I find it curious that any contour owner would put down Focus as too small inside when facts do not support this. I travel alot and my company has Hertz Gold plan so I drove lots of Contour/Mystique and all kinds of Focus and I can tell you without getting out the measuring tape, the Focus is bigger inside in every possible way. Even the ZX3 has more useable back seat than the Contour and the bigger doors make up for having no rear door. Getting in the back seat of ZX3 is not as bad of a bet as getting in the back seat of Contour.