I had a one-on-one talk with an SVT employee back in early '01 , and was told by him , that when they set out to make the SVT Contour it was already rumored to be a short-lived car . He said that they did what they could , with what they had available to them (and did a FINE job , if you ask me ) . Why would they do TOO much to it (especially towards the end of the run) when the car was a gonner ? He did , however , say that they were all pretty enthused with the Contour & thought it was a great candidate for a "hot-up" , and were sorry to see it go .

~~~~~~~ Phil Black & Tan 2000 SVT Contour #2137 of 2150 35,000 miles & counting !