Our Fleet Test Drive: Ford Mondeo – 3rd report

I’m still undecided on the styling of Ford’s new Mondeo, and some of that is down to the car’s varying appeal depending on the angle of approach.

Nose-on it’s fine, and there’s not much wrong with the rear, but come at the car from a rear three-quarter sort of angle and I’m significantly less convinced.

There’s a large slab of pretty much unstyled metal running from the rear wheelarch around the back corner that in my opinion gives the Mondeo something of a dumpy rear end. It looks a bit like it’s carrying an American influence, whereas I prefer my cars a little sleeker.