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side by side I would pick my SVT. When the 5 door comes out I might lean somewhat in that direction but in the end it would still be my SVT. But I LOVE THE INTERIOR - I might just install that interior somehow into my car 
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Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
Then if you look at the car, inside and out, its really a better lookin' car than ours IMO. Now don't get me wrong, I still love my car, even 3 1/2 years later, but if your honest with yourself let me pose this question..."if both cars were infront of you back when you bought your car (if you bought new) which car would you have bought 
I think the SVT is clearly nicer looking outside..
Inside...Mazda nicer by a wide margin...
Power.....a draw slight edge to Mazda simply for "modability"
Handling....slight edge to SVT
The Mazda has more polish..the SVT more viceral character.
It would be a tough choice...but I got the SVT for 18.4K new...we have a winner!
1999 Amazon Green SVT Contour (#554/2760)
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If it is a tough choice between the already seven years old SVT and the 2004 Mazda6, not only we have a winner with the SVT, something is wrong with the Mazda6: it lacks character and exclusivity!
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1999 Black/Midnight Blue SVT #1949/2760
Built on 04/20/1999
Received on 05/07/1999
Sold on 08/03/2006
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Hey Boyd did you get a chance to check out the RX8s they had on the lot? They got quite a few of them in before being moved around the province or getting picked up by thier owners. It's kinda neat living here for that. Saskatoon's SVT dealer gets the entire province's allotment of Cobras and lightnings, so if you go at the right time, there's dozens of these rare cars randomly parked in a field beside the dealership  There will be 6 SVT Foci on the lot at a time, one of every color. I remember when I was looking at the SVTF just bofore buying the ZX5. The salesman was all giddy about me buying a SVTF from him, spent a good hour talking stats and specs, then went on about the Contour I'd be swapping. I went back a few days later and said I'd take a ZX5 instead. All of a sudden I ceased to exist and he handed me a card and walked off. I was still going to buy a car from him until that point. I ended up buying from Steacy Ford in Battleford. So far the only decent salesman I've met in s'toon was at the Hyundai dealer 
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When they wouldn't even let me drive an SVT without a firm commital I gave up on that idea too.... 
96 contour SE,E1 rims w 205/60/15 Comp TA's VR4's,optimized y-pipe,SVT doorsills,KKM intake,BULLIT MUSTANG fuel door,painted grill,every available option w/leather !
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Originally posted by 18psi2300:
Originally posted by Captain Bart:
Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
...if both cars were infront of you back when you bought your car (if you bought new) which car would you have bought
Without any doubt the SVT!
The Mazda6 has a plain and boring front end (the fog lights have been misplaced), the rear end looks a bit narrow and high, and the sport package looks like ugly aftermarket additions.
I personally put the Mazda6 in the anonymous cars category with the sedentary Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
I'd have to say about the exact opposite...the 6 has some flare, some character...the SVT looks like a Contour with aftermarket additions.
Even with the inherent unfairness of making stylistic comparisons between a 1998-2000 model and a 2003-2004 model, I'd have to say your perception is still backwards.
Meaning no slight to non-CSVT owners, I'd say all Mystiques and non-SVT Contours (respectable cars in their own right) look like diminished versions of the CSVT.
It being the American version of the Mondeo, the CSVT is the benchmark, the Daddy.
But, Ford marketing, in its finite wisdom circa 1995, somehow came to believe it would be savvy to wade in slowly and first introduce the Contiques' various versions with ambiguously-Euro styling that was somewhat more domestic(ated), yet still suggest the "world-car" pedigree that all Contours and Mystiques certainly have. But remember, at that point, Ford Marketing had been twiddling with the world-car concept since the introduction of the Mercury Lynx ... and whatever the Ford version was called ... in 1977. So, it was too bad that, 18 years later, yet again displaying their retractable scrotums, Ford Marketing still thought it would be a smart move to bleach almost all hip, Euro styling cues out of the basic Contique design, unlike, say the Dodge Neon, the Chevy Cavalier and, when Ford finally woke up, their own Focus.
Like my brother once said, when you park a car you really love, you never accidently leave the lights on ... Because you always turn around and look at it as you're walking away.
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Originally posted by Drumbo:
Even with the inherent unfairness of making stylistic comparisons between a 1998-2000 model and a 2003 model I'd have to say your perception is still backwards.
Meaning no slight to non-CSVT owners, I'd say all Mystiques and non-SVT Contours (respectable cars in their own right) look like diminished versions of the CSVT.
It being the American version of the Mondeo, the CSVT is the benchmark, the Daddy.
You do realize that contour=mondeo not CSVT=mondeo don't you? You realize most mondeos are equipped with zetecs or normal duratecs? The CSVT=ST220 or ST200, something like that. The non-SVT and non-ST contours and mondeos were first and thus are the benchmarks.
98.5 SVT
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96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
FS: SVT rear sway bar
WTB: Very cheap beater
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by Drumbo:
Even with the inherent unfairness of making stylistic comparisons between a 1998-2000 model and a 2003 model I'd have to say your perception is still backwards.
Meaning no slight to non-CSVT owners, I'd say all Mystiques and non-SVT Contours (respectable cars in their own right) look like diminished versions of the CSVT.
It being the American version of the Mondeo, the CSVT is the benchmark, the Daddy.
You do realize that contour=mondeo not CSVT=mondeo don't you? You realize most mondeos are equipped with zetecs or normal duratecs? The CSVT=ST220 or ST200, something like that. The non-SVT and non-ST contours and mondeos were first and thus are the benchmarks.
I'll realize what you said about the engines if you'll realize what I said about the styling. Even with a four-banger, the Mondeo is a sharp-looking set of wheels.
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I don't see how the "Daddy" can come after the sons/daughters.  I agree with what other people say about the SVT looking like it has added on parts, but to me it looks like factory added parts (like other cars have such as corolla type-s,etc.) which is what the SVT body parts are, factory added.
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91 Escort GT (almost sold)
96 ATX Zetec (i brake to watch you swerve)
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WTB: Very cheap beater
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
I don't see how the "Daddy" can come after the sons/daughters. I agree with what other people say about the SVT looking like it has added on parts, but to me it looks like factory added parts (like other cars have such as corolla type-s,etc.) which is what the SVT body parts are, factory added.
Yeah, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche-Audi, hell, even VW also seem to have the same "factory add-on" problem with their styling.
Shoot, they way they all carry-on, you'd almost think it had something to do with the aerodynamics of a GT performance-car, or something.
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