ford mondeo design was based off of ford tempo/mercury topaz in the usa.
ford mondeo design was based off of ford tempo/mercury topaz in the usa.
what car is a ford mondeo design based off of in the usa?
ford tempo/mercury topaz
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the ford mondeo is a large family car manufactured by ford since 1993. the first ford declared a "world car", the mondeo was intended to consolidate several ford model lines worldwide (the european ford sierra, the ford telstar in asia and australia, and the ford tempo/mercury topaz of north america). the mondeo nameplate is derived from latin "mundus", meaning "world".
ford mondeo
he joined ford in 1958, at the age of 21. he became head of the £3bn design project for the ford mondeo (cdw27) in may 1986 from ford dunton, which was launched in march 1993 at the geneva motor show. the car was made at genk body & assembly in genk, belgium, which was to produce around 350,000 a year. at its peak, the mondeo design team at the dunton technical centre and merkenich in germany had 800 engineers. he was head of mondeo design for six years up to its launch. the design for the mondeo was agreed at the merkenich technical centre in cologne. american teams worked on the air conditioning and the automatic gearboxes, and european teams worked on the manual gearboxes. the ford zeta engine was developed for the mondeo.
john oldfield (engineer)