A worthy successor to the much loved Serria, the Mondeo was once voted the coolest car by a certain well known car program. Now in its forth incarnation it has been on sale since 1992.
Maximum # of Registrations = 893862
Latest # of Registrations = 417422
The Mondeo ST220 is one to look out for.
The second generation Mondeo came out in late 2000 and was a significant step up from its predecessor in design dynamics(especially the diesel) though Ford had learnt their lesson with the Sierra and kept the styling cautious. One of the big improvements was the dodgy Americanised interior which was ditched for some think with a much more Germanic feel. The bits that were carried over were the good bits, like the suspension which had won the mk1 many plaudits and remained virtually unchanged for the mk2. The ST220 came out at the same time as the standard car and featured an enlarged 3.0L V6 engine producing 226bhp. Performance was good though acceleration times can vary depending on who's word your believing, but is roughly in the seven seconds bracket, and the top speed... well that's something your never gonna do, right!
In 2003 the Mondeo was given a light dusting of a make over, there wasn't much to see on the outside but the improved dashboard does make the later models worth looking out for.
Overall the reaction from the motoring press and public alike was very favourable regarding the whole range though the ST220 received particular praise for its tractable engine, subtle sports styling and firm but supple ride quality.
Sadly its now time to broach the thorny issue of reliability. Although the Mondeo got good reviews in its early years, sadly time and mileage do creep up on the old girl and rob her of some of here youthful allure. The main problem is that she is a Ford and as is the case with all Fords, they ain't quite German! That is to say that the 100k miles self destruct button was never made an optional extra (it always came as standard) in the Ford range. I'm not saying that all Mondeo's are going to fall apart at the stoke of 100k miles but it does pay to be extra vigilant when buying one with higher miles.
A list of things to look out for are as follows:
Rear subframe bushes, they wear out usually about 100k and can be identified by a clonking noise and sloppiness in the steering. They are a garage job to replace.
Handbrakes like to stop working, usually to do with the cable get gunged up, which is a hassle to replace.
Front springs break a lot and the dampers can become noisy.
The engines seem to hold out well but a general feeling of wear does start to make itself felt through out the drive train on really big milers.
One last thing, sapphire blue seems the colour that commands the best resale values when buying a fast Ford so bear that in mind.
The prices for early 2001-2003 models appear to have stabilized and the value of the car is mostly dependant on its condition rather than age. We would advise a sub 80k mileage car to really guarantee future values. Dealers are asking upwards of £6k for low milers though there are some private examples for sale around the £3.5k mark for one with 80k.
Example for sale:
Sapphire blue 53 plate 49k miles excellent condition £3999 ono (Feb 2016)
Name | Calculated Rating | Max Reg | Latest Reg |
---|---|---|---|
MONDEO | 83 | 14279 | 2403 |
MONDEO 16V | 33 | 9 | 6 |
MONDEO 16V TDCI AUTO | 14 | 233 | 199 |
MONDEO 24V | 99 | 2588 | 22 |
MONDEO 24V AUTO | 98 | 1026 | 11 |
MONDEO 24V GHIA | 98 | 2661 | 41 |
MONDEO 24V GHIA AUTO | 98 | 1305 | 19 |
MONDEO ASPEN | 99 | 11614 | 68 |
MONDEO ASPEN TD | 99 | 4306 | 27 |
MONDEO BLACK TDCI | 21 | 108 | 85 |
MONDEO D TURBO | 99 | 2701 | 8 |
MONDEO E500 | 97 | 1120 | 30 |
MONDEO ECONETIC TDCI | 7 | 297 | 275 |
MONDEO ECONETIC TDCI 115 | 15 | 326 | 276 |
MONDEO ECONETIC TDCI 125 | 26 | 1308 | 966 |
MONDEO EDGE | 5 | 3366 | 3166 |
MONDEO EDGE + TDCI | 18 | 263 | 214 |
MONDEO EDGE 115 TDCI | 30 | 1257 | 873 |
MONDEO EDGE 125 | 8 | 2947 | 2687 |
MONDEO EDGE 130 TDCI | 20 | 2467 | 1951 |
MONDEO EDGE 145 | 11 | 655 | 578 |
MONDEO EDGE 155 | 14 | 612 | 523 |
MONDEO EDGE A | 9 | 94 | 85 |
MONDEO EDGE AUTO | 10 | 78 | 70 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI | 4 | 2572 | 2464 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 100 | 25 | 1668 | 1238 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 113 | 17 | 147 | 122 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 115 | 22 | 190 | 148 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 125 5G | 25 | 3695 | 2764 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 125 6G | 25 | 3862 | 2861 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 130 A | 17 | 229 | 190 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 138 | 23 | 438 | 333 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI 140 | 9 | 6266 | 5646 |
MONDEO EDGE TDCI AUTO | 4 | 396 | 380 |
MONDEO EDGE TURBO | 7 | 26 | 24 |
MONDEO GHIA | 80 | 40936 | 7980 |
MONDEO GHIA 16V | 16 | 6 | 5 |
MONDEO GHIA 24V | 80 | 20 | 4 |
MONDEO GHIA 4X4 | 98 | 554 | 10 |
MONDEO GHIA A | 94 | 6545 | 329 |
MONDEO GHIA AUTO | 68 | 7911 | 2497 |
MONDEO GHIA DSL TURBO | 99 | 2043 | 15 |
MONDEO GHIA LPG | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MONDEO GHIA SCI | 33 | 631 | 422 |
MONDEO GHIA TD | 95 | 5767 | 250 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI | 45 | 15581 | 8422 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI 125 | 17 | 1485 | 1231 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI 130 | 32 | 8457 | 5740 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI 130 A | 10 | 484 | 434 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI 140 | 9 | 5775 | 5220 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI 155 | 14 | 97 | 83 |
MONDEO GHIA TDCI AUTO | 29 | 1316 | 923 |
MONDEO GHIA TDDI | 76 | 3447 | 793 |
MONDEO GHIA TURBO | 9 | 134 | 121 |
MONDEO GHIA X | 75 | 25355 | 6223 |
MONDEO GHIA X 24V | 63 | 3985 | 1456 |
MONDEO GHIA X 24V A | 96 | 363 | 12 |
MONDEO GHIA X 24V AUTO | 27 | 1345 | 975 |
MONDEO GHIA X 4X4 | 97 | 238 | 6 |
MONDEO GHIA X AUTO | 74 | 12483 | 3212 |
MONDEO GHIA X LPG | 50 | 2 | 1 |
MONDEO GHIA X SCI | 37 | 248 | 154 |
MONDEO GHIA X TD | 94 | 2413 | 132 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDCI | 38 | 11418 | 7077 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDCI 125 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDCI 130 | 26 | 4864 | 3568 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDCI 140 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDCI AUTO | 42 | 1146 | 658 |
MONDEO GHIA X TDDI | 72 | 1913 | 535 |
MONDEO GHIA X TURBO | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MONDEO GHIA X V6 | 15 | 268 | 226 |
MONDEO GLX | 98 | 84635 | 1469 |
MONDEO GLX A | 98 | 8041 | 114 |
MONDEO GLX AUTO | 91 | 6774 | 575 |
MONDEO GLX D TURBO | 99 | 17666 | 65 |
MONDEO GLX DIESEL | 85 | 34 | 5 |
MONDEO GLX LPG | 71 | 7 | 2 |
MONDEO GLX TD | 98 | 7809 | 133 |
MONDEO GRAPHITE | 48 | 4794 | 2478 |
MONDEO GRAPHITE TDCI | 36 | 3193 | 2040 |
MONDEO GRAPHITE TURBO | 1 | 86 | 85 |
MONDEO LX | 87 | 268568 | 32817 |
MONDEO LX AUTO | 77 | 23512 | 5300 |
MONDEO LX D TURBO | 99 | 57638 | 250 |
MONDEO LX DIESEL | 91 | 46 | 4 |
MONDEO LX LPG | 93 | 44 | 3 |
MONDEO LX TD | 98 | 39071 | 676 |
MONDEO LX TDCI | 56 | 36996 | 16139 |
MONDEO LX TDCI 130 | 43 | 8746 | 4937 |
MONDEO LX TDCI AUTO | 57 | 1220 | 523 |
MONDEO LX TDDI | 83 | 12903 | 2097 |
MONDEO MISTRAL | 63 | 6713 | 2420 |
MONDEO MISTRAL TDCI | 43 | 1588 | 895 |
MONDEO SI | 98 | 21695 | 340 |
MONDEO SI 16V AUTO | 87 | 8 | 1 |
MONDEO SI 24V | 98 | 760 | 10 |
MONDEO SI 24V AUTO | 98 | 82 | 1 |
MONDEO SI 4X4 | 97 | 269 | 7 |
MONDEO SILVER | 16 | 1969 | 1651 |
MONDEO SILVER TDCI | 28 | 1457 | 1040 |
MONDEO SPORT | 2 | 823 | 805 |
MONDEO SPORT TDCI | 6 | 1673 | 1570 |
MONDEO ST 24 V6 | 88 | 5876 | 650 |
MONDEO ST TDCI | 14 | 10550 | 9005 |
MONDEO ST200 | 67 | 1678 | 545 |
MONDEO ST220 | 25 | 5006 | 3750 |
MONDEO ST24 V6 | 93 | 2693 | 171 |
MONDEO STYLE ECONETIC TDCI | 0 | 1105 | 1105 |
MONDEO T-IUM X TDCI130 E4 | 17 | 2130 | 1759 |
MONDEO T-NIUM TDCI 115 E4 | 31 | 233 | 160 |
MONDEO T-NIUM TDCI 130 E4 | 21 | 1989 | 1566 |
MONDEO TI-NIUM X TDCI140A | 2 | 361 | 351 |
MONDEO TI-NIUM X TDCI163A | 4 | 1451 | 1391 |
MONDEO TI-NUM X SPTTDCI A | 2 | 931 | 911 |
MONDEO TITAN X SPORT TDCI | 4 | 2309 | 2210 |
MONDEO TITAN X SPT TDCI A | 4 | 293 | 281 |
MONDEO TITAN X TDCI 138 A | 6 | 93 | 87 |
MONDEO TITAN X TDCI 161 A | 2 | 371 | 361 |
MONDEO TITAN-M X SPT TDCI | 1 | 625 | 614 |
MONDEO TITANIUM | 0 | 2685 | 2685 |
MONDEO TITANIUM + TDCI | 9 | 389 | 351 |
MONDEO TITANIUM 16V | 6 | 32 | 30 |
MONDEO TITANIUM A | 7 | 136 | 126 |
MONDEO TITANIUM AUTO | 0 | 1827 | 1827 |
MONDEO TITANIUM ECONETIC TDCI | 0 | 5041 | 5041 |
MONDEO TITANIUM HEV AUTO | 0 | 565 | 565 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI | 0 | 11181 | 11181 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 115 | 20 | 10 | 8 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 125 | 10 | 2829 | 2528 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 130 | 19 | 300 | 243 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 130A | 8 | 179 | 163 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 138 | 10 | 875 | 783 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 140 | 4 | 14182 | 13476 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 140A | 6 | 470 | 439 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 155 | 17 | 708 | 586 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 161 | 5 | 681 | 642 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 163 | 3 | 2465 | 2383 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI 163A | 7 | 290 | 269 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI A | 9 | 350 | 316 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI AUTO | 0 | 4512 | 4512 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI S-A | 33 | 24 | 16 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI138 A | 5 | 84 | 79 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TDCI161 A | 3 | 340 | 328 |
MONDEO TITANIUM TURBO | 3 | 408 | 392 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X | 1 | 1883 | 1846 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X A | 5 | 603 | 571 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X AUTO | 4 | 957 | 918 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X B-NESS EDN T | 2 | 132 | 129 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X B-S EDN TDCI | 0 | 6970 | 6907 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X BS ED TDCI A | 4 | 1766 | 1694 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X SPORT | 2 | 109 | 106 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X SPORT A | 0 | 1198 | 1190 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X SPORT TDCI | 0 | 2067 | 2053 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X SPTTDCI | 2 | 1362 | 1323 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI | 4 | 4295 | 4089 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI A | 4 | 2908 | 2767 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI AUTO | 0 | 30 | 30 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI SA | 40 | 15 | 9 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI125 | 8 | 2205 | 2021 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI130 | 20 | 100 | 80 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI138 | 6 | 343 | 322 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI140 | 3 | 13036 | 12538 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI155 | 19 | 401 | 324 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI161 | 4 | 790 | 753 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TDCI163 | 3 | 4352 | 4202 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X TURBO | 4 | 1471 | 1404 |
MONDEO TITANIUM X V6 | 27 | 37 | 27 |
MONDEO TITANIUMX TDCI 155 | 12 | 1790 | 1573 |
MONDEO ULTIMA | 99 | 1465 | 13 |
MONDEO VERONA | 93 | 54772 | 3719 |
MONDEO VIGNALE AUTO | 0 | 108 | 108 |
MONDEO VIGNALE TDCI | 0 | 184 | 184 |
MONDEO VIGNALE TDCI 4X4 AUTO | 0 | 9 | 9 |
MONDEO VIGNALE TDCI AUTO | 0 | 207 | 207 |
MONDEO ZETEC | 66 | 77963 | 26300 |
MONDEO ZETEC - S | 82 | 1884 | 327 |
MONDEO ZETEC - S TDCI | 55 | 5189 | 2332 |
MONDEO ZETEC 16V | 0 | 14 | 14 |
MONDEO ZETEC 24V | 86 | 168 | 22 |
MONDEO ZETEC A | 4 | 231 | 221 |
MONDEO ZETEC AUTO | 38 | 5322 | 3249 |
MONDEO ZETEC B-NESS ED-N TURBO | 2 | 250 | 245 |
MONDEO ZETEC B-NESS EDN TDCI A | 3 | 892 | 864 |
MONDEO ZETEC BUSINESS EDN TDCI | 2 | 12561 | 12261 |
MONDEO ZETEC ECONETIC TDCI | 0 | 6782 | 6782 |
MONDEO ZETEC LPG | 98 | 59 | 1 |
MONDEO ZETEC NAV | 18 | 1099 | 893 |
MONDEO ZETEC NAV TDCI | 37 | 1872 | 1170 |
MONDEO ZETEC NAV TDCI 130 | 43 | 272 | 154 |
MONDEO ZETEC S | 55 | 2633 | 1179 |
MONDEO ZETEC S AUTO | 49 | 169 | 85 |
MONDEO ZETEC S TDCI | 50 | 72 | 36 |
MONDEO ZETEC S TDCI 130 | 43 | 304 | 173 |
MONDEO ZETEC S TDCI AUTO | 56 | 223 | 97 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI | 35 | 29793 | 19160 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 113 | 21 | 223 | 176 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 115 | 19 | 362 | 291 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 125 | 15 | 10040 | 8510 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 130 | 34 | 10667 | 6982 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 130 A | 9 | 669 | 604 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 138 | 11 | 1069 | 950 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 138 A | 9 | 186 | 169 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 140 | 6 | 26158 | 24328 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 140 A | 3 | 533 | 514 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 161 | 5 | 507 | 478 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 161 A | 5 | 308 | 290 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 163 | 5 | 1465 | 1390 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 163 A | 8 | 117 | 107 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI 4X4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI A | 7 | 1481 | 1365 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDCI AUTO | 55 | 1224 | 542 |
MONDEO ZETEC TDDI | 79 | 6990 | 1446 |
MONDEO ZETEC TURBO | 1 | 808 | 794 |