First of all, the 500 isn't meant to be a Contour replacement. It's actaully going to be bigger than the Taurus, almost a full size car. Also, where do you see "retro" looks?
It is NOT "based on an SUV", it is a real car platform, the X-Trainer is a crosss over vehicle, not a truck.
A manual tranny full sized car would never be ordered by dealers. CVT's are supposedly designed to replace all transmissions in the future.
For a mid size car, the next generation Mondeo is coming, but no date has been set. The Mazda 6 is related and has an MTX.
Relying on Motor Trend for car news is like reading the Enquirer for World events. They get "future car news" wrong 75% of the time! :p
2000 SE fleet, V6, ATX, ABS, no spoiler, T-Green/tan. Built 01/2000 in MO.
Added 12 spoke factory SE rims, K&N. Biggest mod: ESP Plan!
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