Welcome to the Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT) family and thank you for purchasing the Ford SVT Focus. We trust that our tremendous dedication to the automotive enthusiast’s total ownership experience will provide you with many miles of exhilarating, safe, and comfortable driving your your new SVT Focus. SVT strives for a balance between powertrain and chassis, cornering prowess and long-distance comfort, always working to build vehicles in which no one system overwhelms or overshadows another. In the SVT Focus, that philosophy is carried forward through a sophisticated powertrain as well as significant interior, exterior, suspension, and braking system components.

The Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT) was established in 1991. SVT was commissioned to create factory-produced driver’s vehicles; vehicles that possess a balance between engine and chassis, roadholding and a supple ride, refinement and performance capability. These qualities are the core of the SVT product development philosophy. The heart of the SVT philosophy is a deep commitment to skillful and enthusiastic driving. The ultimate goal of everyone at SVT is to create vehicles that speak to the needs and desires of the knowledgeable driving enthusiast. Every SVT vehicle produced has been designed and developed with for key virtues in mind: Performance, Substance, Exclusivity, and Value. These hallmarks have driven the SVT Mustang Cobra since 1993, the original SVT Lightning from 1993 to 1995, the SVT contour introduced in early 1997 as a 1998 model, the 1999-2001 SVT F-150 Lightning and the 2002-2004 SVT Focus.