Dave98SVT
CEG'er
I searched but couldn't find anything on this topic. My question is why don't the SVT Contour and Focus have names like the Mustang and F-150?
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CSVT1214
Addicted CEG'er
Because we are the loser SVT owners. :laugh:
frenchblueC2
amusé par les flatulences
because we don't need big tough names to inflate our egos.
getsum111
Yes I am a Pirate, 200 years too late.
You mean like the Cobra and Lightning??
Tourige
CEG's Resident Jackass
But actually.
The Contour and the Focus were pathetic attempts at performance cars.
They ran decent in stock form but needed more power (why didnt we just get the 3L to begin with??? Why no LSD??? Why is the clutch crappy???)
The Cobra and Lightning actually made decent power and had beefed up everything.
Just my .02
Plus, what would you call the contour? It's a 4 door sedan FFS, it cant really have a "cool" name like Cobra or Lightning.
todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
Umm did you see the other cars that came out in 1998? the SVT Contour (not Contour SVT!) did very very well.
What are you doing on a Contour board with a post like this? Just asking.
elraido
I kant speel
If I recall correctly, didn't the CSVT have the highest horsepower to cylinder ration of any NA built that year? That is saying something about it. Also it was built to be a great all around car not a freakin' drag car. If you wanted a drag car, get a cobra.
beyondloadedSE
Hard-core CEG'er
Because then they would have been faster than the Mustang GT.
91HellCat
CEG'er
Because the Mustang and F-150 are the bread and butter of Ford and will always get better treatment. I guess since my Dad works for Ford, my family knows how Ford thinks. Fords thinking being that the Mustang and F-150 have kept the company alive for many years and are highly thought of more than anything else they manufacture.
todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
CSVT1214
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Desiato
Hard-core CEG'er
By your definition of performance, perhaps. By mine, Mustangs are pretty worthless. To each their own.
elraido
I kant speel
what about 5.0's? Stock of course. I have never bothered to look into what they run.
Dave98SVT
CEG'er
What is the proper name SVT Contour or Contour SVT because I see it both ways?
91HellCat
CEG'er
I outran a mostly stock 93 Mustang GT (automatic) when I had my last CSVT. I can totally believe that a CSVT can outrun a stock 96-98GT as they were slugs....
todras
Pretty fly for a white guy *cowbell*
Well you don't say Contour Special Vehicle Team do you?:help:
Dave98SVT
CEG'er
No but you do always see the focus and contour abbreviated as fsvt and csvt.
Desiato
Hard-core CEG'er
Just because people do it doesn't mean it's accurate. The old official SVT site referred to the "SVT Contour" and "SVT Focus", as does the text and imagry on svtoa.com.
jtour
CEG'er
The way I look at it...at least its still an SVT!!