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Autocar understands that such a set-up would help save space for packaging a battery pack, likely for a conventional or plug-in hybrid powertrain. The current Mondeo Hybrid loses much of its luggage space due to the battery pack being mounted under the boot floor.

As first scooped by Autocar last summer, the new Mondeo is expected to adopt crossover styling cues, although it now looks less likely to be classified as an SUV.

Sources close to Ford suggest that it will continue with hatchback and estate bodystyles, despite the ontrend design influence. Recent spy shots of a development mule, based on a Ford Focus Active Estate with an extended wheelbase, fit this notion. Ford's family car is now in its fourth iteration, but is the Mondeo ready to take the fight to a world burgeoning with rivals? The test mule features a number of obvious characteristics that point to a radical repositioning for the Mondeo.

The suspension, for example, has been raised considerably for a more SUV-like stance, while the protruding wheels hint at a widened track for enhanced interior space. We can also see that the donor car has been extended behind the B-pillar to fit the new model's platform.

In the US, the model is being compared by insiders to the Subaru Outback , a very popular high-riding estate car. From the side, it has a lower and sleeker profile than the Evos, with a sloping roofline and saloon style boot.

The rear end has some slim LED tail lights, with what appears to be a light bar connecting the two sides. The camouflage wrap covers up most of the bumper, but the design of this area may change when Ford integrates a set of production-ready exhaust pipes.

The test car clearly has an exhaust pipe, so Ford is testing petrol, diesel or hybrid versions. Ford also promised autonomous driving tech on the Evos, which could come to the Mondeo replacement as well.