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What is it?

An estate version of the all-conquering Mondeo. It’s 52mm longer than the hatch and has between 554 litres and 1685 litres of boot space (compared to 500 litres and 1650 litres respectively, for BMW’s 5-series estate). Zetec versions get 16in alloys, dual-zone air conditioning and front fog lamps.

What’s it like?

Refined, stylish and spacious. The extensive boot space is easy to use thanks to fold-flat rear seats, a flat tailgate and squared-off loa...Read the full article

You can now buy a year old Mondeo with 10k miles for £12k at car supermarkets in reasonable spec, which is ridiculously good VFM for a car that is as good and in many ways better than an A4/C Class/3 Series. Good opportunity to ride out the credit crunch and not make any compromises.