Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“Mondeo Man” in the UK is analogous to “Reagan Democrat” in the US. Traditionally a Labour voter, he votes Conservative because he’s more affluent and has enough money to buy a Ford Mondeo instead of taking the bus. But it wasn’t “Cavalier Man” or “Astra Man”, although Astra Man sounds pretty cool. It was “Mondeo Man” because the Ford Mondeo, like the Cortina before it, was such a popular car in the UK in the 1990s. So why did it fail as a world car, and why did it succeed but also fail as a world car 20 years later?
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“Mondeo Man” in the UK is analogous to “Reagan Democrat” in the US. Traditionally a Labour voter, he votes Conservative because he’s more affluent and has enough money to buy a Ford Mondeo instead of taking the bus. But it wasn’t “Cavalier Man” or “Astra Man”, although Astra Man sounds pretty cool. It was “Mondeo Man” because the Ford Mondeo, like the Cortina before it, was such a popular car in the UK in the 1990s. So why did it fail as a world car, and why did it succeed but also fail as a world car 20 years later?
To get early ad-free access to new videos, or your name at the end of my videos, please consider supporting me using Patreon from just $1 or 80p a month at patreon.com/bigcar
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My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
#FordMondeo #FordContour #FordFusion
