Apples and oranges is comparing the engine in a S2000 to a stock Zetec in a Contour. Price DOES come into play. If you want to spend $30,000+ on a Honda S2000 that is fine. But with the same $30,000 you could easily have a Svt Focus whooping S2000s. That is my point. You may have spend $4,000 on your SVO, fine. You could whoop on a lot of cars for cheap. But that was never the issue. If you are going to compare engines you have to compare the prices too. Why do you think they compared the new Si with the SVT Focus? Same price same size engine (2.0L) and who won...Ford. Enough said. :rolleyes: