kurtgofast
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I got this in an email from "the car connection". They did not say what their source was or when and where they were talking to coletti, web site http://www.thecarconnection.com/
"Ford Retooling SVT Lineup
Ford is shelving its high performance SVT Focus coupe next year and suspending production of the entire Special Vehicle Team lineup for the 2005 model year. Ford, like other automakers, has big plans for performance cars, but the company finds itself playing catch-up in tricking out SVT versions of upcoming new models. Ford's next scheduled model year for SVT products will be 2006. The Mustang Cobra and F-150 Lightning truck are to be based on the new platforms of those vehicles, and it takes time to do the SVT versions after the mass-market model debut. John Coletti, SVT's chief engineer, said the 2006 Lightning will be powered by an engine similar to the one featured in the 500-horsepower Ford GT, which debuts next year. Other possibilities include supercharged versions of the Mercury Marauder and Lincoln Navigator, a Mustang with a V-10 and a turbocharged Focus, said Coletti. In 2005, Ford plans to introduce the Focus ST, which stands for street tuned. It offers slightly less horsepower than the SVT Focus -- 155 compared with 170. But it will have more torque and likely cost less than the SVT"
"Ford Retooling SVT Lineup
Ford is shelving its high performance SVT Focus coupe next year and suspending production of the entire Special Vehicle Team lineup for the 2005 model year. Ford, like other automakers, has big plans for performance cars, but the company finds itself playing catch-up in tricking out SVT versions of upcoming new models. Ford's next scheduled model year for SVT products will be 2006. The Mustang Cobra and F-150 Lightning truck are to be based on the new platforms of those vehicles, and it takes time to do the SVT versions after the mass-market model debut. John Coletti, SVT's chief engineer, said the 2006 Lightning will be powered by an engine similar to the one featured in the 500-horsepower Ford GT, which debuts next year. Other possibilities include supercharged versions of the Mercury Marauder and Lincoln Navigator, a Mustang with a V-10 and a turbocharged Focus, said Coletti. In 2005, Ford plans to introduce the Focus ST, which stands for street tuned. It offers slightly less horsepower than the SVT Focus -- 155 compared with 170. But it will have more torque and likely cost less than the SVT"
