MK1 Mondeo actually has more emissions control stuff on it than the US contour so I dont think thats why they didn't import it.

More likely Ford didn't want you guys to have a high performance car that did 40 mpg. Otherwise they would have had to own up and admit that all the US cars were detuned to use more gas

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