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Junkyard Gem: 1990 Ford Taurus SHO

Made back when the Taurus SHO came with a mandatory manual

Made back when the Taurus SHO came with a mandatory manual.

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Junkyard Gem: 1989 Ford Taurus SHO

Manual transmission, crazed Yamaha V6, four doors.

With its 220 Yamaha horses and a 5-speed manual transmission, the Taurus SHO was quite a performance machine by 1989 standards.

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Ford Police Interceptors dominate Michigan State Police testing

But Chevy and Dodge score points for braking, top speed.

Fords are quicker than Chevy and Dodge, but no matter which police car you come across, remember, you'll never outrun Motorola.

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Jay Leno SHO-guns the Ford Festiva to its full potential

Jay Leno gives his Shogun the spotlight this week, and he shows why this hatch was one of the hottest vehicles on the street when it went on sale.

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Car Stories: Owning the SHO station wagon that could've been

A Taurus SHO fanatic looks back on a year with the performance wagon the factory never built and explains why he's glad someone did.

Cool old family cars and their modern equivalents

These old family cars may be cool, but their modern counterparts are safer, more reliable and all-around better.

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Hennessey unleashes 445-hp Ford Taurus SHO [w/video]

There's plenty to love about the madness that goes on at Hennessey Performance, but for us, it's the fact that the company has no loyalty to any brand or nameplate. If it's quick, it flies at Hennessey. The team recently turned their attention toward squeezing a bit more thrust from the latest-generation Ford Taurus SHO, and the result is the MaxBoost 445. Thanks to a cold-ai

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Ford Taurus SHO to feature in Men In Black 3

The Men in Black duo have upgraded their machinery for the third installment of the franchise, adding traffic-crushing monocycles, jet packs and a blacked-out Ford Taurus SHO to their transportation arsenal.

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Ford Taurus SHO Performance Package adds track day bite

Ford has made a Performance Package available for the the 2013 Taurus SHO, promising "uncompromised response, road-holding and durability." There's no extra horsepower added to proceedings, but parts like the firmer suspension springs and dampers, upgraded cooling system, high-performance brake pads and stability control that can be turned co

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2013 Ford Taurus SHO

The Most Fun You Can Have In A Full-Size, All-Weather American

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Ford straps engineers in 2013 Taurus SHO with Carl Edwards, hilarity ensues

Ford put nine of its own engineers inside of a new car they helped create, the 2013 Ford Taurus SHO, so they could experience its capabilities for themselves. Nothing out of the ordinary there, but Ford also thoughtfully put NASCAR driver Jonathon Ramsey

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Ford Police Interceptor line gets official EPA fuel economy ratings

Police forces didn't care much about fuel economy back in the early days of the Ford Crown Victoria, but these days, efficiency is front and center for cash-strapped municipalities. The cost of fuel keeps rising and cities continue to cut their budgets, so one or two miles per gallon might make the difference for a city deciding between a fleet of Ford's new Taurus-based Interc

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2013 Ford Taurus SHO gets $1,045 price increase

Ford has announced pricing for the refreshed 2013 Taurus SHO, and buyers can look forward to paying a little more for the big performance sedan. Inside Line reports the price has inched up to $39,995 including destination, or $1,045 more than the 2012 model.

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UPS truck gets SHO transplant, flame job

When it comes to getting packages where they're going, few crews are more on point than the team at UPS. Whether it's across the state or around the world, Brown gets your gear where it's going with a quickness. The company has used a fleet of proprietary delivery trucks since 1966, but judging from what American Trucker just discovered, someone's been turning some wrenches after hours. As it turns out, UPS has its own Hot Rod delivery spec

SEMA 2010: Ford Taurus SHOx prescribed for power, side effects include bleeding ears

2011 Ford Taurus "SHOx" - Click above for high-res image gallery

Video: Conan O'Brien turns stuntman, pilots explosive '69 Dodge Dart

Conan O'Brien does his own stunts – Click above to watch video after the jump

Spy Shots: More evidence of 400-hp Taurus SHO?

When we reported last month that Ford may push the Taurus SHO up to 400 horsepower, it caused quite a stir in the comments. Speaking at the annual SHO Convention held this year in Dearborn, Steve Ling, Ford's North American car marketing manager told us, "365 horsepower is good. 400 is better." Words are one thing, but new spy

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