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As reported in the April 1st issue of Automotive news,the Mondeo may be sold here as a Mercury,if the price is right.Also if there is a market for it.Mercury is trying to hone in on a more youthful target buyer.
Something I didn't know,Ford is going a build a new sedan based on the styling of the Mondeo.The sedan is going to be called the Ford Five Hundred.It will be Duratech powered(3.0 liter)and sport a six speed automatic transmission.Debut date,2004
For you GM fans,the Australian Holden Monaro will be comming to America as the new GTO.LS-1 power and a six speed manual.
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automotive news seems to be a pretty decent site so far....i just signed up a couple days ago and was reading about some of fords future plans including the 500 u mention plus a nice back in the day write up on a svt tour...lincoln is gonna be moved waay up scale to compete serious with mercedes and the bigger bimmers
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are my dodgers for real????
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Been there, discussed that.
http://www.contour.org/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=40;t=001843
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http://www.contour.org/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=012735
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so sue the guy for being enthusiastic. Cant you guys ever just read a post without pointing out that the author is like, an hour out of touch with the "contour heartbeat". That kind of crap doesn't happen in other forums. I think it hurts participation. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by 99SVTguy:
Cant you guys ever just read a post without pointing out that the author is like, an hour out of touch with the "contour heartbeat". An hour? Try days. And the answer is no. 
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Thanks for posting oilman, we appreciate it.
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Sorry but NOTHING and i mean NOTHING can replace the GTO!!!!!
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Originally posted by oilman930:
...the Australian Holden Monaro... Have any of you seen some of Holden's line? They have some really "different" looking cars running around those roads down under...
I love my Contour to death, but my 'vette is still my #1 baby.
There's money to be made in racing. I should know. I put a lot of it there.
You can make a small fortune in racing. Start with a large one.
How fast do you want to go...how much money do you have?
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"Sorry but NOTHING and i mean NOTHING can replace the GTO!!!!!"
Which GTO? There were quite a few different versions in the 11 years it was made.
The 1974 was underrated, it was a light body with a 200HP V8 engine. Just that the X bodies were too alike at GM, so it was called a "gussied up Nova".
The '73 was a boat and the 68-72's were way different from the boxy 64-67's.
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That Ford Five Hundred sounds like a waste. First off, I personally think 6-speeds are more gimmick than functional unless you need an extreme overdrive or have a very small torque curve. Then making it an ATX?!? Whatever.
I'll stick with the Mazda 6 myself... Zoom Zoom!
You can pillage an enemy once, but a customer is an endless resource.
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