Family Ford-tune

Perhaps kicking off our Paris coverage with the latest iteration of the archetypal family runabout wasn't the most glamorous move. Nevertheless, Ford's new Mondeo is looking pretty sexy for a five-seat estate.

Admittedly that's a bit like saying that Theresa May is pretty sexy for a Conservative politician, but you catch our drift.

In an effort to rev up the shrinking family car market, Ford has allowed much of the Iosis concept's styling to filter through to the Mondeo.

The show car is an estate, but we're promised saloon and hatch models for the car's launch next spring.

From launch, the engine options are 1.6-, 2.0- and 2.5-litre petrol units, and 1.8- and 2.0-litre turbodiesels.

That's exactly the same as for the S-Max. The reason is the Mondeo shares the same platform as the MPV, so we can already surmise that the Mondeo will be good to drive.

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