SHO on the way (too REALLY slow sales)

[pauldun170]

Shame...Ford missed the point. At least they will have a halo model to keep in the showroom for the 2 years it will likely be on the market.

38K spells REALLY slow sales...even though it's a 365HP AWD car...not bad looking at that.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/11/officially-official-2010-ford-taurus-sho/

[unknownroad]

Brilliant. Sure, the GTO was a failure in the market, but only because it was too powerful for the money. Surely, if we sell a less powerful car for more money we'll succeed where GM failed!
:db:

[Homeslice]

slab-sided, high-waisted body, and no manual tranny..............

[smileyman]

SHO What:idk:

[Mr Lefty]

SHO What:idk:

SHO fire failure

[smileyman]

:lol:

[Cutty72]

SHO What:idk:

Taurus.

It's built of the Lincoln MKS platform, so not hard to do the few mods to make it the SHO.
But yeah, give me a hook with that to give it a chance.

Mopar got it right with the Challenger SRT8 at least.

[Dave]

no stick = ghey

[pauldun170]

The 2010 Ford Taurus SHO will start at $37,995 when it goes on sale this summer. That's a lofty price tag for a Taurus, but not for a 365-hp, all-wheel-drive sedan stuffed with this much tech and luxury. The original SHO stickered for just under $20,000 in late 1988, which was also considered a big premium to pay for Ford's bread-and-butter family sedan.

As much as I feel that this car will fail miserably in the marketplace, I think that it looks like a good car. Having sat in Dodge products I don't think that Chargers \ 300c deserve to be put in the same league. The G8 does BUT for those who want AWD and cleaner styling the new SHO looks to be the better alternative.

With 500\Taurus, ford built a giant Passat. Now they have built a giant Audi.
I've been impressed with Ford vehicles after driving them for the past couple of years. Nice steering and handling...decent enough power. Apprantly they are making REALLY reliable cars compared to other manufacturers according to reports.

Though I prefer the original SHO because of manual transmission, the new one is like a poor mans A8.

[ceo012384]

no stick = ghey
+ eleventy

[Homeslice]

slab-sided doors = fail

[DLIT]

I saw a regular new Taurus driving around the other day. Looked worse in person. Car companies will do a long ass road test and they happen to drive through Vegas. All the ones I've ever seen have had Michigan plates on them. Some have had the black coverings to cover some of the looks, and some were just straight up. The Taurus didn't have covers, but it had a whack, spotted paint job. I've seen All types of cars about to come out in my time here. Nothing fancy though.

[Porkchop]

As much as I feel that this car will fail miserably in the marketplace, I think that it looks like a good car. Having sat in Dodge products I don't think that Chargers \ 300c deserve to be put in the same league. The G8 does BUT for those who want AWD and cleaner styling the new SHO looks to be the better alternative.

Are you saying the SRT8's are better or worse than the ford???

The 300C SRT8 was a BEAST. 425HP talks. Unbelieveable brakes too. Basically a racecar wrapped in a tuxedo. It was one of my choices of cars up at the lake over the past summers.

Hmmmm...... SRT8, SSR, or RX-7..... choices choices. :drool:

[pauldun170]

Are you saying the SRT8's are better or worse than the ford???

The 300C SRT8 was a BEAST. 425HP talks. Unbelieveable brakes too. Basically a racecar wrapped in a tuxedo. It was one of my choices of cars up at the lake over the past summers.

Hmmmm...... SRT8, SSR, or RX-7..... choices choices. :drool:

There's more to a car than a motor.

At this point the Dodge platform is showing it's age, the interior wears thin quick. It's a great muscle car, but just not in the same league as a G8 (and now possibly the SHO)

[Adeptus_Minor]

I'd definitely take a G8 GT.
Not that I have $30k lying around... but you know, just for survey purposes.

[Cutty72]

Are you saying the SRT8's are better or worse than the ford???

The 300C SRT8 was a BEAST. 425HP talks. Unbelieveable brakes too. Basically a racecar wrapped in a tuxedo. It was one of my choices of cars up at the lake over the past summers.

Hmmmm...... SRT8, SSR, or RX-7..... choices choices. :drool:

Of those choices... SRT8 hands down, any of the options. Charger, Challenger, 300C, or Grand Cherokee.
I'm a muscle car at heart. It's gotta go, go now, fast, and in a straight line... all while looking good doing it.

If I want handling, I'll jump on my bike.

[Porkchop]

Of those choices... SRT8 hands down, any of the options. Charger, Challenger, 300C, or Grand Cherokee.
I'm a muscle car at heart. It's gotta go, go now, fast, and in a straight line... all while looking good doing it.

If I want handling, I'll jump on my bike.

A-fucking-men

The Doc actually recently traded the 300C SRT8 in for the GC SRT8. Its not as cool, but its still pretty badass. The interior is ok. But the thing isnt as potent as his old 520hp Cayenne Turbo S. But it looks better than the cayenne.

http://www.dgcribs.com/rate/rank/members/clientimages/5f04aadacb9fe61e9e7559b746365390435.jpg

[101lifts2]

Looks good IMO..but not 38k good.

[GearGrabinGuy]

Ford might as well pull out a shot gun and stick it in their mouth....

Sad... really sad.