Ford GT90	Acceleration: Speed: Braking: Handling:
	Engine: quad turbo dohc 48-valve V-12 Top Speed: 220 - 235+ mph 0-60 mph 3.1 sec 0-100 mph 6.2 sec Power: est 720 bhp @ 6600 rpm Weight: 23200 lbs Price: $150,000

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The Contour, shown at the 1991 Detroit Show, was revolutionary in so many respects. Its engine was the first straight-eight since Pontiac's in 1954 and was mounted traversely to save space. The shape of the car was dramatic with steeply ranked screens and a long cabin domin ating. It was mounted on an aluminium chassis entirely bounded togehter. The headlamps were 1 inch high arc discharge rods and there were two floating rear spoilers. To describe its fresh way of thinking in design terms, Ford coined the term "edge design." Before production cars like the Ka and Puma took to the streets, Ford displayed numerous concept cars at motor shos around the world, which dramatically demonstrated its new philosophy. Edge design burst on to the scene with the revolutionary GT90 in 1995. The name hinted at the inspiration for the car, Ford's highly successful GT40 road/race car of the 1960s. In format, there were similarities: this was a very low, mid-engined two-seater with fantastic performance potential, but in truth the cars were very divergent. The GT90 resembled a Stealth bomber in the way that its triangular flat surface intersected one another. Under the skin its technology was bang up-to-date racing-car; a honeycomb aluminium chassis, carbonfibre body and space-shuttle-type ceramic exhaust. Powered by a quad-turbo 720bhp V-twelve engine, it was intended to be launched in a limited series of 100 cars, but the plan never materialized. Much more significant was the GT90's effect of the future of Ford design.