White Elephant
I spoke to a salesman in a Ford dealership about this car a few weeks ago. I've bought a couple of cars from him before and he knew I was genuinely interested in this model - perhaps that is why he was so candid.
He told me the car was a white elephant and Ford weren't expecting to sell many at all...
The gist of it was that the Mondeo is not built for urban driving as the article mentions and once you are on the Motorway you are effectively driving a 2.0L petrol engine, only with a great big heavy battery pack killing the fuel economy.
The wheels/tires look terrible on this model because the alloys are smaller than standard to improve the rolling resistance. The same as on the EcoTech model (but not to be confused with the the EcoBoost engine).
I was told that the only reason Ford have this model in the UK is because they get a tax break for having a Hybrid model in the range - regardless of the quantity they sell...
I still think the car looks stunning and am planning on ordering one in the next couple of weeks, but it won't be a Hybrid!!