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Taurus SHO
Gen I, II, and III Taurus SHO
300 hp SHO Engine for Volvo?
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<blockquote data-quote="Robert M" data-source="post: 1687376" data-attributes="member: 9628"><p>When you say "not as much", I am guessing you are speaking of the original sticker price? and the comparision between the Gen 2 and Gen 3 SHO's? </p><p></p><p>I have a friend who was involved in the 96-99 SHO program. He seems to think that marketing of the V8 SHO was poor. The $29K price tag did not help when most people looking for a Taurus were expecting to see $17K-$18K on the window sticker, speaking of sticker shock, $29K+ for a Taurus?????</p><p></p><p>I have just recently purchased an original 1999 Ford Dealership Source Book. For those of you who are not familiar with the Dealer Source Books, they are provided for the salesmen to review as the new models are rolled out for sale each year. If you want to know about a specific model, for a specific year, the Source Book has the info. It inludes all of the specs, comparisions, "new for the model year differneces", paint chip samples, you name it, it's in there. I noticed the 1999 SHO info. is included, but blends in with the standard and upgrade V6 offerings for 1999. The cars from other manufacturers that are compared to the 99 SHO like the 1999 BMW 328i, the 1999 Acura 3.2ti, the Pontiac Bonniville SSE with 1SA, and the 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP with 1SB, all were in the $25K to $33K price range and varied in horse power from 193 to 240. The 240h.p. was the GTP supercharged V6. Of these other brand "Ford comparision cars", the 99 SHO fell right in the middle in price and was 2nd from the top in horse power behind the supercharged GTP, but to me it looks like Ford let the SHO blend in with the other Taurus's and was no longer interested in exposing it as a specialty car to the public. </p><p></p><p>BTW - I do agree, the SHO V8, and for that matter all of the SHO engines are/were a work of art.</p><p></p><p>Robert</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert M, post: 1687376, member: 9628"] When you say "not as much", I am guessing you are speaking of the original sticker price? and the comparision between the Gen 2 and Gen 3 SHO's? I have a friend who was involved in the 96-99 SHO program. He seems to think that marketing of the V8 SHO was poor. The $29K price tag did not help when most people looking for a Taurus were expecting to see $17K-$18K on the window sticker, speaking of sticker shock, $29K+ for a Taurus????? I have just recently purchased an original 1999 Ford Dealership Source Book. For those of you who are not familiar with the Dealer Source Books, they are provided for the salesmen to review as the new models are rolled out for sale each year. If you want to know about a specific model, for a specific year, the Source Book has the info. It inludes all of the specs, comparisions, "new for the model year differneces", paint chip samples, you name it, it's in there. I noticed the 1999 SHO info. is included, but blends in with the standard and upgrade V6 offerings for 1999. The cars from other manufacturers that are compared to the 99 SHO like the 1999 BMW 328i, the 1999 Acura 3.2ti, the Pontiac Bonniville SSE with 1SA, and the 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP with 1SB, all were in the $25K to $33K price range and varied in horse power from 193 to 240. The 240h.p. was the GTP supercharged V6. Of these other brand "Ford comparision cars", the 99 SHO fell right in the middle in price and was 2nd from the top in horse power behind the supercharged GTP, but to me it looks like Ford let the SHO blend in with the other Taurus's and was no longer interested in exposing it as a specialty car to the public. BTW - I do agree, the SHO V8, and for that matter all of the SHO engines are/were a work of art. Robert [/QUOTE]
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