LWB Mondeo

csv8 · 09-08-2007, 07:44 PM

The ORION has the same wheels as LWB Mondeo ?? coincidence ??

Piotr · 09-08-2007, 08:10 PM

Those are standard wheels for the Mondeo

csv8 · 09-08-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Piotr

Those are standard wheels for the Mondeo

but why are they on the ORION prototype ???? FORD raiding their worldwide parts bin ? or is the new FALCON a LWB MONDEO???????

Piotr · 09-08-2007, 08:34 PM

Because instead of showing the world its new rim designs they used some from another car.

09-08-2007, 11:40 PM

If you have a closer look at the Orion pics you'll see they are redrilled.

photn · 10-08-2007, 10:51 AM

The mondeo was released first. so wouldnt it mean that the orion has the mondeo wheels. not the mondeo has the orion wheels.

take into consideration that the new orion has similar styleings to the Mondeo by the looks of it. so ford actually used there nogans and put them on to disguise it as a mondeo....

**Dave R** · 10-08-2007, 05:02 PM

These wheels were designed by Ford in Europe. Take a look at the XR5 Turbo and certain variants of the S-Max and you will see that they have been used over there for a while.

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Originally Posted by photn

so ford actually used there nogans and put them on to disguise it as a mondeo....

They are not being used to disguise the 08 Falcon as a Mondeo. They are the wheels that the base XRs will recieve. In fact, about a year before the Orion XR spy shots were published, a member of FAF hinted at Ford using the European wheels on the XR models.