Troy, if there is ANY way SVT can make an appearence at Spring Zing 2001 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that would be a big head start on the reparations that NEED to be made. There was a guy previously from SVTOA that chimed in here for a week or so, and seemed genuinely concerned for the SVT Contour and it's owners, but that was just the tip of the iceburg and nothing came of it but rants.

We are not as much upset that the CSVT is no longer being produced, as much as SVT's appearent disavowment of the Contour, it's "front-wheel drive flop".

I can only hope that this experience paves the way for some respect for the SVT Focus. I would love to see the number of people that actually new SVT made a Contour. Not too many.

When I purchased my Contour in 97, I bought from a dealer that recently lost their SVT dealer status. When I asked what happened, they stated that in order to keep that SVT status, and be able to sell Cobra's and Lightnings, they HAD to order a certain number of CSVT's. This dealer, and MANY other dealers, have lost their SVT status because of the Contour. You can imagine dealers anmosity toward the Contour as well.

The US public was not ready to use the terms "front-wheel drive" and "performance" and "domestic" to describe a car. It was dead before it hit the showroom floor. No matter how much the car mags praised the CSVT, it never made too many "best Buy" rates. Also, the death of the Contour as a whole platform was the lack of advertising. Sure, the Contour was a money loser to produce at times, and that might have killed it. There are several factors.

One thing that probably all CSVT owners would like to see is the same treatment as Cobra and Lightning owners. As you might see, we are pretty damn proud of the Contour, and its showcase SVT variant.

Long live CEG!

"I will not go quietly into that dark night..."

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