2002 Ford Mondeo ST220 from UK and Ireland - Comments

Will be picking up my 5-month-old ST220 5 door 2005.5 facelift model in the next couple of days. Magnum grey & fully loaded, after reading all the great comments I can’t wait.

Having owned a six speed faclift 220 for six months. and previously own'd all kinds of (nice) cars all I can say is fantastic! fantastic! fantastic!

Hi everyone,

I currently own a 2003 ST220 which I love to bits. I have only owned this car for about 2 months. Can anyone tell me if they have had any problems with their clutch in mine one day the clutch can be feather light and the next day it can be quite stiff. I took it to the Ford Garage and they were very unhelpful. On one occasion I was pulling into a parking space when the clutch started burning and there was smoke everywhere from the engine bay and a strong burning smell, Told the ford garage and they told me that it would have been the clutch, but the clutch isn't on it's way out and to ignore the smoke. Not very happy about this who in there right mind would not worry about smoke from there engine bay!!!

CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE?????

Thanks.

St 220 does 0-60 in 7.8 not 6.5. is very slow for a 3.0 v6.

The power in 3rd gear is what makes my face smile when I'm putting my foot down it is fantastic, I couldn't give a stuff about 0-60.

Well personally mine would do 0-60 quicker than that and it's a standard st220, drives awesome.

Quote "St 220 does 0-60 in 7.8 not 6.5. is very slow for a 3.0 v6."

Many reviews give a 0-60 of 6.8 including the Evo magazine... but if we we're all that bothered about 0-60 times we wouldn't have bought a saloon.

Climb back into your corsa with your vicky pollard lookalike girlfriend and attend thy macdonalds cruise.

Just because a car has two doors does not mean it is inherently faster.

Check out the 0 - 60 times of cars such as the 2007 Mercedes S65, Rolls Royce Phantom, Maserati Quattroporte, and even the Cadillac STS-V. They will easily embarass many two-door "sports" cars.

Where do 7.8 seconds 0-60 come from? My old 2.5 would do that. My ST220 does it in 7.0. However, I agree with the latter comments - 0.60 proves nothing. The ST220 has lovely mid to high end punch that will leave most 4 pots looking stupid off the fast roundabouts. This car is not supposed to be a sports car. It is designed to be a quick, practical, comfortable family car. The refinement rivals the best in my opinion.

The official 0-60 time of the ST220 is 7.5, however Ford under rate their cars. Top Gear, Fast Ford, Performance Ford all measured it at 6.8/6.88 seconds. Ford also say its 220BHP, its more like 230, 235 if you have a well run in engine.

Remap it, add a panel filter and you'll have 250BHP without a problem :D.

Scroll down this page to view some magazine reviews :)

http://www.percybigun.co.uk/mags/index.htm.

Amazing car - comfortable, quick and practical.

I did not buy this car based on a 0-60 time, but I suspect that the true figure is somewhere around 6.8 and not the 7.4 / 7.8 some people are quoting.

I would be very interested to know how this compares with other cars from 60-90. I even suspect that it might have more top end (90 onwards) then many sports cars.

The only problem is that petrol in the UK is currently pushing a pound per litre.

I have a 2004 Mondeo ST220.

Whilst in Italy, my clutch totally burnt out due to loose inferior bolts holding the flywheel onto the crankshaft.

Good job Ford's warranty package picked up the 1800 quid bill for all the damage!

Cheers Mark.

0-60 means absolutely nothing. How often do we actually do 0-60 in everyday driving! The ST220 is not designed to be a 'chav' mobile to scream off at the lights. It's meant to be a practical, fast, comfortable, good looking cruiser with a big fat top end for those long motorway journeys. By the way not a lot will keep up with it on the drives through Germany. I've seen a lot of embarrassed BMW and Merc drivers as I wave at them in my rear view mirror - go the blue oval!! I have to say I'm disappointed the V6 is being phased out for the Volvo 5 pot. It doesn't sound as nice and really drinks the fuel. The MPG figures will be worse than the ST220. Time will tell.

The Swedish car magazine "Teknikens varld" (World of Technology) clocked the 4-door version to 6,9 seconds (0-62 mph) and the slightly heavier 5-door version to 7,2 seconds. 0-60 mph will of course be slightly faster than that.

What do you mean 0-60 means nothing, theirs nothing like sitting at the lights with another fast car by the side of you and you know theirs going to be a race. Realy gets the heart pumping. And when you've got a car with AWD it makes it even more special.