MONDEO MK1
“SO GOOD WAS THE SUSPENSION THAT FORD EMPLOYED RACE ACE, JACKIE STEWART TO JUSTIFIABLY SING ITS PRAISES TO THE PRESS”
Still licking its wounds from the lacklustre reaction to its Mk5 Escort, Ford ensured it wouldn’t make the same mistake when it came to replacing the Sierra with the new-wave Mondeo. Whereas the Escort was in essence a re-bodying of the previous version, the Mondeo was new from the ground up and something of an engineering masterpiece when it went on sale in March 1993.
A notable change and one that was demanded if the Mondeo was to compete with its rivals, was the switch to front-wheel-drive from the Sierra’s traditional rear-wheel-drive set-up. The swap to a more contemporary drivetrain configuration was only part of the £3 billion that Ford pumped into developing the Mondeo, another chunk being splashed on making it a
