RE: Ford Mondeo ST200 | Spotted

[cerb4.5lee]

Brooksay said:

cerb4.5lee said:

I've always been a big fan of these(I've also had 3 Mondeos including an ST24), this looks like a lovely example too. The colour of these has always been up my street as well.

This is up for more money now than a paid for my just over 1 year old ST24 back in 2001!(£10k).

For sure?

Yes. It was a 2000 W reg model and I purchased it around August 2001(I remember it well because some numpty wrote my Sierra XR4x4 off in July 2001 and the ST24 replaced it). Iirc it was a fairly high mile car for the age as it had done 20k miles.

I only kept it around 8 months though because at the time I found it a tad boring to drive in comparison to my XR4x4(that did have a full Magnex exhaust/filters etc to liven it up a bit though).

I swapped the ST24 for a S14a 200SX(2000 X reg) in 2002 and I paid £12k for that with 19k miles on it. I loved the 200SX though and I kept it for 4 years(it was easily one of the best cars that I've had/especially after I'd modified it to 250bhp).

[cerb4.5lee]

Court_S said:

My uncle had a black ST24 as a company car back in the day which always seemed like a nice thing whenever I went in it.

Mine was Panther Black.

[cerb4.5lee]

Found some old pics of my ST24.

[Banjaxed88]

ST24 sat on a neighbours drive for last 5 years. Hasn't moved an inch.

[miken2k8]

Absolutely love cars like this would much rather drive this than a new ford ste or vauxhall. Double din modern stereo and forget the mppg would be an amazing car to own.

[davey83]

Always loved these, very BTCC. Beautiful cars and sounded lovely

[s m]

[cerb4.5lee]

s m said:

I'd be very happy with either of those.

I loved the days when you could get a nice V6 petrol engine from pretty much all of the manufacturers of cars this size. Now it's mostly diesel/petrol-hybrid/electric in comparison. Times have definitely changed for sure.

I always really enjoy looking back, but I'm not so fond of looking forward now...because there isn't a lot to get excited about/look forward to with the world of cars(unless you love electric cars of course) for me.

[Loplop]

There's a lot of 'forgotten' SuperTourer era homologation cars.

The MK1 Mondeo was available in 'Si' trim, which was for ST regulations if I recall, before they partnered with ProDrive and went full force for the title.

There was the Laguna RTi, which was nowhere near as special but had a respectable donkey under the bonnet.

There was also a 406 that I can't quite remember the name of.

The Accord Type R interestingly is not the car that was raced in SuperTouring, the engine is completely different (it's an 'F' series 4 pot as seen in the normal Accords, but with a H22 head on it).

[sean ie3]

I've had use of a few Mondeo' the nicest a 2.5 Ghia, not a bad car at all, smooth Duratec V6 and comfortable to sit in, a great handling car, I remember thinking an ST200 would be a nice car, I would be into one of these but this is one pretty spendy, a quick look and I found a clean looking gen2 ST220 with the super comfy looking Recaro chairs upfront, sat-nav and everything looking nice and original, £2,489, if you have a Mondeo size hole in your life I'd be looking at one of these.

[Pistonheader101]

These just scream council estate

[fieldmau5]

Pistonheader101 said:

These just scream council estate

What's wrong with a council estate?

[nismo48]

My thoughts too..?

fieldmau5 said:

What's wrong with a council estate?

[shedweller]

I had the one below until 4yrs ago - i bought it because it was local and i hadn't bought a car in a while..... And i liked the colour

we ran it for 30K....
It was a good one and It was in use as a family car with us until its sale - They are much quicker and produced more power than ford published at the time due to the escort cosworth being king of the hill when produced.
With a working IMRC they sound fantastic although they are not that quick until you get up to speed - from 90-120 it was quicker than it should've been!
I can verify the one i had did 151mph (gps) loaded with luggage and 3 passengers....

I miss the uniqueness (often used to get comments on the colour) And the handling was genuinely great, very flat, taught and changed direction well.....

Infact i did a drive from north wales to devon yesterday and whilst going down the motorway i reminisced with my Mrs about how good the ST200 was at both crossing the mountains and nailing it down the motorway - our current Subaru is a bit st by comparison

I sold it to a fella in Scotland for just over £900 in 2017 with 120K and no known faults......

[miken2k8]

shedweller said:

I had the one below until 4yrs ago - i bought it because it was local and i hadn't bought a car in a while..... And i liked the colour

we ran it for 30K....
It was a good one and It was in use as a family car with us until its sale - They are much quicker and produced more power than ford published at the time due to the escort cosworth being king of the hill when produced.
With a working IMRC they sound fantastic although they are not that quick until you get up to speed - from 90-120 it was quicker than it should've been!
I can verify the one i had did 151mph (gps) loaded with luggage and 3 passengers....

I miss the uniqueness (often used to get comments on the colour) And the handling was genuinely great, very flat, taught and changed direction well.....

Infact i did a drive from north wales to devon yesterday and whilst going down the motorway i reminisced with my Mrs about how good the ST200 was at both crossing the mountains and nailing it down the motorway - our current Subaru is a bit st by comparison

I sold it to a fella in Scotland for just over £900 in 2017 with 120K and no known faults......

mot expire march 2020 sad

[shedweller]

miken2k8 said:

mot expire march 2020 sad

I imagine It is in storage as it went to a Ford enthusiast who was over the moon with it.
He had the minor bodywork issues sorted with a repaint and had every intention of showing it and winning prizes with it - he sent me pictures of the work

Looked at the MOT - hardly terminal, Obvs waxoiled over the brake pipes and it was always hard on tyres

[PH User]

Pistonheader101 said:

These just scream council

Agreed

Edited by PH User on Sunday 20th June 21:53

[s m]

cerb4.5lee said:

I'd be very happy with either of those.

I loved the days when you could get a nice V6 petrol engine from pretty much all of the manufacturers of cars this size. Now it's mostly diesel/petrol-hybrid/electric in comparison. Times have definitely changed for sure.

I always really enjoy looking back, but I'm not so fond of looking forward now...because there isn't a lot to get excited about/look forward to with the world of cars(unless you love electric cars of course) for me.

That is true Lee, everyone seemed to do a decent size ( 2.5/3.0 ) V6 in a Mondeo sized car - Alfa 156, Audi A4, Mondeo , Vectra, Renault Laguna, Citroen Xantia, VW Passat, Merc C Class

A lot came with manual boxes too!

[asci.white]

s m said:

That is true Lee, everyone seemed to do a decent size ( 2.5/3.0 ) V6 in a Mondeo sized car - Alfa 156, Audi A4, Mondeo , Vectra, Renault Laguna, Citroen Xantia, VW Passat, Merc C Class

A lot came with manual boxes too!

We had a legnum VR4 for over 5 years, that had a lovely v6 as well.

The twin turbos made for some interesting overtakes too..

[Jamescrs]

I love these cars, never had chance to own an ST200 as much as I would have liked to, I did own an ST24 which was a brilliant car despite being a little underpowered, sadly rust killed that one off.

I also owned a Mk3 Mondeo Ghia X with the same V6 engine which again was brilliant, I sold that for a 320i Touring and I should have kept the Mondeo.

I tried to buy a Mk3 ST220 on a couple of occasions but never found the right one. I have a bit of a fondness for Mondeo's