Clean '92 Taurus SHO on eBay...

[01rangerxl]

1992 Taurus SHO

I'd drive it. The seats and paint are aged, but not bad for 20 years. The Cherry Bomb exhaust is an interesting choice.

It's nothing special these days, but I think a Ford sedan with a Yamaha V6 and manual transmission seems kind of cool.

 

[dparm]

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[daves87rs]

Not bad!

 

[Lead Shoes]

That is a prime example of the specimen, looking good for being as old as I am, someone is going to get a time capsule with how mint that thing is.

 

[SLCraig]

That car looks great. That is my favorite generation of SHO.

Look how awesome that motor looks!!!

 

[Y_K]

The only problem with the online auto purchases is that you can not smell and you can not hear it. Good use of wide angle lens and nice backdrop.

 

[Turk]

Eh, cracked seat is a bummer.

Plus, it needs a waxing.

 

[Unearthed]

Bought in Staten Island, being sold in Newark. Those 64k miles are the hardest 64k miles you can put on a car. Probably in stop and go 75% of its life hahaha.

 

[Teddi]

I was thinking the same thing - those 64K are some very hard miles. I owned a red '92 SHO from '97 to '02. I loved the car, but it's still nothing more than a great engine (for it's day) in a [censored] Ford. I sold my '92 in 2002 for $1,800. It was a little beat up, but it still ran well.

 

[cchase]

Originally Posted By: Teddi
it's still nothing more than a great engine (for it's day) in a [censored] Ford.


Well put.

This example does look clean. The mufflers are a huge turn-off though.

 

[javacontour]

I've always liked where Ford was going with cars like this and the SVT Contour. I just ended up disappointed that they didn't always make it to a "fully finished" product.

But I also realize at the price point they were trying to hit, they probably did the best they could under the constraints presented.

Originally Posted By: Teddi
I was thinking the same thing - those 64K are some very hard miles. I owned a red '92 SHO from '97 to '02. I loved the car, but it's still nothing more than a great engine (for it's day) in a [censored] Ford. I sold my '92 in 2002 for $1,800. It was a little beat up, but it still ran well.

 

[dwcopple]

do want!

 

[Virtuoso]

I owned two - and I agree with the "great engine around a [censored] Ford" post. I did nothing but fix things on mine all the time. But, at least it's a manual (much more fun, and faster, even with the smaller engine); although I'd prefer a '93-95 with the rear spoiler. But you could just snag one from a wrecker.

Good looking, overall. Has the typical worn leather/seats and broken ETAC buttons. I would be replacing that exhaust with something a little more mild in short order, but whatever

 

[Chris142]

One of those at up my 340 duster and spit it out. I drove home in shame

 

[oilmaven]

The car was probably the most interesting Taurus model. I'm seeing very few first (86-91) and second (92-95) generation "Tauri" around anymore. The first generation have literally rusted away and any of them with the 3.8 V6 "blew their gaskets" (literally). I had a 1992 Taurus with the 3.8 as a company car (new). It made it to 75,000 miles before the head gaskets took a dump (I only drove the car for the first year...second driver had the car when the gaskets blew). The car was simply scrapped at that point as the company didn't want to invest any more money in it. Pity they didn't order the car with the 3.0L...much more durable engine. I never liked the car...it had terrible wind noise and wasn't all that powerful considering the engine. I actually liked my 1990 Dodge Spirit with a 4 cylinder better.

 

[momomeister]

I had a 93, green 5-speed. Back in the day, yep that car was not bad at all. I think the output was 220 HP. Engine revved smooth. Since time has passed, even our Honda minivan has more HP, 244..

 

[HM12460]

I would imagine parts for the engine/transmission might be pretty expensive if they are even still available.

 

[kkreit01]

I've always like these as well. It would be cool to have one of each version SHO.

 

[addyguy]

Don't see those every day, very cool to see.

I remember when they came out they were very highly regarded in performance circles. Engine is still unique to this day.

 

[Vikas]

I had a 1990 white one. It was a Ford exec car. In the beginning it had electrical problems. Once the JBL amplifier was replaced, electrical problems were fixed. The car had "variable" performance. I used to reset the engine brains way to often. I had measured 0-60 times in low six seconds using G-meter. But some day it just would not feel fast. It also lost its climate control display using ($500!) and the A/C compressor. When both the CV joints went, I finally traded it in. At that time, it needed, A/C compressor and probably other related parts, axels, ABS sensors, hood struts, timing belt service etc etc; I was looking at almost $3K in repairs and I bailed out