Mike,<P>I don't really think that there will be much of a change for the S40 in 2002, considering it just got a major Phase II facelift for the 2001 model year. The 2003 S40/V50 will be based off of the second generation Ford Focus platform, which should not be a bad thing at all considering the first generation Ford Focus has been getting rave reviews for its chassis dynamics.<P>-Drew