MT Then and Now: 1993-2013 Ford Taurus SHO - MotorTrend Magazine
" Body motions are well controlled, and careful trail-braking can induce gentle slides at the rear with AdvanceTrac in its sportiest setting ," we wrote about the 2010 Taurus SHO. " The helm is nicely weighted, but with the front tires shouldering 60 percent of the load, little of the information they gather about how much of the available friction is being used at the moment finds its way to the wheel rim. The 1989 Taurus SHO was the FIRST true front wheel drive sport sedan (Nissan's 4DSC Maxima SE didn't quite make the grade until the debut of the 190 horsepower 3. 0 liter DOHC '92 model), and one of the first non pocket rocket / hot hatch fwd... The new car is nice, but would have to lose AT LEAST a quarter ton of "road hugging weight" before it would interest me or a lot of weight conscious drivers who believe in the gospel according to Colin Chapman, who said if you add power to a car... It also became a lazy V8 engine instead of a high tech V6. The exotic nature of the engine was lost, while still leaving all of the complexity. The 96 to 99 SHO would have probably been more successful in the true enthusiast's eye had they been offered with manual transmissions, but like everything Ford back in the mid 90's, bean counters prevailed and only the auto tranny was available. Source: wot.motortrend.com
