Most people never heard of the contour. First time I was ever aware of their existance was when we bought a 97 Windstar. On back page of brochure were pictures of all ford's cars and the windstar.

I thought hmm...I did not know there was a car between the escort and taurus...looks like a nice car. Hey honey look here there is some kind of ford car called a contour...looks like it is between the escort and taurus, the way they have them lined up in these pictures...I think I'll look at those when it comes time to replace my vehicle.

Then in summer of 2000 I am looking at possibly buying a new car. Had forgotten about the contour by then (was there ever any advertising of it???). Then a friend suggests to me looking at one year old contour/mystique as a dealer in his area is selling them for $10K. Finally drove one...it was actually a new leftover 99 mystique and really liked it except for the color. I told dealer...well I can always order a 2001 in color I want...thats when I found out they were done making them.

1996 Contour GL Sport, Zetec, MTX

1995 Contour GL, Zetec, MTX