For about 2 years my working life revovled around a similar Mondeo.
For what it`s worth, some things I noticed with the cars
I found it powerful & predictable over all road conditions.
We had several in the company I worked for at the time & tried them all
One of the first with 300 miles on the clock for some reason had annoying things from the off
Odd rattles & squeaks would come & go. somehere a droning noise would become apparent up thru the revs
On another car a dull noise what sounded like a worn wheel bearing
& wind noise at certain speeds. The cruise control would also decide to randomly to turn itself off & throw warning lights on & off.
sounds odd now, but we all liked the silver car
it seemed tighter & quieter than the others.
To my mind the QA inspection process must have been flawed somewhere along the build