Originally posted by Pudmunkie:
Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by elraido:
why wouldn't someone just buy a mustang if they wanted a 5.0 rwd?



Insurance is less on a Contour SE.



Because its different and would be fun

Focus with 03 cobra engine is i think like 50 grand. why buy that when you can get an actual mustang for... less than 30.

Focus would be a sleeper, and a shitload of fun to drive



That $50k is a joke. A grassroots guy could do the whole thing for under 10k, I'd guess.

The "demo" was 50k because they went out and bought a brand new Focus and ordered a brand new crate SVT Cobra motor from Ford, etc.

You could buy a used Focus and drop in a more mundane 5.0, and if you are handy with a welder you could do much of the fab work yourself.

Better yet if you buy a whole Mustang parts car and sell off parts to recoup some cost. There'll be a lot of Focus parts that won't go back on the car, either.

And so on...

Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998