Why I love... 1990s FORDS

"It would come to set the class standards in almost every respect"

- BY SAM PHILLIPS

The 1990s was not a decade short of ground-shaking cultural reference points: the Britpop battle between Oasis and Blur, Tony Blair and his ‘New Labour’ government, Dolly the sheep...

The car industry saw seismic changes too: the old-school boxy designs that proved so popular in the 1980s were replaced by smooth-edged, aerodynamically honed creations that brought all kinds of new technology and innovation. With comparatively little regulation and thus the freedom to create cars that people loved, many brands thrived – and none more so than Ford.

Under the leadership of legendary engineer Richard Parry-Jones, the Blue Oval rolled out a raft of models that did more than just attract buyers because they made economic sense, as had long been the case. People started buying Fords because they were cars that people liked, and few models are more emblematic of this than the 1993 Mondeo.