Ford Mondeo 2.2 TDCi ST Hatchback

The ST TDCi is a great looking car, great performance, good ride and handling, practical size and very reliable and economical. It has great looks, performance, economy, reliability. what more could you ask for. I hunted for a long time to find my performance blue ST 5 door with recaro trim, sat nav, Bluetooth, privacy glass and factory parking sensors, with full history and only 2 owners now with 75000 miles, 07/07 reg so one of the last ones. A sure future classic like the Cortina 1600E. Fantastic all round car

bought my 2.2 st as ex demonstrator 4 years ago loved it from day 1 looks fantastic even today very fast even outpaced an audi a4 sport pulls right through the rev band mot passed with flying colours brilliant only issues to date wear and tear parts replaced ie breaks exhaust egr valve replaced under warrenty car runs best on shell fuels dont use supermarket fuels this caused egr to fail brilliant all round car

I have owned my mondeo 2.2 tdci ST for 3.5years now and have covered 30000 miles - current total mileage 64000.

I traded in my golf mk4 gt tdi 150bhp and the first thing i noticed was it rides better and is more reliable. It is not as useful around town however.

Plus points:

one of the best motorway cruisers around, effortless

Huge boot and excellent spec for the money

only £165 road tax and insurance isnt that bad ( old grp13)

Bad Points:

1st and second gear are very sluggish and the clutch is heavy around town. also overal mpg is not as good as first thought however a simple professional remap ( i have done this) upped my avg from 45 - 50mpg. I have persoanlyl calculated to verify this. On a motorway run driving under 70mph you will get mid 50's mpg.

Reliability? Very good however the handbrake cables are terrible and often need replaced. ford will charge you anything from £150 - £190 to replace both cables! Alloys 'pit' badly and are hard to find second hand.

Overall? excellent family car with all the practicality and performance you should really need. I only dislike the car when driving around town.

I have had a few nice cars, but none of them puts a smile on my face like this. There are many petrol cars on the road that simply cannot live with the pace of this car. The torque (especially in 3rd & 4th gears) is simply enormous!

In the 4years I've owned this car, i've only had one problem with it....the dreaded EGR valve went. However, £200 and it runs like a new car again!

Fuel economy is just breathtaking on a long run (up to 60mpg driven carefully) and for a 2.2 that isn't half bad! One of the nicest thing about the car is on motorways, you just stay in 6th gear and let the torque do all the work!

Only negative I can think of is it has a very hard ride due to very low profiles and sports suspension, but then if you don't want the hard ride, by the 2.2 Titanium instead......

Last thing to say is that this car goes WELL OVER its offical top speed of 137mph.....you can add at least another 10mph on top!!!!and possibly then some!

WHAT A CAR!!! ;o)

I have a 2.0 litre TDCI Titanium pack used for repping .

It scrubbed the back tyres by 24,000 miles and the locking wheel nuts are soft as grease and deform easily

The main grief is the front seats which murder your hamstrings and produce a muscle spasm in the old buttocks within a hour of starting your days drive

Poor pedal position to seat squab is the problem

Would I recomend - its nothing different to any other main stream offering

the first car i have owned that puts a smile on my face every time i drive it. A great family car and a real drivers car it ticks all the boxes. The styling is very good , comfort perfect for me as i have back problems, the seats adjust in all the right places. Downside turning circle is a bit awkward but a small price to pay for such a great car.Fuel consuption figures could be made more transparrant to new owners as the m p g figures are optomistic at best.

I bought this ST TDCI with only 9k on the clock and it is a stunning car to drive. I love EVERYTHING about this car especially its looks and performance. The torque is simply massive. Every time I put my foot down in 4th gear (or any other for that matter), it makes me smile!!! No other car has ever done that. The official figures show 137MPH top end, but I can tell you it goes well over! If you drive it carefully on a long run, it can return over 60MPG! Drive it hard around town and it drops to mid 30's.

Handling is stunning too. Well planted in corners though the ride is very firm!!! Only thing I wish was better is the 18" Alloys looked great when new, but are now very tarnished.. All in all this is a seriously good car which has huge grunt. Why would anyone buy a petrol car of the same size/type?

Traded in a BMW 150hp diesel on this car. Panther black with all the options and 64000 on the clock. Faster than the BM and so far no problems. Is a real motorway cruiser with good economy. Beautiful looking . I'm a satisfied customer

my st tdci is very quick through the gears it pop's up to 70 no problem. my car is panther black has full black leather recaro's xenon lights heated front seat's i love it. the only thing i could say is wrong with it is it's hard to judge parking along side the kerb because you can't see the kerb because of the car's shape. all in all i drive a lot of car's in my job from audi A4 to mitsubishi shogun's and i can honestly say that my st tdci is my favourite of them all for your money the spec you get is fantastic. brilliant car.

great car i have owed both the petrol st220 and now the diesel st155 . at 1st i would say there was not a great deel of differance with the performance but i am having a few problems with loss of power . the diesel does not pull as fast as it did when i 1st got it and i am only getting around 38 mpg