What to buy: a Kia Optima or Ford Mondeo?

I am about to purchase either an Optima 2Tech or a ex-demo Mondeo Titanium 1.8 TDCi. What effect will the new model Mondeo have on the deprecation of the TDCi, secondly which one would you choose?

Asked on 19 March 2012 by I. S.

Answered by Honest John

Get the Optima in preference to a Mondeo 1.8TDCI. That's not a good engine. The Optima is surprisingly good and the Tech is the model to have: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/kia/kia-optima-201.../

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