Originally posted by slolx50:
if everything on the mondeo is smaller and not as wide, the 2.5 must be really wedged in there, because there isn't much room in my engine bay with it in there.
The engine bay is the same size, everything outside of that is different. The bumper from the grill forward is shorter, the front end components are wider collectively, the fenders curve differently to match the different curve of the outer lip of the head lights, hood is different along the front curve mating up to the grill... Run the Contour into a brick wall about 5 MPH and your dimensions will more closely match a Mondeo's...
