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The Ford Contour is a commuter car that marketed & manufactured by Ford Motor Company in USA. It was the American version of Ford's CDW27 planet car plan that affected also in Contour's twin; the first generation Ford Mondeo manufactured & launched somewhere else around the world. Moreover, the Contour had a Mercury model generally known as Mercury Mystique. Both the versions were presented with 4 door sedan body look. The Mystique & Contour substituted earlier Ford's North American mid range versions, the Mercury Topaz & Ford Tempo & were categorized by EPA as squashed vehicles.
The Mystique & Contour were introduced in late 1994 as 1995 models & nonstop up till 2000, when they went out of manufacture with no a straight substitution in Ford's lineup in Canada & USA, whereas in Mexico, Ford restored the Contour with a nearby produced variation of the European Ford Mondeo.
The base engine of the Ford Contour was a 2,000 cc, that generates 125 HP at the rate of 5,500 revolutions per minute, SAE and 93 kW, 130 ft lb , 176 Nm at the rate of 4,000 revolutions per minute, 2.0-liter dual overhead cam 4 cylinder. Ford Contour was also launched with unleaded fuel & Multi point injection fuel system. The car has 55 liter fuel tank. Standard on the SE & optional on others: a 170 HP, 2.5 liter dual-cam V6, with 4 valves for every cylinder. Contours could have a standard 5 speed manual transmissions or optional 4 speed automatic transmission. Ford added a 195 horsepower model of the V6 in 1998. It lunched with the 5 speed manual transmission. Be short of of acceleration in less than temperature 32 F on the 2.5 liter engine is regular because of hoarfrost on the throttle plate that causes engine misfire. Also, engine gets overheated of 2.5 liter engines because of wrecked plastic water pump impeller blades.
In the 1996 Ford Contour, to get better the back seat space, backsides of the front seats were scraped out that made the more space of leg room. During the 1996 model year, back seat pillows were moved to make a little more head & leg room. Chrome bumper flooring was removed. A Contour Sport model introduced in April 1996 in standard GL or upscale LX series. For 1999 Contour, they have dropped the GL & base models, leaving only the SE, LX & SVT versions. SE & LX versions got more racing suspension style & all versions got a somewhat bigger fuel tank.
