1990 Ford Taurus SHO Dealer Training Video

[coreyhess1]

his name is alan hall when hes in the sho hes alan hall ass lol

[MisterWordman]

Steering wHeel.

[thebonefish]

Protective, rust promoting, cladding :-D

[Seandude23]

haha it looks like it spins the tires when it pulls at 4:08, but its an old skidmark. clever

[rowsdower12]

Front and rear floormats!!! and the rear defroster standard!! WTF!!! Forget the cars of today!

I knew someone with this car, not back then but 10 years ago (used one of course). It was nice, pretty quick (for what it was).

[malaka1212]

Notice how they fail to even mention the BRAND of engine this car has. They can't put their bloated ameri-yankee egos aside and admit the gem of this car is under the hood, and built in Japan. hahahhahah!!

[Z34teen]

I think the ONLY car that was comparable at the time was the 1991-1994 Chevrolet Lumina Z34 and 1995-1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Z34.

[NadrianATRS]

I'd rather have the 1990 Cadillac STS, has more features

[91Taurus]

@NadrianATRS

The 1990 STS also has a 4.9L V8 with only 200hp, a soft ass suspension, and was only available with an automatic transmission.........so yeah great choice *rolls eyes*

[NadrianATRS]

@91Taurus the STS has burl wood interior, so there. :P

[91Taurus]

@NadrianATRS Touche'. You win

[iamxeddiex]

@NadrianATRS Nice, fake faded wood! I'll take the yamaha over a northstar. Wait, I'll just drive my rx7.

[jonesd5o]

@NadrianATRS u mean plastic woodlooking interior? hahahahhaha gm junk

[talldude123]

@91Taurus The SHO also had an engine tuned by Yamaha.

[Motorcraft1986]

@NadrianATRS  Stop hatting!!!

[DeltaGaryGordon]

I loled at the comment the engine is Ford's ingenuity, its a Yamaha Engine. I do love Ford engines, though.

[karkraz]

LOL He said "Double overhead cam"

[SteelCity1981]

The best damn 4 door sports sedan back in its day imo.

[THAWK3]

I got a SHO + too!

[trevonlovesciara]

i live in cail and i want a old taurus sho but i cant find any thats for 3000 or less

[gascargo]

i have this year sho and i love it had for three years

[rockerdude29]

Too bad 99% of all SHOs Ive seen were either dead,or beaten by fucking soccer moms.Makes me sad.

[karbanatek99]

@rockerdude29 I can´t see anything in česká republika-czech republic :(

[BlueOvalBoy85]

This is one of THE classic American cars of the late 20th Century. I'd give my left arm to get a 1st Gen SHO in good condition.

[THAWK3]

@BlueOvalBoy85

I got one with 70,000 original.

It's a plus too.

[stevedaniels5]

@BlueOvalBoy85

A Ford Taurus, seriously? Is this an alternate reality?

[t308win]

no you could get a 5 speed in all the first and second Gen SHO's. 89-95 It was the 3rd Gen V8 which did not offer a manual. 96-99

[bmtimv]

I think this was the last sho you could get in a 5 speed manual

[COBmyband]

the 80's SHO's are manual trannys

[jakayoh]

Ive owned a coupla shos myself if you look up the simple bolt ons available for a sho they equal around 50-60 horsepower so a sho can reach close to 300 horsepower like they were originally designed to but never did cause of the mustang gt being the flagship model at the time!

[Threxx]

What single non-FI bolton is going to add that much power? Or do you mean if you bought every non-FI bolton made for the SHO? If you mean the second one I can believe that. I don't believe they neutered it to not take out the Mustang GT though... I think simple cost, noise, fuel economy, and emissions requirements dictated what sort of parts and tune were acceptable.

[JoZuko]

What are the 0-60 times for the first and second gen? I hear 6.6 for Gen1 and around 6.9-7.3 for Gen 2? is that about right?

[jakayoh]

89's were probably the fastest 0-60 due to the fact they were the first yr and air bags werent standard issue at the time. so minus the weight of that and coupled with the standard tranny they are the fastest sho's out there. Around 6-6-6 secs is what ive read in the reviews!

[jakayoh]

6.0-6.6 secs is what the 89 model year is capable of because its mated to the 5 spd and also because there is no abs on that yr only!

[legendarysim]

yes. the motor was more powerful for gen 2 but so much heavier it was slower.

[gratedebate]

Yamaha purposely tamped down the power; this engine can easily rev to 8-9000 rpms, but the alternator could not handle that. Also, Americans like their torque, so this was a good balance. I tore one apart for an auto tech class, and the tolerance specs and the engineering into this engine is remarkable. One of the best ideas Ford had in the 1980's, along with the Taurus, and I do not even care for Ford!

[digitalrailroader]

220 HP? The 2010 SHO Blows this SHO Out of the Water with 365HP!

[xchichard]

You are right about the horsepower. But the new SHO weighs upwards of 4000 lbs... while this one weighs much less.

Many automotive sources claim that the original SHO is the best in terms of driving satisfaction - on par with the late-80's BMW 5-Series for much less money.

The new 2010 SHO you refer to is a bit softer; the suspension allows for a bit more lean for comfort, for the daily driver who wants a bit of spark.

[DeltaGaryGordon]

@digitalrailroader this was also 21 years ago (almost 22)

[lakeandeskid]

dude my uncle had a 1991 taurus with 20 inch wheels custom paint job and sound system the other day i heard he flipped it then it started on fire when they were towing it to the junk yard

[1DieselFuelOnly1]

I love watching old car and truck vids. Thanks for posting

[GT5005]

It's funny how in 1989, Yamaha makes an engine that is a 3.0L that makes more HP than the 3.8L V6 in Ford's 2004 mustang.

Pretty damn pathetic.

[patrickpl94]

yea i no right?

wtf lol

[gdement]

If that's the same 3.8 I'm familiar with, then it's a MUCH simpler and cheaper engine than this Yamaha 3.0 would be. No surprise it's slower.

hp/Liter is a pointless metric IMO.

What matters is the tradeoff between performance, reliability, efficiency, and cost.

Simple engines tend to be reliable and cheap, but not as fast or efficient. Nothing wrong with designing an engine that way.

[NWpowerhouse85]

Eh, took a while, but they finally got it right in the 11' v6 stang :)

[seroyer2]

@GT5005 Luckily that has changed now.

[michaelpack1988]

@GT5005 thats why its a Super high output 3.0, not a regular 3.8

[soyntgo4it]

@GT5005 Miss that Yamaha engine. They had a 3.2L also which produced a little more power later on.

[xxigodzixx]

Double post, but I just got to the very last quote.

"one more example of Ford Motor Companies engineering excellence"

bwahahha. Ford didn't touch that V6, not even the intake manifold, that's ALL yamaha.

I'm not surprised to know that everything stamped "Ford" on these cars break, but anything Yamaha doesn't. 248K on my engine, still running strong, the rest how ever...typical Ford.

[xxigodzixx]

He said it has a "tuned exhaust"...yeah that's the biggest lie ever. Fucking y-pipes on these things suck, not only that but it isn't even true dual.

[BigFordFan150]

please keep your sho stock and clean so all can enjoy and a wagon sho would be cool maby ford can put the 90s sho back in production if they have spare money that would be the first time a car copany put a old car back in to production.

[RomanianChickLover]

they are going to release the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO This Summer It's A Little Costly Though Damn Near $40.000

[EVODIO124]

the only one best ever car made from ford cuze of yamaha of curse

[charlesmartin82]

Too bad there was no wagon. :)

[12344bam]

y would u want a wagon sho

[charlesmartin82]

Because I love wagons.

[12344bam]

but then it wouldn't be a sports sedan

[FaggotDogg]

Sure, there is more room in the trunk in a station wagon :-)

[AlienEnema]

there is a wagon. mine came with the v6 3.8 liter. im fixing it up. in a video series on the cheap.

[charlesmartin82]

I mean a wagon SHO.

[Stangfan88]

i got a 97 SHO love it! wish theyd make them again but i doubt theyll put in a yamaha engine. cool video

[Madslim]

I have a 89 SHO  i sold my 89 GT for it . I love it .. everything about it ..

[jgturk]

You've got to love how sexy that intake manifold is on that engine. One of the best looking engines ever.

[jizzyjazzy0909]

cool video....'cept the guy at the end is a d bag...just one more example of fords automotive enginering excellence? yamaha made the engine lol

[91Taurus]

The last clip with the black '89 SHO and the race car driver was all taken from the "1989 Taurus SHO Introduction" videotape and reused by Ford in this 1990 video. In that tape he goes: "There is also an A/C cut-off which activates in a wide-open throttle condition. Just one more example of Ford's automotive engineering excellence"

So it looks like for this 1990 video Ford edited what he said to make it look like he was taking about the intake, instead of the A/C cut-off

[joshviper129]

my dad owned 3 taurus SHO"s and they were a 93,96,97 model years and they were all great beause the 93 had a large v6 and the 96 and 97 had a small v8 but very powerful mide size cars

[sgtseenoaction]

I had two shos so one 5spd and one automatic both beasts on the road got to me me another one

[emb2580]

haha, they lied, SHO's didn't get speed sensitive steering until 93

[waterclown1]

'95 Jewel Green with A/C bypass. This car owns at high RPM. When the flaps open up you hear it and feel it. SHO

[1980aries]

just picked up a white/grey 94 SHO, luvvin it, the previous owner babied her so im lucky as hell.

[framerkat]

I have an 89 and love it. Dad bought it new off the showroom floor! Thanks for posting these interesting and informative videos on a great car!

[870expressmag]

I heard when the sho was first developed. The motor was pushing over 300 hp from yamaha. And ford said... Oh no! it can't be faster than the mustang gt, so they knocked it down to 220 hp. I stiil kick myself for selling my sho.

[LLCoolPass]

But, and dont get me wrong, there is NO evidence of that.

[870expressmag]

1989 Car and Driver magazine info. leaked.

[jakayoh]

i read the same thing somewhere as well.... its probably true another guy says yamaha detuned it and it couldve revved up to 8-9000 rpm so do the math?!

[daedalx]

Ford's excellence in buying that Japanese Yamaha motor.

[bryanharricharan]

Are Taurus great car ???? I thinking buy it one...

[illitero]

That guy slammed the door on the white one. If anybody ever slams my doors, I simply shout "don't SLAM muh doors!" All of the SHO's I've had don't take much to shut the friggin' doors. I guess he was still used to ford cars having granite slabs for doors back in the day. Excellent upload!

[taurusguy2002]

Black full leather interior. I love it.

Another great video.