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A good friend of mine had a Contour SVT - an original '98.5. I borrowed it for a few days and walked away very impressed. I don't know if it was as good as an E36 M3, but it was very, very good. Around 2003 he blew the head gasket, and ended up putting in a block from a 3.0l Taurus and keeping the sweet SVT heads. Dunno what power was after that swap, but probably in the 230 range. It was pretty much the limits of what the chassis could elegantly handle.
I went shopping for one in 2000, and ended up coming home with my Alfa 164Q. Honestly, the Contour is a better drive in almost every way, but the Alfa offered more interior space, a little more prestige, and a substantially better sound. :)
Resale value on the SVTs has held pretty well. By and large, you can buy an SVT Cobra for less than a similar year SVT Contour, and that's saying something.
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Posts in this Thread:
- MOTOR TREND: 10 TOP REGRETS---Article, TG, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:18:19
- I owned 1,5 of them, xhawksaab, Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:08:38
- My life in 2 of those cars!, Railhead
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:30:10 - '96 Ford Contour SE, EGD
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:12:58 - The only one I owned is the ..., UpstateNY Bill, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:01:07
- I wonder........., Herb Hirsch
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:11:15 - I owned a ..., KevinM, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:15:46
- Driven 'em all, sold 8 of 10.., Mike Lynch
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:29:13 - Why no Gremlin or Pacer?, Bill Homer
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:37:48 - I owned two of them!!!, Steve in Chicago, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:21:21
- my neighbor still has her merkur..., smt, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:37
- I'm proud to say I never owned any of them... n/m, Peter_UMA, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:22:29
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