in my opinion, the contour is defined to the general public as an economy car that your grandparents would drive. When you say contour, people think of a 4 cylinder automatic with 14 inch hubcaps. they think of it as a rental car or as a "government" economy fleet vehicle. With that said, we all know that the SVT is nowhere even close to that. When i bought my SE in 99, i had never even heard of the SVT model. I got an awesome deal on mine because it was a 5 speed and grandma's want automatics. I think the things that hurt this cars value now are things that will help make it stand out in the future. classic may be a stretch, but i think it will get a lot more respect in time
