Mondeo 2.0L Petrol EcoBoost or 2.0L Diesel TDCi

EmersonNZ · 15-02-2017, 07:55 AM

I'm after a bit of advice, opinions and/or experience.

I am looking at a new (2017) Mondeo and am trying to decide between the Diesel and Petrol. I'd be interested to know what people's thoughts are and opinions etc.

To add a bit of a thorn into the conversation the Diesel sounds like it might be difficult to get (i.e a month to 2 of more wait verse a few days for the petrol). Part of me wonders if that is because they were so popular or... Ford just stuffed up ordering.

Anyway... any help would be much appreciated.

4dlvr · 15-02-2017, 01:22 PM

both are great. personal preference really.

NZ XR6 · 15-02-2017, 07:28 PM

Diesel if you're doing high kms, towing, carrying heavy loads and so on. Petrol if you like smooth and quiet, or like to drive "briskly" at times.

I know from having a Kuga rental for a few days that the Ecoboost is not that economical if you use the performance.

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gsd112 · 15-02-2017, 08:50 PM

I have a MD diesel. But have driven a few ecoboost MD trends and neither are fast. The diesel is brisk enough and its as quiet inside as the ecoboost but the ecoboost is slightly quicker but expect 9-10 litres per 100 out of the ecoboost if driving it hard and the diesel will be in the low 6s doing the same route driving it like you stole it. I would of never bought a diesel , mine is a company car but if I was to buy a MD Mondeo know it would be the diesel. But as said if you just drive to the shops etc go the ecoboost.

asteele-xr6 · 16-02-2017, 09:18 AM

I've just come back to Ford with an awesome petrol Mondeo Titanium after having 4 years with a Peugeot 508GT which was a diesel. I did like the surge of torque that I had in the diesel, and it was able to do at least 1,000km on a tank of fuel - sometimes 1,500km if I was highway cruising.

Now back with a petrol engine in my Mondeo, I am very aware of having to refuel approx. every 500km or so, which is mighty tedious! Also, I don't have the surge of torque I was used to, and instead get lots of endless gear changes and lots of revs. With the diesel it also had 6 gears, but didn't seem to change gear anywhere nearly as much - and it certainly didn't rev up to 4K before spirited changes.

At the end of the day I would much rather have the petrol model, and the major reason to come back to Ford was the most sensible servicing costs, which were beyond ridiculous with thanks to Peugeot Australia.

Actually, the Ford dealer did tell me when we were deliberating which engine to have in the Mondeo that I would need to do 400,000km in a diesel when compare to a petrol in order to cover the extra costs, and it just wasn't worth it. If there was a bigger difference in the fuel prices like we had 15 years ago then it would be different.

Diesel costs extra with servicing too.

For my $0.02 worth, go the petrol!

NZ XR6 · 16-02-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by asteele-xr6

Actually, the Ford dealer did tell me when we were deliberating which engine to have in the Mondeo that I would need to do 400,000km in a diesel when compare to a petrol in order to cover the extra costs, and it just wasn't worth it. If there was a bigger difference in the fuel prices like we had 15 years ago then it would be different.

Diesel costs extra with servicing too.

For my $0.02 worth, go the petrol!

I think your dealer had too many petrol models!

I set up a spreadsheet to compare costs when I bought the MB, and the breakeven was at about 70,000 km. That was comparing the 2.3 l petrol, which was much cheaper then the diesel back then. Diesel prices were also higher relative to petrol at the time.

I expect the savings have been even better, as I regularly get under 6 l/100 km on trips.

Is there that much difference in servicing costs? I think the only additional item is the fuel filter, but then there are no spark plugs! Everything else is the same.