Return with us to the days when Ford Motor Company saw an opportunity to challenge BMW for a slice of the sports sedan pie. The year was 1998, and the car was the SVT Contour, a compact sedan ...

Two-and-a-half years later and Project Focus SVT is finally running again. After the last installment's full engine build by FocusSport in Placentia, California, we're now only steps away from our ...

If editorial stupidity tends to stick in your mind, you probably remember the very specific goal we set for our SVT Focus. Drunk with one too many project car successes, we decided we should try to ...