MONDEO ST TDCi

Mixing the ST220’s styling with regular derv-powered Mondeo underpinnings, the ST TDCi’s box-stock 2.2 Duratorq engine produced a puny 153bhp but 265lb.ft torque. The cut-price cabin offered Recaros as an option, and the handling lacked the ST220’s grace. Yet with an easy remap to 180bhp, the ST TDCi stole innumerable sales from its petrol counterpart, firmly predicting the ST brand’s future. Remember, though, it was never called ST220 TDCi...