The new Ford Mondeo Vignale, the first vehicle in a new various upscale Ford Vignale products, produces excellent design, superior refinement, moreover exclusive specification. Each model is hand-finished by committed craftspeople in a meticulous process that also consists of high-tech manufacturing techniques and 100 increased quality checks.
The first design in Europe to provide Ford's Active Noise Termination, the new Ford Mondeo Vignale also offers improved sound insulation, and essential link rear suspension. Obtainable in four-door and wagon body styles, Mondeo Vignale delivers premium specification that includes Pedestrian Detection, Intelligent All-Wheel Drive, and high-power bi turbo 2.0-litre TDCi and hybrid powertrains. Contemporary design signs are based on iconic Italian coachbuilder Alfredo Vignale.
"Ford Vignale is the highest concept of the Ford brand in Europe, combining premium model then workmanship with a unique, time-saving ownership experience," said Roelant de Waard, vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford of Europe. "Our vision for Vignale is to make a fashionable, contemporary upscale experience that is a valued thing about customers' lives."
Customers have the ability to use Ford's new dedicated Ford Vignale Internet destination and online configurator to take a look at options and costs. The Ford Vignale Mondeo is available to pre-order this month, and later this year Ford can bring in the Ford S-MAX Vignale.
Vignale customers also receive personalised service tailored to their needs for the lifetimes of their vehicle ownership, supported by a Ford Vignale Relationship Manager and 24 hour free phone some help from the Vignale 1 Call service.
Handcrafted and individually tailored
Any Ford Mondeo Vignale is hand-finished by six master craftspeople at the new high-tech Vignale Centre at Ford's manufacturing facility in Valencia, Spain. The latest laser and camera technology supports the qualified eye in carefully examining every aspect of a Vignale car from body shell and panel alignment to paint finish.
Believe in precision and attention to detail, specialists spend more than 2 hours hand polishing the paintwork to make the perfect high-gloss finalize; and also carefully scrutinise the fine car detailing and edging of 40 personal laser-cut pieces of durable trim built to any car seat.
Ford worked for two-and-a-half years to perfect the design of the Vignale car seats who are inspired by luxurious hand crafted durable products, and need 110 per cent most leather for greater coverage, as well as 50 per cent more sewing precious time.
Each hide that is used for the full-grain premium Windsor Leather undergoes an intensive selection procedure and natural markings are reduced. This enhances the design for the unique Vignale hexagonal quilting then tuxedo edging with soft-touch elements that extend to the instrument panel, centre comfort, arm-rest, then door top-rolls. Finished parts are exposed to the sun to make certain even as time passes the surface appearance continues consistent.
Refinement enhanced
The Ford Mondeo Vignale delivers a quiet, smooth then comfortable ride using sophisticated technologies and an advanced chassis construction. The Effective Noise Cancellation system uses 3 microphones, smartly positioned throughout the cabin, to monitor engine noise in the interior. The system then directs opposite sound waves through the audio system to offset engine noise and enhance cabin ambience.
The interior also features enhanced sound insulation to better isolate road noise from the cabin, acoustic glass assisting to reduce wind noise to ranges normally competent only in the premium segment.
Ford's integral link backside suspension offers a smooth ride specifically for rear seat passengers and reduces noise levels by allowing the wheel to shift more rearwards on impact with bumps. For front passengers, convenience is improved by Multi-Contour Seats with Active Activity massage. Designed to reduce muscle tiredness especially on more time journeys, the seats use 11 inflatable cushions for an unobtrusive massaging influence on thighs, underside and lower back.
Exclusive style
The new Ford Mondeo Vignale exterior offers an attractive, emotive design that reflects the latest Ford global design language. Exclusive details incorporate:
- An upper grille offering exclusive Vignale hexagonal style in dark matt metallic finishing and then with a polished aluminium surround
- A high-gloss lower grille with chrome bars
- Dual chrome exhausts with polished aluminium surround also matte-coloured trim
Chrome door details - A high-gloss finish for the windshield mainstay and door mirror bottom, and for the middle and rear window pillars
- Dedicated 18-inch and recommended 19-inch Vignale lustre nickel alloy wheels and exclusive colour Vignale Nocciola
Every Ford Vignale model features an exclusive Vignale script, inspired by Alfredo Vignale's signature. The positioning of all badges, trim and exterior ornamentation is exactly checked by the Vignale team employing laser gauges. Metallic paint is standard, with further selections including Vignale Black, Vignale Silver and premium four-coat Vignale White.
"The latest trends from the worlds of building design and fashion incorporate to create a luxurious locate with a sense of luxury, and a feeling of timelessness for Ford Vignale Mondeo - alongside the very latest advanced technologies," said Chris Bird, design director, Global Colour, Materials and Vehicle Personalisation.
Premium technology and powertrains
The Ford Mondeo Vignale offers sophisticated driver assistance technologies and tools that lead to a simplified and stress-free experience. Pre-Collision Easily Pedestrian Detection may reduce the rigorousness of some frontal collisions involving cars and pedestrians, or assist drivers avoid some impacts completely. Also offered are:
SYNC 2, delivered as standard and allowing drivers to make use mobile phone, entertainment, climate and navigation systems with simple conversational language. The system will even raise up a selection of local restaurants with a simple voice command: "I'm hungry" Active Park Assist featuring Perpendicular Parking enables drivers to detect suitably-sized parking areas and reverse hands-free into them Traffic Sign Recognition, delivered as standard and supplying drivers with the latest determined speed limit, cancellation signs and overtaking restrictions by using the instrument cluster display screen Active City Stop, which will apply automatic braking to mitigate or avoid a collision with a vehicle ahead at speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph) Ford Dynamic LED headlights, which combine the daylight-mimicking light clarity of full-LED headlamps with Ford's Adaptive Front Lighting System that adjusts the headlight beam angle and strength to complement the driving environment An advanced Sony DAB audio and navigation system with twelve hi-fidelity speakers as well is offered, and comfort and advantage are more improved for drivers with features such as a power-adjustable, memory-equipped steering column, power tailgate and heated steering wheel.
Improving safety for rear-seat passengers, Ford's industry-first Inflatable Rear Seatbelts rapidly increase in the event of an accident to get away crash forces across a body area 5 times greater than that accomplished by a conventional seatbelt.
The Ford Mondeo Vignale is offered with high-power engines including 2.0-litre EcoBoost petrol and TDCi diesel engines, and Ford's 187 PS petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. The 2.0-litre EcoBoost is offered with 203 PS and 240 PS as well as a six-speed automatic transmission. The 180 PS 2.0-litre TDCi is available with six-speed manual and PowerShift automatic transmissions, and with Ford's Intelligent AWD system that provides seamless transition between front-wheel drive and so all-wheel-drive performance.
Also offered is Ford's new 210 PS Bi-turbo 2.0-litre TDCi engine which enables faster response and 450 Nm of torque from 2000 rpm for comfortable and fuel-efficient cruising.
The Vignale experience
Ford Vignale includes 3 key elements, a unique product, lifestyle elements, and a dedicated experience. A crucial component of the Ford Vignale experience, the Vignale Lounge has been released as an integral part of the FordStores that Ford is introducing across Europe - supplying a new seamless using experiencing the full range of Ford services and products.
The Vignale Lounge offers an environment manufactured to guarantee consumers feel appreciated and respected, relaxed and just comfortable. Luxurious, sensorial, and showing an excellent level of attention to detail, each Vignale Lounge enhances perfectly the vehicle variety. Both are designed by the same Ford Design team.
The Vignale Lounge also will offer a devoted Ford Vignale Relationship Manager and a personalised service. Ford Vignale Relationship Managers will assist customers in configuring vehicles, displaying info about a purposely designed touch table, and tablet devices.
The Vignale story
Mitch Vignale was one of the first coachbuilders, or carrozzeria, to find a car as a thing that might be personalised with unique, made-to-measure styles. Vignale discovered his craft with learn coachbuilder Pinin Farina, before forming his own iconic designs for Italian automobile makers under his own name, making the most of new manufacure strategies developed by the aviation industry. From 1948 until 1969, the Vignale Carrozzeria, near Turin, attracted consumers from all over the world.
"When creating the Ford Mondeo Vignale's sense of luxury, our target was to reflect the timeless design and bespoke set about of the early coachbuilders," Bird said. "The passion for detail that informed Alfredo Vignale's designs is clearly visible in our new description of Vignale."
