Is the Ford Mondeo ST200 a good car?

Is the Ford Mondeo ST200 a good car?

Well, it’s a 1999 Ford Mondeo ST200 five door hatchback and not a bad car at all. I bought it at very short notice from my local Ford dealer when my well-thrashed Ford Scorpio 24V Cosworth finally gave up the ghost (engine was fine, but the auto box was knackered and with 120,000 very hard miles down, I’m not surprised it went).

What kind of car is the Ford Mondeo?

Back in the nineties the Ford Mondeo (the Ford Countour in the USA) was the company car of choice for many Brits. Thousands of businessmen in their suits trudging across the country’s rainy motorway networks, hour after hour, day after day.

What’s the top speed of a Ford Mondeo?

Sideskirts, alloy wheels, and Recaro bucket-seats all helped to completely transform the look and feel of the mundane Mondeo, with performance figures to match. Suddenly this family car would do 0-60 in 7.7 seconds and take you to a top speed of 145 MPH, with the V6 producing just over 200 BHP.

How many ST200s are left in the UK?

The ST200 was only produced for two years, with just 6,500 of them made so this car has always been rare. At the time of writing this article there are just 550 ST200s remaining registered in the UK, with 378 of those declared off-road! Appealing to some, perhaps not others.

The less good news, until recently, was the lack of a proper high-performance Mondeo, despite the fact that there have been 2.5-litre V6 versions around for several years now. The really good news comes in the form of the ST200, which takes over from the ST-24 as the fastest Mondeo.

When did the Ford Mondeo Super Touring come out?

Used from 1993, it produced an impressive 305 bhp by 1999. It was mated to an XTrac 306 sequential gearbox and installed transversely, virtually underneath the dashboard.

What kind of engine does a Ford Mondeo have?

As mentioned earlier, the V6 was based on the production Duratec engine found in the high performance Mondeo ST and Mondeo ST200 models. Its displacement was reduced from the road car’s 2.5 litre to just under 2 litre as per the regulations. Used from 1993, it produced an impressive 305 bhp by 1999.

Which is the fastest Ford Mondeo in the world?

The really good news comes in the form of the ST200, which takes over from the ST-24 as the fastest Mondeo. Where the ST-24 makes do with 167bhp, the same V6 fitted to big brother has a whisker over 200, which happens to match – as near as makes no matter – the output of the original Sierra Cosworth.