Outside our local shop tonight was a Mondeo ..
it was absolutely mint condition like it just rolled off the production line ….
First generation Mondeos were utter shite, owner was probably too embarrassed to drive it. Second and subsequent generation Mondeos are fair decent motors.
I got my mate one years ago
it was the sport one .Si ? Or somefink ..he had it for years .so good he kept it as second car when he got his own …I liked it ..nippy ..4 door ..and reasonable looking ..
I rented a series one Mondeo for a few days in of all places Alaska. Looked shite and drove worse. Underpowered and took steering wheel movements as a start for negotiation on the outcome. And the seats

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Maybe the sporty one would have been better in those aspects.