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What's the fastest year? Need to know the 0-60 and 1/4th...

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not sure on 1/4 but stock SVTs hit 60 in about 7.5. 1999 model

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99 and up had 5 more hp than the rest, speed on all of them were the same I think, like 7.2 sec 0-60 and 1/4 mile at 15.2 in Car and Driver Magazine for the 98 (my wife owns one thats how I know lol)

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oh ok, well then the Nissan Maximas are much faster! Some of them go 0-60 in like 6.7!

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95-96 SE 5spdby the way...I was just wondering how it compared to it...

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ya. Ford's official 0-60 blurb was at 7.9, but that was quite conservative. I've heard anywhere from high 6s to high 7s.</P>


Can't argue with someone who owns one though. I got as far as a test drive before I decided on something else</P>

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it's still a great car! sporty suspension ect. looks great...just not as peppy as the Maximas are... are the stats your telling me with auto or 5spd?<edited><editID>Redline5th</editID><editDate>37868.9813310185</editDate></edited>

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All the SVT Contours are 5sp. The car looks great and my wife wanted a sporty 4dr car from Ford, besides the SHO's are butt ugly.

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At the time my options were Contour SVT or V6 Mustang. Being a thinking man, I knew that if I got a V6 Mustang then, I would have no shot at another one later, regardless of engine size, due to tight interior. I also knew that getting the SVT would have put us in a bit of a money crunch as well as losing much of the better performance sell with my wife. So we got a Taurus.</P>


Now she has a Wrangler and I have a GT that cost less than the Taurus did at the time. 0% financing and they paid off Taurus plus gave 4K on sticker price. Can't complain.</P>


Moral is... sometimes the shortestdistance between two pointsis NOT a straight line. <IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0"></P>

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well a few suspension mods will fix that <IMG src=smileys/smiley17.gif border="0">