Funnily I've just come from a Mondeo 2.2tdci ***anium X sport, it does have lots of nice toys - the things I found it had over the Honda are good satnav touch screen that also incorperated all controls (decent maps not thin undetailed lines like the Accord) The Convers+ driver colour LCD display that let you control everything (sat-nav/audio/phone/car settings/trip meter) from the steering wheel controls and the keyless entry - you don't know how good that is until you have had it! But after a year of the Mondeo the unreliability (3 things going wrong and needed garage to fix under warranty) poor build quality, random cut-outs when breaking hard downhill, squeaky trim and bad diesel fuel economy (although it was fast) put an end to the love affair and I got an 8th Gen tourer. The Honda is so much more refined and buld quality much beter, I'd have the Accord over the Mondy any day
Maybe we will get a 9th gen in 2013 to out-do the Mondeo on toys!
Going back to the thread my little gripes are -
Two key presses needed to unlock all doors - can I change this?
Sat-Nav screen always defaults to Sat-Nav when you switch on the engine, making you hit the OK button or loosing the screen, I mostly use it on the audio screen and every thime I get in the car I have to hit the button to change it back again. (Didn't have to do that on the Mondy)
No quick mute/unmute for Sat-Nav guidance