Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 130 Ghia X 5-Tronic Review

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Bernard.'s Review of Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCi 130 Ghia X 5-Tronic Estate Car

20th Jan 2003

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Practicality
    4 stars
  • Performance
    4 stars
  • Reliability
    4 stars
Good Points

Excellent driving position, loads of power, loads of space.


Bad Points

Very poor fuel consumption for a diesel, 32 miles per gallon average. rattly engine. excessive wind noise. too many buttons on remote locking. heavy tailgate to lift. clock impossible to read at night.


General Comments

Quite a pleasure to drive except for the wind noise in your ear. The fuel computer sets a challenge to try and achieve a reasonable fuel consumption, but this is impossible. Even driving at speeds so slow that your granny would get impatient, the best consumption is around 30 to 32 miles per gallon, and as a diesel driver that is just not acceptable.

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Members' Comments onBernard.'s Review

  • Ken. on 17th May 2003

    We have a Ghia X and Ghia Estate and Hatch.

    The Hatch averages 42-45 per gallon and does over 500 miles per week. The estate does about 39 - 42 per gallon. The power is exceptional and occasionally, you think you are driving a petrol car. The only real problem is brake fade, Ford could have made the discs fully vented from and rear.

  • Dyfrig Davies. on 31st Jul 2003

    I've had a Ghia X TDCi hatch for over a year. Manual. The car does a lot of short trips and averaged over 41 MPG in the 11000 miles last year. On a motorway trip down to London it averaged 47 MPG. Someone tried to break into it at Heathrow but couldn't get past the deadlocking! I agree that the wind noise is intrusive but overall the car is superb and my whole family are impressed.
    I bought it as an import from Belgium and the car has a slightly higher spec than the comparable British model (more electrical fiddly bits on the driver's seat).

  • RobGee Rank: Lance Corporal on 15th May 2004

    My Father owned a Mondeo TD Ghia. I brimmed it four times to calculate fuel consumption. The results:- 28, 34, 34 and 35 MPG. After that experience, he now runs a petrol engined estate.

  • Kimmy100 Rank: Lance Corporal on 19th Apr 2005

    I have just acquired one of these, and it is giving the glorious number of 36.2 mpg - compared to my previous vehicle which was a vauxhall vectra 1.9 tdi which was giving 45 - 47 mpg.

    Its a company vehicle, if ford can't improve it I am going to give it back as I don't love it enough for the extra cost.

  • kenrowe Rank: Lance Corporal on 21st Apr 2005

    We are getting around 37 MPG on a run and around town 28-32