Ford Taurus SHO 2010 Driving and Interior

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RdrstGR6aQ

Car is dope on the inside! I think it looks pretty sick on the outside as well. AWD Twin Turbo 3.5 V6, 365 bhp 350 tq (1,500 - 5,000 rpms you get 350 tq)!!

[poofy97gsx]

thats one bad ass ford

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Model - Taurus
SHO AWD
$37,170

PACKAGES
402A
$3,000

EXTERIOR
*Tuxedo Black Metallic $0
*Auto High Beam $0
*Rain Sensing Wipers $0
*Reverse Sensing System $0
*19" Premium Painted Luster Nickel Aluminum Wheels $0

INTERIOR
*Charcoal Black/Umber $0
*Heated/Cooled Front Seats $0
*Rear Power Sunshade $0
*Second-Row Heated Seats $0
*Multi-Contour Seats with Active Motion(TM) $595
*Intelligent Access with Push-Button Start $0
*Power Moonroof $0
*Memory Power-Adjustable Pedals $0
*Adaptive Cruise Control $1,195
*Blind Spot Information System (BLIS(R)) w/Cross- Traffic Alert $0
*Rear View Camera $0
*Ambient Lighting $0
*Voice-Activated Navigation with SIRIUS Travel Link(TM) $1,695
*SIRIUS(R) Satellite Radio $0
*Sony(R) 12-speaker Audio System $0
*SYNC(R) $0
*Front Buckets with Miko(R) Suede Inserts $0

ACCESSORIES
*All-Weather Floor Mats $75

[viridionplague]

i think there are better cars in the sub 40k catagory

edit, cant say i dont like the engine though, could have done a bit about the body though, still kinda fugly

[tehehodi]

thats the best looking taurus i've seen! lol but yah for 40k,.......

[Andrew7dg]

ECO BOOST!!!!
HA HA HA HA

I am stealing one of those badges for my car!!!

[Kracka]

Wow...$40k for a Toreass?

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Holy balls that's overpriced!

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

Reading your description, it sounded really cool. Then I clicked on the video and instantly became uninterested. That shit's ugly.

[rose0529]

Originally Posted by Kracka

Wow...$40k for a Toreass?

aka tortoise

Edmunds compared it to the G37 and here are a couple quotes...

The 2010 Ford Taurus has undoubtedly picked up right where the last 1999 Ford Taurus SHO left off. The problem is, this is not the year 2000.

In the end, the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO feels like an excellent all-new Taurus with a muscular engine, period. It's not quite up to the sport sedan badge.

Impressive engine, clever features, bold styling, yet the resurrected SHO isn't sharp enough and costs to much.

So What Does the SHO Do Well?
Freeways and two-lane on-ramps to freeways, and that's where the original SHO's sleeper-sedan directive lives on. Sure, the SHO comes up short compared to a G37 at a drag strip on a slalom course, but compared to other cars of its size and mass (or smaller), it's quick and it sticks. You should've seen the look on the guy's face in the Dale Earnhardt Signature Edition Monte Carlo when we went around him on the outside while merging onto the freeway.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=151726

[Kracka]

LOL @ Monte Carlo comment

[awd-drifter]

I watched the Edmund's test. the Taurus vs the G37....yeah, i'd still take the G37.

[Kracka]

The Evo X will walk all over it; for less money.

[goodhart]

meh...if it was 25k instead of 40k I'd be inpressed

[Halon]

I personally don't feel that this and an Evo X fall under the same grouping to even be compared.

IMO a car like this would be better compared to something like a G8, Charger R/T, or Impala SS.

[rose0529]

I would say the X MR Touring package that is coming out is pretty good competition for it. MSRP $41,960 South coast mitsu is selling them for $38,999

quoted from RussellM on evolutionm.net

Originally Posted by RussellM

2010 EVOLUTION X

GSR & MR

• Tail Lamps with Black Extensions
• Short Pole Antenna - 200mm
• New Odor de-composing headliner
• Improved E-TACS functions, including windshield comfort washer function
• New solar UV control front door glass
• Newly styled high-contrast meter design with full color LCD Multi-Function Information Display (MID)
• Leather Parking brake lever w/ chrome release button
• Front cup holder w/ lid
• Center console mounted ACD switch
• New Large side air dam design
• Hands Free Bluetooth cell phone interface system w/ voice recognition microphone
• MP3/Aux Stereo input jack added to non RF equipped cars

Additional Options

• Rockford Fostgate premium Audio system w/ power upgrade and 6cd/mp3 changer (Premium GSR Options (standard on MR) )
• Sirius Satellite Radio w/ 3 months prepaid subscription (Premium GSR Options (standard on MR) )
• Rotor Glow Orange Metallic Color (GSR only)
• Additional Phantom Black Interior Accents with storage compartments (MR ONLY)

Option Packages

Touring Package - MR

• Power Glass Sunroof
• Leather Seating Surfaces
• Heated Front Seats and Outer Door Mirros
• Rear Lip Spoiler, Replaces Large Rear Spoiler
• Center Console Storage w/ lids
• Automatic on/off Headlamps w/ rain sensing wipers
• Insulated front winshield glass
• Improved Sound Insulation

[Halon]

I disagree. A Lancer is more compact than a Tauras, atleast in my perspective. It's one size bigger in my eyes. Like a Lancer and Galant, Altima and Maxima, Fusion and Tauras. A Lancer and Tauras just isn't apples to apples in my mind. An Evo will walk all over a Tauras at the track sure. Same as an Evo would walk all over a Galant GTZ at the track also. They are different animals, aimed at accompishing slightly different things.

Just my opinion

I do think the G37 was a decent comparison though. Similar sized cars, aimed at a similar crowd and a similar goal.

[rose0529]

Good point on size, I guess I'm going on the 40k semi lux AWD turbo car, ie a fun DD.... Just depends on how you look at it.

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by Halon

I personally don't feel that this and an Evo X fall under the same grouping to even be compared.

IMO a car like this would be better compared to something like a G8, Charger R/T, or Impala SS.

The reason I made the comment is because they're both right around the same price-point. Sure they're in different classes, but so are DSM's and 3/S's yet people always compared those. Anything can be compared, you just need to remember the differences and what exactly you're looking at.

[Halon]

OK, but a comment such as "an Evo will walk all over it" is pretty one sided and generic. An Evo will walk all over a G37 for less money also, and an Acura TL, but who cares when they are built with a different purpose and goal in mind? I'm going to go on a limb and say that this car was not built with a stearn mindset that most of them will see real track time. I'd guess they were probably going for more along the lines of a 4dr comfy family car that has some good get up n go and can be fun on the street, while still keeping the in-laws happy and cozy in the back seat, with a not so overly "look at me" look, yet still being a little edgier than the norm.

I bet there is more interior space, more trunk space, and a slightly smoother ride than an Evo X MR.

Don't get me wrong, I'd take the Evo over it anyday. But I can guarantee you my dad would choose the opposite.