I know brothers with svt car, focus and contour.The contour will leave him at the light,not by much,but on the highway the focus will past him...The focus is stock ,and the contour has I/E.Svt contour is better for long distance driving,but the focus is more fun to drive,to me.One more thing,contour are a ***** to work on,no room to do ****.You can allway swap a 3.0 in the contour
