too many quotes to copy and paste and refute. if svt continues to claim that they don't advertise, then they have a problem. seriously no offense troy but this sounds just downright arrogant. what i "hear" is svt is too good for advertising. i'm not even talking about mass marketing.
most contour (svt) owners here are not ford enthusiasts. the absolutely only reason i have an svt is my parents bought a 95 gl (see sig) and they brought home the contour brochure. i think there was something mentioned about the svt or i saw the v6 model and started researching it and eventually saw the svt on fords site. if it wasn't for the contour svt, I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT A FORD PRODUCT. I would've saved for a 3series or a4/s4(currently my favorite). euro is where its at. and the contour svt was the closest euro contender for much cheaper. its not the dealers fault, its not the customers fault. its ford. they simply didn't push the contour model. all i see are commercials and ads and $hit everywhere for the focus. i hate that damn car. i dont believe ford should bring back the contour to build an aftermarket for us. ford should've pushed the contour, it would've sold well, and thus the aftermarket would've followed. i can go buy a camry and add a trd supercharger and include the financing in the monthly payments. now thats sweet. audi offers the supedup a4>s4, bmw offers the suped up 3series and 5 series>m3,m5, even lexus offers the l-tuned is300. i cant even believe ford built the focus svt. it's got 170hp, same as a regular contour v6. but because ford marketed the hell out of the focus, there's a huge aftermarket that naturally followed. i like the exclusivity of the contour svt but hate the lack of aftermarket. i dont mind driving around and seeing a million contours. that doesn't bother me cuz they aren't all svts. but having a million contours around me would force an aftermarket to development that i can obviously take advantage of. there would be a ton of different body kits so the regular contours rocking svt kits wouldn't bother me cuz i'd be rocking an aftermarket kit with countless wheels to pick from.
i have no intention of buying another ford product. the mazda 6 is still a maybe. its nice but has a small hint of jap influence (for obvious reasons). if ford seriously considered bringing over the mondeo st220, then i'd consider another ford product (and dont decontent the hell out of it. maybe goes nutz and have the option of having svt add a turbo. that would be sick as hell and impress the hell out of me. quality would have to be #1 cuz for the money i'll be able to get a real euro. give me a reason to drop 30k on a ford vs a sweet a4 1.8t that is very tuner friendly w/ just a chip alone.
