I think some of the bad feelings directed towards Ford stems from the fact that many CSVT owners feel abandoned and unimportant to Ford/SVT. The Contour is the black sheep of the SVT Family. But I really feel it was not Fords fault. Lets think about when the CSVT was released and what other cars were around. Obviously BMW and Audi had their 3-series and A4s respectively, but I don't remember any WRXs or IS300s running around. My point is that at the time the CSVT matched or exceeded the performance of the European sedans for thousands less. What it lack3ed in interior refinement it made up for in pure driving pleasure. Unfortunately, except for the 4000-5000 people on CEG, the general public wasn't buying and therefore in few years neither were we (meaning we couldn't)
We are a strange group of enthusiasts. We don't fit into the SVT Focus crowd, too ricey, but we also don't fit into the Cobra camp, not sophisticated enough. Therefore we feel alieniated and must turn to other manufactures for our business.
My question for Troy is as follows: What vehicle do you have for me that will compete with the BMW or Audi in the same way the CSVT was able to? Unfortunately, unless you start importing ST220 Mondeos you don't have a vehicle that will compete.
Thanks
Andy
