Ford Mondeo gets Tri-Fuel capability

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. You have to admire Ford. They do so much right and so little wrong (at least in Europe) that they really do deserve enormous success. Plagued by the problems of Ford in the US, Ford Europe nevertheless manage to bring out new and relevant cars. Not only new and relevant, but good cars as well.

And one of the good cars (to be fair there isn’t really a bad car in the Ford range) is the Mondeo. Easily on a par with a run-of-the-mill 3 Series, the Mondeo is a seriously underrated car. Well built, comfortable, relatively economical and a great drive. But tarred with the Rep-Mobile hangover from the Sierra and Cortina days, it still struggles to be taken seriously as a quality car, capable of mixing it with the premier marques from Germany.

Ford Mondeo gets Tri-Fuel capacity - Petrol, Ethanol and LPG

But having dropped their big saloons (just like other mainstream car makers) the Mondeo has to be a bit of an ‘all things to all men car’. Not only does it need to pick up the residual Ford customers looking for a high-end car who used to drive a Scorpio, it still has to cater to the Rep and Middle Manager thrashing round the country in a frenzy trying to do business. And with that, and perhaps the family on a tight budget, in mind, Ford has announced that from next month they will be launching a Tri-Fuel Mondeo in Europe.

The Tri-Fuel Mondeo is capable of running on petrol, ethanol or LPG (If only they’d thrown diesel in to the mix you’d be able to stop at any pump on the forecourt and top-up!). It manages to do with just two fuel tanks, as the petrol and ethanol can go in to the same tank, but with a 70 litre petrol/ethanol tank and a near 50 litre LPG tank, this Mondeo can manage over 800 miles when fully filled. Which should suit Mr Rep very nicely.

Available only with the 2.0 litre Duratec engine, sale are expected to start in April, with Euro prices around the €27k mark.

By Cars UK