c5 is a bit more expensive and very much less accepted compare to peugeot. plus Malaysian c5 has very much less function and luxury feel compare to 508

Lol, sorry to insult but i don't think a normal Ford Salesman can afford a Mondeo

The salesman say next year batch MIGHT include a navigation unit as optional. Cause the current one is the basic model without any modifications import fully from Belgium. But anyway nt gonna get it. Might as well buy a good gps

VW passat design looks outdated. Performance less price slightly higher, so i dun think I'll take that. But inside is nicer lar    now most off the car interior black.. Sure need tinting Liao.. 

The Current S-Max Already Have Leather Seats. According to the salesman, they say some families dun like leather seats cause not comfortable for them so they prefer fabric. But Leather More Expensive Lar.. Didnt take note of the price as once i see the last 2 seats... I would as well take Mazda 5 Or Peugoet 5008, But Power Still Cannot Match Lar The Last 2 Seats Very Cramp, Chair Cannot Move.. Only thing that is adjustable is its headrest.. If you got 2 small kids can lar. But when they grow up, they will be fighting for the middle row I love the voice control thing on both mondeo and s-max. Can Understand our voice well. 

US roads also not good anymore... they don't even have enough money for cops! Some parts of Detroit are without protection at all through cops, AFAIK. (http://streetsblog.net/2011/11/16/the-high-cost-of-cheap-roads/ Look at that photo!)

It's not all bad in Europe... France has excellent highways (damn expensive to drive there), swiss roads also seemed pretty good where I was (drivers bad though, lol). Germany it really depends... some places good, some very bad, whereas in Malaysia it generally seems to tend towards the latter. You wouldn't find a highway with a giant pothole in Germany. In cities though it might happen, though IIRC these potholes aren't as deep and big as they are sometimes in Malaysia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykB4Ek8Maf0 This is in Berlin. Admittedly the holes are all "fixed". Except for this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4RsSNVe6U And the last video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT3iFk9aFa4

I thought the Camry is rather soft? An uncle drove an old Camry (not sure which one), and my (admittedly bad) memories
were of a rather soft ride. No comparison to a Citroen XM though of course. And of course soft doesn't have to mean it takes bumps well.

Perhaps the reason for the rather stiff rides of contis is that roads can be quite curvy, and the speed limit between towns in Germany is for example 100, sometimes even with very twisty roads (sometimes there are speed limits in that case, sometimes there aren't). The road to the Nordschleife is a dream, weren't it for the cops. You'll want a car that corners well. My Renault 19 was a lot softer than the Citroen Xsara we bought after that, and lets not even mention the Golf IV I learned to drive on. Loved driving "fast" over bumpy roads where those with lowered cars had to drive very slow.

Btw., http://www.gadling.com/2009/04/29/the-wors...e-gadling-tour/ Check out that video from Michigan.

I'd still push you over to Citroen. C5 and C6 are pretty comfortable, though they can also corner. A Galaxy would also strike a decent balance between comfy and good handling, but not available and also not exactly what you are looking for probably (I wonder how it does it... perhaps the car just flattens the road with its weight). But perhaps the Mondeo, based on the same platform IIRC, can handle similarly?

The latest 5 series BMW with the suspension set to comfort is also supposed to take everything nicely. And when you want to speed, set the car to sport. 

Oh, btw. I've read that the CKD Renault Kangoo is stiffer than the CBU one... and my CKD certainly feels rather stiff, conti like. What the...?

Hi, there is rumor of Ford bringing in the Mondeo with Volvo S60 T5 bashing variant featuring 240ps and 340nm (rough ballpark figures, since I heard from conversation). I'm gonna go check out the showroom...

This sounds like specs similar to the Mondeo Titanium X.
Priced around RM190K+, it'd better be upgraded specs as well, and not just higher engine tune.
If equipped like the Titanium X, it will come with integrated spoiler, GPS, higher engine tune, heated seats (probably removed), alcantara.

But here comes my crucial question again: is Ford Malaysia trying to capitalize on a soon-to-be-obsolete model, and pocketing the profits by buying cheaper models which sales would have plummeted overseas, and charging us the full price? New Mondeo/Fusion will be introduced maybe end 2013 or 2014 in right-hand-drive. Or Ford Malaysia may go a whole year or two late, and only bring them in 2015?

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Added on March 11, 2012, 5:13 pmHi, I have confirmed the arrival of the new variant of Mondeo, at the port it seems.

Ford Malaysia's marketing team is still working on the launch (perhaps also working out how to maximise profits )