ford Mondeo, which was specifically designed by the company to be a world car. In fact, the word Mondeo is based on the Latin word mundus, meaning world. As it turns out, this was a wise decision, since the car was a near flop in the States, and a major hit on the other side of the Atlantic. In Europe, the car immediately became a leader in its class and was even dubbed the Car of the Year in 1994. Recently, the company introduced the Ford Mondeo hatchback , which they also expect to be a big hit overseas. But these prognostications are based on much more than the success of an earlier model; they are based on the wants and needs of the European people. For one thing, Europeans tend to like smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, since petrol and diesel rates are much higher in Europe than they are in America. How do they stack up? The Ford Mondeo hatchback gets a very respectable 48 mpg for the petrol model and 53 mpg for the diesel one. A number of industry insiders have even gone on record as saying that it is not only the most comfortable and well-equipped hatchback on the market, but that it also offers the best driving performance in its class. |