Nick Scheele of Ford admitted dropping the Contour was a mistake, in articles from the NYC Auto Show.

The upcoming "500" looks to be the true successor to the SVTs and 'Tours. It is bigger then the Taurus inside, but not outside. It actaully may be even better than the current Mondeo.

The Taurus is doing the fade out like the Escort did. It is still too cartoony and too many end up in fleets.


2000 SE fleet, V6, ATX, ABS, no spoiler, T-Green/tan. Built 01/2000 in MO.
Added 12 spoke factory SE rims, K&N. Biggest mod: ESP Plan!