Ford Taurus: 2013 Updates Add New EcoBoost Power, SHO Revised

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Paulie
But a Camry really is poor in the handling aspect, the SHO is good right? They're just saying it's not as fun as its speed suggests? Personally I don't see how anyone could ever say a 270kw twin turbo V6 sedan isn't fun.......
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It probably handles well enough but with all that weight it's more that likely not going to be super zippy. Plus it has a FWD bias so I have to imagine it understeers when pushed to hard. The SHO team could have done everything in the world but with that much weight it's hard to be exciting.
 
Joey D
It probably handles well enough but with all that weight it's more that likely not going to be super zippy. Plus it has a FWD bias so I have to imagine it understeers when pushed to hard. The SHO team could have done everything in the world but with that much weight it's hard to be exciting.
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FWD bias?:yuck: Isn't it even adjustable?:nervous: Someone needs to get a SHO and strip it out then.:sly:
 
Paulie
FWD bias?:yuck: Isn't it even adjustable?:nervous: Someone needs to get a SHO and strip it out then.:sly:
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I don't know, probably not easily. Like I said it's probably not a bad car, it's just way to heavy. I have to imagine a striped down version wouldn't be all that bad.
 
Why the flying hell would you strip down a taurus? It's not supposed to be a sports car.
 
Omnis
Why the flying hell would you strip down a taurus? It's not supposed to be a sports car.
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People strip down all sorts of cars for racing that are considered family sedans. Look at the BTCC, they are all race preped family cars.
 
Joey D
People strip down all sorts of cars for racing that are considered family sedans. Look at the BTCC, they are all race preped family cars.
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What? BTCC uses small cars, not giant sedans. The Fusion is a family sedan. We're talking the landyacht Taurus here. The thing is HUGE!
 
Spoon Sports did an Acura RL for production racing. That's not exactly a SMALL car.

I somewhat disagree, though...As neat as it is to see the SHO banner put back up, The new Taurus's mission is to replace the Highway cruiser Grand Marquis and Crown Vic, rather than the Old SHOs. My bet? There'll be a Fusion SHO (or whatever moniker they use) that will more faithfully depict the epicness of the original Taurus SHO.
 
Omnis
What? BTCC uses small cars, not giant sedans. The Fusion is a family sedan. We're talking the landyacht Taurus here. The thing is HUGE!
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Fine then go with the V8 cars they use in the Australian series. They use bigger vehicles for racing, it's not exactly odd to see it. Granted there are better choices but with enough money anything can be quick.
 
Joey D
Fine then go with the V8 cars they use in the Australian series. They use bigger vehicles for racing, it's not exactly odd to see it. Granted there are better choices but with enough money anything can be quick.
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The Taurus isn't a V8 Falcon either. It's Ford's luxobarge.
 
Does it really matter? Someone could buy one, they could strip it out, and they could make it a race car. It wouldn't be that difficult and it would be significantly lighter which was the original point. You can use big vehicles for racing and people do.
 
Yeah but the point was that why the heck would someone start with a car like that?
 
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I dunno. Spoon did.

The car is used for longer Endurance events. It was likely chosen for it's 4WD system. Maybe the Taurus would be chosen for the same reason?
 
Omnis
Yeah but the point was that why the heck would someone start with a car like that?
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Because they can? Trust me I've seen some weird car's stripped down for racing. A Taurus would be tame in comparison.

Joey D
I don't know, probably not easily. Like I said it's probably not a bad car, it's just way to heavy. I have to imagine a striped down version wouldn't be all that bad.
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Joey D
It probably handles well enough but with all that weight it's more that likely not going to be super zippy. Plus it has a FWD bias so I have to imagine it understeers when pushed to hard. The SHO team could have done everything in the world but with that much weight it's hard to be exciting.
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It does weigh 4300lbs but it gets to 60mph in 5.2 seconds. Fast as hell for the weight and horsepower IMO.

Meet this car. 4500lbs or so and with 430hp takes 5.4 seconds to get to 60mph......


I think it's quite a feat for an SHO to be able to stick with a Quattroporte from a stop! Hell it'd give the Gran Turismo S a run for it's money on a good day as well.
 
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ND4SPD
I think it's quite a feat for an SHO to be able to stick with a Quattroporte from a stop! Hell it'd give the Gran Turismo S a run for it's money on a good day as well.
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The thing about the SHO though is that going straight is about all it does well. Although I guess that is sort of the typical muscle car formula. So while the Taurus will beat all these other cars at the drag strip, somebody who buys one would be left in the dust in just about everything else. You don't get to use freeway onramps all that often to warrant a car that excels in few places outside the engine bay.
 
Philly
The thing about the SHO though is that going straight is about all it does well. Although I guess that is sort of the typical muscle car formula. So while the Taurus will beat all these other cars at the drag strip, somebody who buys one would be left in the dust in just about everything else. You don't get to use freeway onramps all that often to warrant a car that excels in few places outside the engine bay.
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True. Which is why I hope Ford is planning an SHO/Ecoboost version of the Fusion.
 
Same here. I think it would be awesome for Ford to build some sort of 335 rival or something. I'm sure there is a lot of sporting potential in the Fusion.
 
Jim Prower
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I dunno. Spoon did.

The car is used for longer Endurance events. It was likely chosen for it's 4WD system. Maybe the Taurus would be chosen for the same reason?
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That car is dwarfed by the Taurus. Have you seen one on the road?
 
So why didn't Spoon use the lighter TL or TSX? Particularly the latter, which is established as one of the most popular and successful Production-category Touring Cars, with an engine Spoon knows like the back of their hands.

My point is that people sometimes take cars you wouldn't think to modify and do so. Does that mean the SHO will be raced? Hell If I know. Just because the Taurus is a very large, heavy car does not mean you can't strip it down and take it to a track.

Another example: In the late 1960s, GM was all but out of NASCAR. With NO factory money or parts, and ever faster Ford and Chrysler products, why would someone go to the extents of modifying a Chevrolet or Pontiac? Not only was any performance advantage nonexistent, but there was a MONETARY disadvantage to sticking to a GM product, as they wouldn't pay you even if you were a winning team.

But people did. and they didn't always do too terribly well (Unless they found a rules loophole, Like Smokey Yunick) but they used 'em anyway. So who are you to determine who should modify what car?

Besides...it'll be interesting to see how much boost this mill CAN take.
 
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ND4SPD
True. Which is why I hope Ford is planning an SHO/Ecoboost version of the Fusion.
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Assuming that the SHO does pretty well, I'm willing to bet we could see it happen. Well, probably with less BHP. Still, having a 300+ BHP TTV6 in the Fusion would be most-awesome.
 
Joey D
Does it really matter? Someone could buy one, they could strip it out, and they could make it a race car. It wouldn't be that difficult and it would be significantly lighter which was the original point. You can use big vehicles for racing and people do.
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Hell yeah.

 
Omnis
The Taurus isn't a V8 Falcon either. It's Ford's luxobarge.
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No, despite the extra weight though the SHO probably does to a V8 Falcon what a GTR does to say a Corvette as much as I'd like both losing combinations to be winnners in their respective match-ups. The Falcon is too nose heavy because of its iron block V8, and the 5.4L Boss has never had the greatest power band either, which is why it gets stomped in all aspects nearly always by the alloy block LS series V8 Commodores. The turbo 6 Falcon on the other hand is a whole different kettle of fish, and the alloy block 5.0L coming next year will really put the V8 Falcon back on the map as a serious performance sedan.

Omnis
Yeah but the point was that why the heck would someone start with a car like that?
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Because a 4 door sedan that beats a 2 door sports car is cooler than a 2 door sports car beating a 2 door sports car.:sly:

TheCracker
Hell yeah.

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Nice.:drool: Watching old school muscle cars racing is way better than any modern racing I've seen yet, I wish I was born 30yrs earlier sometimes.......
 
Most old cars are old and ratty on the inside though. They warrant a good stripping. 👍
 
Omnis
Oh, wow, I didn't know that was an old picture. :lol:
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It's not an old picture, it's from the Goodwood Revival festival. Those are Appendix K cars and have to maintain a fair amount of the original interior - unlike some other historic racers of the era :sly:
 
Wow. What happened to the good old days when cars didn't look similar to each other?

I'm pretty much only interested in new supercars/sports cars now but even they will start to look too similar soon. :(
 
I took a little trip to the Ford dealer today, and one of the salesmen pointed me in the direction of a new SHO that was parked behind their service area. The car is very impressive, in size and quality. It didn't look anything like any Ford I'd ever seen. Even the new Mustang which also has a stellar interior paled in comparison. I'm not too good at describing things of that nature, but it was definitely high quality.
 
You know, until the recent commercials I always thought that you pronounced each letter rather than pronounced SHO as a word.
 
When speaking of the car I say "show" but if I read it or type it I think ess-ech-oh. ><

But yeah, saying it as a word is definitely more common.
 

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