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Red Back Ute
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linton, Vic
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What is difference between MA and MB Mondeo?
Insurance mob asked me what the new one is, and I had no answer. Cheers Nev
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 17
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If is a sedan then it is an MA as MB models are not imported here anymore in a sedan. Quickest way i tell is by the instrument cluster. The MB has the high end dash (blue screen)in the Zetec, XR5 and Titanium whereas the MA only had the high end cluster in the XR5.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 423
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Essentially they are the same car, with some minor changes.
For example, the MB Mondeo XR5 picked up: alloy pedals active cruise control HIDs Sunroof (standard) Bluetooth (standard) Different rims Red leather stitching Not sure what happened in other models. But maybe redbook would be your friend? |
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Red Back Ute
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linton, Vic
Posts: 293
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I found this to explain things, do you agree with this. Basically I read it to say from mod 09, it will be an MB.
Cheers Nev IN mid 2009 Ford dropped the sedan, added an attractive wagon, and introduced a luxury Titanium version to the lauded Mondeo range. So while it is not officially a face lift, the changes to the revised and revamped Mondeo are big enough for Ford to warrant a model code change from MA to MB.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 781
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Reasonably accurate, except that MAs were being sold as late as October 2009, I know because that is when we bought ours, also it is a Sedan and no "MB" sedans have been imported. At the time we bought ours there were some hatchback MA model about the place, but having had a TX5 Hatchback, which started to creak after a few years when the guides and stops got worn, we elected for the sedan. The metal parcel shelf stiffens the rear of the car quite well To make things more confusing in Europe they are all Mk4s and will become Mk5s when the new engined models flow from the production line, I believe. There are some panel changes as well. In the Zetec stitching isn't a clue because I have neither white nor red - I suspect that is only on the XR5s in keeping with their "sporty" flavour. The compliance plate on our car doesn't mention the Oz codes (MA/MB) so an Oz compliance plate was never applied or it was removed before delivery, which is naughty but of limited concern to us given our expect ownership duration. As you have recently bought the car I'm betting it would be the MB model, because I would have expected all the MAs to have been washed out of the supply chain by now. If you want to confuse the insurance people then tell them it's a Mk4, which is what the factory designation seems to be ![]() Cheers
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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When I got mine, my insurance cost was very good. No one had pranged one. Two years later, gone up well over 40% :( |
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Sydney
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2010
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simplest way is if it has red stitching in the leather, it'sd an MB. if it's white, it's an MA... doubt anybody would go to the trouble of replacing seats in an MA...
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If You Seek AU
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Adelaide, SA
Posts: 184
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I think the MB was built from around May/June 2009 onwards... but my MB Titanium has "MA" on the compliance plate. The front cover of the handbook should say one or the other.
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 143
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Go the MB Zetec or Titanium, its got the LCD display in the dash, bluetooth standard, different seat material, the crome lining on the bottom on the door windows.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Will be on the build plate..
All of the above is correct, the MB Zetec had the high series cluster which has a TFT screen in the guts of it. |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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My xr5 in the first year, was about $100 cheaper to insure than my Liberty. Now it is above that cost unfortunately. |
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Red Back Ute
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linton, Vic
Posts: 293
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We don't pick the Zetec up until the 16th. We have a week away which has delayed the delivery.
It is an MB, Hatch Feb 2010 build, Moon Dust Silver. Had another look at it today, it is still waiting on tow bar to arrive. I appreciate your help. Been a Terri owner to long (had 2). Cheers Nev ![]()
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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That said, if we do take off sometime in the future I'll be factoring in the cost of getting rid of those tension loaded ball joints. Cheers and enjoy the mondeo TDC i ![]()
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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NevC
That isn't too bad. I ordered mine in early Jan, picked up in mid May. Had to wait until one was built with a sunroof and bluetooth - now standard. |
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