Ford's new oil burner (Ford Mondeo (2000 on) in general)

Member Name: sadcrab

Product:	Ford Mondeo (2000 on) in general
Date:	11/03/01 (807 review reads)
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Advantages: Insurrance costs, safety

Disadvantages: Ford Depreciation

I went to test drive the new Mondeo Diesel. The thing I noticed straight away was that the engine was a vast improvement on the old 1.8 turbo Diesel but still not quite as refined as the VW TDI Diesels. I found the car comfortable to drive with good visibility all round appart from the rear view whilst reversing.

The quality of the interior is a million miles away from the old Mondeo. My Daughter rates cars on the number of cupholders they have and how they come out of their respective park points. Needless to say the Mondeo doesn't get rated as there are no cup holders in the rear (unlike the Renault Senic that has picnic tables and cup holders 10 out of 10!)

The Interior space is one of the attractions to me and the fact that the car is briming with safety features (Front, side, and curtain airbags are standard throughout the range)

After driving the Diesel for half an hour we had to return the car (Double booked Test Drives!) When we got back to the dealer we took a 1.8 petrol Mondeo for a test drive for a furhter hour. The first thing I noticed was that the engine had to be worked far harder than the diesel to try and preform the same (proof that a diesel is better than a petrol engine)

I was relatively impressed with the car and in view of the new Passat taking a while to come into the showrooms I ordered a new Mondeo Ghia Diesel Estate (better view for reversing) from Virgincars.com and hope to get the car early May.

I shall coment further when I have had the car a while even though my daughter rates it as poor already!

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