"I can't see Ford NA ignoring the midsize market for much longer." Duh, the Fusion is coming soon.
"If that's supposed to look like a Contour..."
No one ever said is was supposed to look like the old Tour. Considering our cars are 10 year old plus designs, who would really think they would come back the same?? The Fusion is a millienium ahead of the Contours.
Seems like newbies just bought Contours not knowing alot, joined CEG, and now ask questions answered ages ago. Such as "Why isn't there a 2005 Tour?"