Ford Mondeo Hatchback (2014 - 2022) Titanium Edition 2.0 Duratorq TDCi 210PS PowerShift auto 5d Owner Review

The Mondeo is a very useful car - it's big, it's comfy, it's easy to live with. So far, so common - there's many a car like that. But what sets it apart in my eyes is that it also likes to play. I live in a near-mountainous area, and this car just loves to go over the local B- and C-roads up and down the steep hills. Response to inputs is immediate, and that's important to me. (Perhaps I should add that the version I have comes with lowered suspension.) It's never going to beat a Focus ST but you can feel it's been designed by the same people. I looked at an Audi A5 Sportback and a VW Passat at the same time - both beautifully made and well appointed, but neither could hold a candle to the Mondeo when it came to driving it on the local roads. And yes, I also looked at a BMW 320d - great car, loved driving it, but far more expensive to buy second-hand (with only 2 years on it) than a Ford and nowhere near as practical. Where the Ford really surprised me is the interior. My previous car was a 2011 Mondeo Titanium diesel, nominally the same spec as this one. But the 2018 version surprised and delighted with the upgraded interior. Leather, heated seats; airbags in the backseat seatbelts; much-improved dashboard. And the standard Xenon headlights, which move with the direction of the car, are extremely useful in a rural area. Like this car? No, love it. It depreciates like nobody's business, but that's fine by me - I intend to keep it for a long time yet. There's only one nagging thing about this 2018 Mondeo: there's no immediate successor in the Ford line-up. Until they learn how to put the Mustang-E electrical package in a sedan body, hopefully, but with the craze for SUV's I'm not holding my breath.