Teknikens Vrld: Ford Mondeo Estate 'Dangerously Overweight'
The Ford Mondeo Estate is in trouble with one Swedish automotive publication, thanks to how much it weighs.
Teknikens Värld reports the Mondeo Titanium Estate equipped with the 150-horsepower 2-liter TDCi and six-speed manual is supposed to weigh 3,530 pounds. However, when the publication’s test subject was placed on a roadside scale, the weight came out to 4,145 pounds, 615 more than what Ford said it weighed.
This is a problem in Sweden, as loading a vehicle above its total gross weight is illegal, something that would occur if a family loads the Mondeo to what they believe is the gross weight, only to find they’ve exceeded it.
The extra weight also proved to be dangerous, as the Mondeo failed the publication’s moose test, faring better at said test when the load dropped to 220 pounds above the maximum load limit.
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So either Ford lied, Ford got it wrong, or both. Not surprising. I don't know anything about Swedish culture but Swedish women are so so HOT. :-) Also interesting is Teknikens review of the '14 Honda CRV AWD, they argue that it is actually a FWD despite the AWD components being present.
//Honda owners are well known for being the “whats an oil change? type” Well, what? That's why we buy Hondas... they put perfectly good oil in their cars at the factory. Why would we need to change it? Jeez...