Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia Review

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Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia
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mark.'s Review of Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia

3rd May 2002

Overall Rating

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

Reliable, comfortable, lots of engine torque, lots of space.


Bad Points

Safety.


General Comments

I bought a R reg Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia several years ago because its Euro NCAP safety rating then was a high 3 making it one of the best cars at that time. Since then, not only has the competition improved, but the introduction of a new NCAP test as part of the safety rating caused Mondeos of this age to be downgraded to less than 3. In the new pole test, the car is slid sideways into a static pole at low speeds (eg 15mph). This may intrude into the vehicle causing serious injury to the occupants. (Lots of other car manufacturers also had some of their safety grades downgraded because of this test.) This Euro NCAP information is now available on the internet. On discovering this information, I sold the Mondeo and bought a safer car from another manufacturer with a high 4 rating (the latest Mondeo only scores a low 4). If safety is not your top priority, then Mondeos are available in some nice colours.

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Members' Comments onmark.'s Review

  • Mr Norman Smith. on 20th Nov 2002

    Yes - safety is very important .....and any family person should be double aware that this issue is as important as whether the engine is running, or the electrics work right. I am right in assuming you sold your Mondeo for a solidly built Russian State of the art Lada Riva. This did in 1992, beat every other car in safety tests by over 1 point!!! And it does of course, come in a variety of colours.

  • jock100. on 23rd Dec 2002

    I cannot understand the reviewers reasoning on this. He gives an average of 87.5% for the 4 qualifying parts of the review, but 40% overall ??

  • Fiberspong on 10th Jan 2004

    What a load of twoddle!

    I`ve had two of these cars and love to drive them rally style all the time with no problems.

  • kanlayanee on 23rd Apr 2004

    New user,
    I'm thinking of buying a Mondeo 2.0, 4 years old, 30000 miles from a friend. Can anyone help me?, my main concern is about petrol.
    Does the Ford mondeo 2.0 drink a petrol or not????
    (my car is a vauxhall 1.8)
    Star

  • stevebar Rank: Staff Sergeant on 19th May 2006

    You give it 8 or 9 out of 10 in each category but an overall score of 4. Not logical Captain.