In April 1999, Ford Contour enthusiasts from Kansas City and Chicago held a two-day car meet in Springfield, Illinois. The small event was a success, and it was held again the following year in ...

Jay Traugott has been writing about and testing cars for over a decade. His passion for everything with four wheels began when he saw "Back to the Future" as a kid. The DeLorean DMC-12 remains his ...

The setting was a secret test track in California in the fall of 1996. Members of Ford’s Special Vehicle Team watched anxiously as a select group of mostly men with a big thirst for power and ...

Like most people, automobile engineers dream of having their cake and eating it too. For them, the goal is the perfect car; one that corners like a Corvette, accelerates like a Ferrari and coddles its ...

Ford's bicontinental $6 billion babies, the Contour/Mystique twins, have been a sales disappointment in America. Their European cousin, the Mondeo, is a million-seller and considered the class leader ...

The Ford Contour SVT got a lot of attention from enthusiast types when it debuted in the 1998 model year, since it was a sporty, European-designed sedan with a powerful engine and mandatory five-speed ...

Like most people, automobile engineers dream of having their cake and eating it too. For them, the goal is the perfect car; one that corners like a Corvette, accelerates like a Ferrari and coddles its ...

Ever since the 1993 Cobra, the first SVT offering, enthusiasts have had a love affair with the brand. SVT stands for Special Vehicle Team, and that team was assembled to design and produce performance ...

Fans of the Ford SVT Contour (don’t be ashamed – they’re monsters on an autocross course) will have to hold onto their rides a while longer, as Ford is stating that an SVT version of the new Fusion ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Ford Motor Co. is aiming its new pocket rocket at Japanese car enthusiasts who spend thousands souping up their front-drive cars. The car is the 2002 Ford SVT Focus, a new under-$18 ...