Mondeo named 2010 Used Car of the Year

The Ford Mondeo has been named Used Car of the Year 2010 at a top awards ceremony.

And arch rival Vauxhall is celebrating a treble after its Corsa lifted the supermini title, the Zafira was named best MPV and Vectra took the estate car gong.

Ford’s winning model - the Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Zetec five-door - has a used car valuation, say awards sponsor What Car? magazine, for £8,600 on a 2007 plate, representing a saving of more than £10,000 on a new Mondeo.

And competition judge Steve Fowler said: “It’s hard to find fault with the Ford Mondeo – especially at the price. It’s a comfortable cruiser for covering motorway miles, yet it’s still great fun to drive and makes an extremely capable family car. There’s loads of cabin space, and it’s solid and well put together.”

Given it's immense popularity, the Ford Mondeo is very much in demand with car buying companies.