Originally posted by svtcarboy:
As much as it was the car itself that made me fall in love with the SVT Contour at first drive, I felt a sense of accomplishment at actually earning myself into a position to own such a car. Moving to a Focus would make me feel like I lost that accomplishment.
I think the SVT F has a far different image than the Contour. It's a personality difference. Both will handle very well, but the SVT C is the hardest FWD car I've driven at the limit. It's very rewarding, but it has to be finessed to get excellent lap times. I think of it as a little more sofisticated than the SVT F. I suspect the Focus will be more of a point and shoot typical FWD handler which is very easy to find the limits. I think it would be less rewarding, personally. It doesn't fit me, nor do I think the image fits you, James. But I'll highly recommend the car to many boy racer types.
Aaron
