When these first came out the Ford dealer near me still had a few Tempo's on the lot... the Tempo had more leg room than the Contour. Especially the back seat.
The Tempo has a more upright roofline which allowed them to move the rear seat further back. It also has a short dashboard which allows for front seats to be moved forward a little bit. The Contour has a very long dash that intrudes and a very long rear seat cushion which cuts on room even more. A 97+ Escort has a little more rear seat room than Contour. But the Contour does better in a full frontal and offset frontal crash test than both Tempo and Escort courtesy of the extra length and width it has. But the Contour has a trunk almost as large as a 96+ Taurus something easily overlooked. We can see this same form over function thing with the Lincoln Continental too. The 94 has a limo like rear seat with it's upright rear roof. The 95 has the same room as a Taurus which is still good but not like a Town Car. All because of that sloping roofline.
Contour/Mystique are highly modified Mondeo's. 1993 Mondeo couldn't pass US crash standards so it took them 2 years to beef it up for US market, that's why they came here for 1995. It is not related to Escort at all, Escort is built off a Mazda chassis for Ford.
@@ChrisPatrick-q6k No, it's not better built lol. The Civic may have better fit and finish here n there that nobody cares about but the core skeleton is not better than Contour not the least bit.
@@FuckTrumpFuckYouIfYouVoted4Him Cool, here in the UK it was called the Mondeo. Good cars, not the most reliable, but good to drive. For some stupid reason Ford undergeared them, the 2.0 especially, 3500 rpm at 70 mph! (stick)
@@ChrisPatrick-q6k Yeah the Mondeo couldn't meet US crash standards which is why it took almost two years for Ford to rework the car for the US market before it could be legally sold here. That's also why the Contour is significantly longer than the Mondeo (bigger bumpers and crash bars). The 2.0 Zetec has had good luck here, not so much with the 2.5 Duratec. The engines themselves are fine it's stupid lazy American drivers that don't know how to take care of a car for one and for two drivers were letting dumb mechanics that were used to working on 30 year old carbureted engines work on these state of the art Zetec and Duratec engines. Let's just say the mechanics didn't know what the hell they're doing and the cars reputation suffered as a result. Not the cars fault, the mechanics screwed those cars up I've seen it so many times lol
Isn't this model featured in an old Law and Order episode? A crazed mother sets fire to hers (green, IIRC) with her kids trapped inside. Does anyone know the episode?
It did well. See how other cars it competed with hold up by comparison. Remember now, this car is a modified Mondeo. A regular Mondeo can't pass US crash standards. They had to modify the bumpers and structure significantly. It paid off here. Anything that gets hit by a 50mph sled will crush severely. This did well for a compact car.
Mark freeman proved the ford contour to be quite strong when he launched a rock through the back of it multiple times and it still drove
When these first came out the Ford dealer near me still had a few Tempo's on the lot... the Tempo had more leg room than the Contour. Especially the back seat.
The Tempo has a more upright roofline which allowed them to move the rear seat further back. It also has a short dashboard which allows for front seats to be moved forward a little bit. The Contour has a very long dash that intrudes and a very long rear seat cushion which cuts on room even more. A 97+ Escort has a little more rear seat room than Contour. But the Contour does better in a full frontal and offset frontal crash test than both Tempo and Escort courtesy of the extra length and width it has. But the Contour has a trunk almost as large as a 96+ Taurus something easily overlooked.
We can see this same form over function thing with the Lincoln Continental too. The 94 has a limo like rear seat with it's upright rear roof. The 95 has the same room as a Taurus which is still good but not like a Town Car. All because of that sloping roofline.
spicy mondeo
@trucker life the front is from am escort
@trucker life got it mixed up, the front is from a 1999 mondeo
@trucker life well no shit. its easy to get cars mixed up xxxxxxxxx
Contour/Mystique are highly modified Mondeo's. 1993 Mondeo couldn't pass US crash standards so it took them 2 years to beef it up for US market, that's why they came here for 1995. It is not related to Escort at all, Escort is built off a Mazda chassis for Ford.
It is better than a Civic from the same era.
A more solid car, the Honda's better built though
@@ChrisPatrick-q6k No, it's not better built lol. The Civic may have better fit and finish here n there that nobody cares about but the core skeleton is not better than Contour not the least bit.
@@FuckTrumpFuckYouIfYouVoted4Him Cool, here in the UK it was called the Mondeo. Good cars, not the most reliable, but good to drive. For some stupid reason Ford undergeared them, the 2.0 especially, 3500 rpm at 70 mph! (stick)
@@ChrisPatrick-q6k Yeah the Mondeo couldn't meet US crash standards which is why it took almost two years for Ford to rework the car for the US market before it could be legally sold here. That's also why the Contour is significantly longer than the Mondeo (bigger bumpers and crash bars). The 2.0 Zetec has had good luck here, not so much with the 2.5 Duratec. The engines themselves are fine it's stupid lazy American drivers that don't know how to take care of a car for one and for two drivers were letting dumb mechanics that were used to working on 30 year old carbureted engines work on these state of the art Zetec and Duratec engines. Let's just say the mechanics didn't know what the hell they're doing and the cars reputation suffered as a result. Not the cars fault, the mechanics screwed those cars up I've seen it so many times lol
@@FuckTrumpFuckYouIfYouVoted4Him They were too small for the American market.
Mercury Mystake...haha. someone had to say it.
It's Mystique* and your wise crack is supposed be Mistake*. Oh the irony 😅
Isn't this model featured in an old Law and Order episode? A crazed mother sets fire to hers (green, IIRC) with her kids trapped inside. Does anyone know the episode?
I remember how much I dislike these cars by watching this, and I love my Fords.
It did well. See how other cars it competed with hold up by comparison. Remember now, this car is a modified Mondeo. A regular Mondeo can't pass US crash standards. They had to modify the bumpers and structure significantly. It paid off here. Anything that gets hit by a 50mph sled will crush severely. This did well for a compact car.
Great
Took it like a Judd!!!
Mondeo