Ford showed the Mondeo in 2012 but left its European customers waiting until 2014 when the car finally arrived in showrooms.

Ford launched the fourth generation of the Mondeo in 2006 and, four years later, it introduced the facelifted version for it.

Ford showed the third generation of the Mondeo in the 2006 movie Casino Royale, but the official unveiling was made in 2007.

Ford continued to offer the Mondeo in three shapes: sedan, hatchback, and station-wagon, to directly compete against the French vehicles and the Opel/Vauxhall Vectra.

After just two years since its introduction, the Mondeo's second generation received a mild facelift, which slightly improved its look and some interior trims.

Ford learned from its mistakes and, when it introduced the second generation of the Mondeo, it made it a lot better and kept the fastback-styling for it.

Just two years after introducing the Mondeo lineup, Ford refreshed the entire range and fixed most of the problems encountered with the 1994 model-year.

Ford invested one billion dollars in the Mondeo project, but the result was a global car available in three shapes: sedan, hatchback, and station wagon.