I believe everyone who posted was honest, we just haven't had problems with our cars to talk about. I'm not being hard on you but just about all makes have some problems so it is hard to compare or tell you exactally what you want to hear.
I'll give you my run down of past rides,
1978 mustang II cobra, good car no problems just body rust.
1981 pontiac grand prix, horrible..blew an engine, replaced it, computer burned out, replaced it. steering box problems, wheel bearing failure etc, etc.
1990 ford tempo great car no problems I mean none sold it at 160,000 miles
1995 escort never a problem(wifes car)
1988 honda accord..popped a timing belt, needed a distributor(wouldn't hold timing worn shaft)fuel pump,body rot, radiator etc.
1996 taurus never a problem perfect
1992 saturn sc2 bought with 120,000 still have it(my sons now)no problems
1998 taurus sho tranny and motor knock sh*t box
1999 explorer minor issues traded in for 2003 explorer flawless
1996 sable(my winter car)so far so good
and the contour very minor problems.
so you see just by my examples you just don't know you could get the svt and be totally fine or have issues.
get the svt take your chances it is one hell of a nice car
