New Ford Mondeo to be launched in January

New Ford Mondeo is all set to be launched in India in January 2010. This luxury sedan is in process to revamp in the company's Chennai facility. The outgoing version of Ford Mondeo was not as successful as it was sold 5 to 10 units since its launch in 2001. The old Ford Mondeo had a price tag of Rs 16.30 l lakh but the new version will see a minor change. Ford India, Vice president (sales and marketing), Vinay Piparsania, said that the new model is already there in India for upgradation. According to company's officials, the new version will have only cosmetic change and the same 2 litre 16V Duratec Petrol and 16V Direct Injection Turbo Diesel will be used. This is, New Ford Mondeo, the only model of Ford which saw a weak response. On the other hand, Ford Endeavour has been sold over 2,000 units since its launch in December 2003. 1000 units of Ford Endeavour was sold in the previous four months. General Motors is also reported to launch its Chevrolet Cruze in the next month and Tata Motor is not be behind with Tata Indicruz .

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