New Zealand Autocar and the National Business Review voted Mondeo MK3

The high-end features included in the vehicle are:

• Side Impact Bars
• Seat belt Pretensioners
• High model ABS
• Adaptive damping
• Self leveling suspension
• Traction Control
• Heated Front windscreen
• Electric sunroof
• Trip computers
• CD changer
• Alloy wheels
• Central locking system with remote
• Power windows
• Flat folding rear seats

The vehicle was marketed in several countries through out the world. The word Mondeo is derived from the Latin name meaning “World”. Ford released two of its vehicles namely the Mondeo MK1 and the Mondeo MK2. The Mondeo MK1 was released in the year 1993 and continued its production till 1996. This was released as a predecessor to the Ford Sierra. The Ford Mondeo was sold under the name of Ford Contour in the North America. The Mondeo family car released in the year 1995 in the country of Australia, but was not successful in terms of sales of the vehicle, due to the existence of dominating Falcon model in the country.

The Mondeo was launched as a predecessor to the Ford Sierra, Ford Royale, Ford Versailles and Ford Telstar models. The vehicle has its assembly plant at the Genk, Limburg, Belgium. The vehicle is available in both the diesel and the petrol engines. The available engines in the petrol are 3.0 L Duratech V6, 1.6 L Zetec I4, 2.5 L Duratech V6, 1.8 L Zetec I4, 2.0 L Duratech I4 and the 1.8 L Duratech I4, where as in the diesel type, the available engines are 1.8 L Endura- D turbo diesel I4, 2.2 L Duratorq turbo diesel I4 and the 2.0 L Duratorq turbo diesel I4 engines. The family car Nitro is related to the models like Jaguar X- Type, Ford Fusion and the Ford or Mercury Cougar.

The New Zealand Autocar and the National Business Review voted Mondeo MK3 as the car of the year in the year 2001. The model was released in the year 1997 in the South Africa as a replacement to the Ford Telstar, which was produced based on the Mazda. Ford released in the countries of Europe in the year 1998 was a coupe model, which was built based on the MK2 Mondeo and the Ford Cougar.

Ford Mondeo has won several awards ever since the beginning of its release namely the Car of the Year in the year 1993, European car of the Year in the year 1994, Top Gear car of the year in the year 2001, best used family car in the year 2006 and the Best Estate car in the year 2008 among the several other awards.