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eauty is, of course, in the eye of thebeholder and in my eyes this latestMondeo is superb in its exteriordesign, from its large chrome platedgrille, through its flowing roofline withits panoramic glass roof, to its stylishrear end. Inside it just oozes luxury andcomfort, so much so that certainGerman brands will have to look totheir expensive laurels to compete
with this latest Ford Mondeo.The fact that it was finished in Ruby Red just made it all
the more attractive and appealing to me.The test car was fitted with the two litre, four cylinder,
diesel engine, driving the front wheels, through a six speedmanual gearbox. Automatic stop/start is fitted as standard. Itwas finished to the top level Titanium specification, butincluded a number of optional extras like the panoramic glassroof, heated front seats and steering wheel, leather upholsteryand trim, Parking Assist, inflatable rear seat belts and adaptiveLED headlamps.
The Titanium specification includes as standard, 17” tenspoke alloy wheels, front fog lamps, climate control, SYNC 2with 8” touch screen, heated windscreen, Lane Keeping Aid,traffic sign recognition, automatic lights and wipers,electrically operated folding rear view mirrors, front and rearparking sensors and a keyless start.
The Titanium specification is priced at €34,345, while theoptional extras fitted add €6,555 to the price, so the car astested had an overall price of €40,900, excluding delivery andassociated charges.
By EU testing standards, its Urban cycle fuel consumptionis 55 mpg (5.1 lt/100 km), Extra urban 72 mpg (3.9 lt/100 km)and Combined 65 mpg (4.3 lt/100 km), giving exhaustemissions of 115 gm/km, putting it in the current Irish road
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controls are well laid out and easy to see whilst driving. Theinstrument binnacle has two large round dials and a wholevariety of digital information as well. The large round dialon the right is the speedometer. It has white lettering on ablack background with a blue needle indicating the speed.At the bottom the blue strip is the fuel level gauge and inwhite lettering above it, it indicates the distance to emptyat current levels of fuel consumption.
Above that there is a car with a circle alongside. Thecircle indicates the current speed limits for that stretch ofroad if you are exceeding that speed and the limits areposted up on the roadside.
The large dial on the left is the tachometer, which alsohas white lettering on a black background with a blueneedle. In the top section between 4,750 rpm and 6,000rpm, there is a red strip to draw your attention to the factthat you are in the upper limits of the engine’s performancein a particular gear.
At the bottom there is a curved strip for the enginetemperature, starting with blue and ending with a redindicator. Above that there is a digital indicator showingyour current fuel consumption and the average fuelconsumption.
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tax Band A4, with an annual charge of €200.Practically all my driving took place in city and
suburban driving conditions. The driving position iscomfortable and the instruments easy to see. The carhandles well with good roadholding, helped no doubt bythe electrically, power assisted, rack and pinion steering.
One difficulty I experienced was when approachingjunctions where the traffic was light. On approaching thejunction I would drop into second gear then move slowlyup to the point where I could see traffic coming from theother direction. If there was nothing coming I wouldaccelerate onto the junction, but invariably the car wouldstall. I found that I needed to change down into first gearto prevent this happening. Looking at the overall gear ratiosthere is a big difference between first and second gear, sothe engine would be almost at idle in second gear in thissituation and hence the reason for its stalling. There wasnever a difficulty when I changed into first.
Top speed is said to be 215 kph (133 mph), but as thisis well above the national speed limits, I was not able tocheck this myself. Acceleration from 0-100 kph is 9.3seconds, giving the car a very satisfying performance in alldriving conditions.
As mentioned previously the instruments and driving
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Between the two large dials there is avariety of digital information showing thingslike the compass direction the car is pointingat, the total mileage recorder and otherinformation when that function is in use.
Selectors for a whole host of otherfunctions like the heated seats, heated steeringwheel, interior temperatures for the climatecontrol etc., are in the panel below thecentrally mounted 8” touch screen. The touchscreen indicates the temperatures selected,and a whole lot of other information that hasbeen selected.
There are buttons on the steering wheel forthe cruise control and the operations of yourmobile telephone when connected. The driver’sdoor armrest has controls for the four electricwindows and exterior rear view mirroradjustment. Lights are operated by the circularselector switch below the right hand ventilator,while the driver’s door has buttons for theoperation of the central locking. The outer sidesof both front seat cushions have buttons forselecting reach, height, lumbar support andbackrest angle.
The rear seat cushions are fixed, but thebackrest is divided 60/40 and can be foldeddown onto the seat cushion in order to increaseluggage space. The two outer positions arecomfortable and well shaped and in spite ofthe sloping roofline still offer adequateheadroom for passengers of average height.
The centre section has a harder flat cushion,with a folding armrest in the central section ofthe backrest. When opened the armrest offersa covered storage space and two cupholders.In the space vacated by the backrest there is ahatch that can be opened giving access to theluggage area and this can be especially usefulfor long items of luggage like fishing rods, skisand similar objects. Unfortunately due to theharder substance of the centre rear seatcushion, adults of average height sitting therewill find the headroom very reduced. It would,however, be perfectly adequate for childrenand perhaps even teenagers provided theywere not too tall.
The test car came with a Spacesaver sparewheel. When so equipped the available
TECHNICAL DATADIMENSIONSOverall length 4871 mm
Overall width 2121 mm (including mirrors) – 1852 mm (excluding mirrors)
TOTAL PRICE AS TESTED .........................€40,900
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luggage space is marginallylarger. However, I am not all thatenamoured of these skinny littletyres, so I would specify a fullsize wheel if I were buying thecar. A Spacesaver is at least awhole lot better than one ofthose latex puncture repair kits.
Normal luggage space,when all seats are occupied is0.541 cubic metres with aSpacesaver and 0.458 cubicmetres when a full size spare iscarried. This can be expanded to1.437 cubic metres when onlythe two front seats are needed,the rear seat backrests foldedand you load to the roof, in carswith the Spacesaver and 1.356cubic metres when there is a fullsize spare wheel.
If towing is a requirement,this model can manage a brakedtrailer/caravan of up to 1800 kgin weight, or unbraked trailersof up to 750 kg. If you need extraluggage space and opt for aroofbox, it can carry up to 75 kgon the roof in a suitable, securecontainer.