Plus the Cobra's interior is still not as good as an SVT interior in my opinion.
Also its NOT about cost. Its about love of the car. Why not get a 4 cylinder 4banger 1982 mustang and rip the engine and put a carb 351W and strip it. Heck it will probably run 10's all day on slicks. It will be much cheaper than a Contour SVT with a turbo but SO WHAT! If someone wants to put a turbo on a Contour and have a strong running car for the highway and street then so be it.
Also, I will say that I'm sure that a ContourSVT putting 300HP to the wheels will give a NON Z06 vette a run on the highway until it hits rev limiter. I used to have a 330HP (on the motor) Mercury Capri RS until recently. I also own an SVT with mild mods and can tell you that IF my svt had 330HP on the motor, it would outdo my Capri RS. You may say so what but I've raced plenty of 93+ LT1 vettes on the highway and once C5 from 130KM/hr to 245km/hr and he was behind 1.5 cars. We started out side by side.
The contour is NOT a drag car and nobody is building it as a drag car. The contour is a highway car.
