Not looked at mk4 mondeos I love the look of the st touring tdci but so many common faults according to my quick search on google plus they have done mega miles for the money compared with the 530's then there's the depreciation value plus not found 1 that's anywhere near the spec of some of the high end 530's so quite a bit putting me of these and I've looked at the passats online and not really keen on them tbh I have had a look at audis and some seem to have a fairly decent spec lots of gadgets which is what I'm after heated leather leccy windows all round leccy sun roof sat nav alloys air con etc etc