I agree. While everyone here repspects the Mercury folks around here, I think its safe to say that most people would opt for an SVT because of its power and styling. I wouldn't expect the SVT badge to be put on a Mercury either, SVT is supposed to be Ford. So lets say they DO bring the ST220 over (which is certainly nice), it'll be 3 years too late. Although, one would think there might be some significant changes in 3 years to that model. I would go with a Mazda 6 before before the Merc anyway. I've always seen Merc to be more luxury than Ford and less than Lincoln. Sport before Luxury, I always say. Does the 6 have 220HP? 3.0 Duratec right? I don't know. Anyway, good luck to Ford and Mercury if they are able to pull it off at a resonable price.