Recommendation Please

[Flatsix]

Hi,

Been looking around for a new (well to me) 3 litre Mondeo as the family car. My preference is for a ST220 - uprated
suspension etc. etc. However you seem to get more for your money with the Titanium or Ghia. So my question is - what do you get for the 220 over the other two and what would you recommend?

Cheers

Gordon

[Flatsix]

Thanks for the input guys - appreciated! Looks like it's going to be the ST220 then

Another couple of questions if I may;

i) when were the facelifts applied and what were the major updates (e.g. 5 gears to 6)?

ii) apart from the usual caveats such as 'buy on condition', are there any ones best avoided?

Cheers

[Flatsix]

Witchfinder said:

Good Facelift stuff...

Thanks for the information - I was thinking of a 2005 model so that seems fine.

Witchfinder said:

I just hope you're prepared for the awful fuel economy!

Is the economy that bad? What I hear is that it returns an average of 28mpg (mix town & motorway).
Our current family wagon is a Vauxhall Vextra 2.6 V6 which I think returns approximately the same.
Full tank (55 litres) gives a range of just shy of 400 miles.

Thanks again for the info!

Edited by Flatsix on Sunday 1st June 23:15

Edited by Flatsix on Sunday 1st June 23:15

[Flatsix]

Witchfinder said:

The servicing is very reasonable, but the cost of fuel, the imminent rise in tax (£400 per year) and the inevitable tyreshredding a front-wheel drive V6 carries out means that it't not a cheap car to run. I'm not trying to dissuade you, I just want you to look before you leap.

Points taken and appreciated, you're absolutely correct it's always best to consider costs etc. Whilst it certainly isn't the cheapest car to run I reckon it's more than made up for on the servicing and mechanical costs. Additionally I was considering a 530, but that would have had less toys, cost significantly more (or been significantly older), handled less well and cost much more to service/maintain for only slightly better fuel economy.

Dimski said:

I am very, very glad I went for the ST now. Yes, the ride is firmer, but the handling makes up for it. And it is by no means bad on the motorway.

And thats describing my diesel, the petrol must be even better.

That's the clincher then