Originally posted by AliasJerk:
Its going to be sad to see this group slowly break apart as Contour owners look for newer cars... I really want to see Ford bring the Mondeo to america... So CEG will live for a little longer.
This has been my contention all along: There was nothing terribly wrong with the 1st-gen Contour, Ford mishandled it in the Mondeo translation to North America and missed the market opportunity. In their typical tendency to try to be everything to all buyers, they completely compromised it and it appealed to very few as a result.
The current Mondeo would have a mainstream NA home in *some* version with any competent company, but instead all we get is the $40,000 baby jag... WTF?
Look at the Mazda6, everyone else is 
-Peter
04 Mazda 6s V6 MTX, in service 10/28/03 
02 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport 165HP 4cyl auto AWD
former: 95 Mystique LS V6 MTX [11/14/94-5/19/04]
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