Used Car Reminder: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO
Posted by Doug DeMuro in Used Car Reminder on | 4 comments
Unless you live in Dearborn, it’s easy to forget about the current Ford Taurus SHO. After all, it’s based on the current Taurus, which – despite Ford’s finest efforts to the contrary – is still only sold to old people who want a big car for trips to the pharmacy to pick up their prescriptions.
The SHO’s biggest problem isn’t image. Instead, it’s price: the SHO starts around $40,000. Add a package and a couple of options, and you’re living in the $45k world. That’s quite pricey for a Ford, even if it does have a 365-horsepower “EcoBoost” V6 under the hood. (By the way, kudos to Ford for managing to somehow trademark turbocharging and direct injection. This is marketing, folks.)
But depreciation has worked its magic on the SHO, as depreciation tends to do, and now things are a little bit different.
Despite being just three years old, the earliest SHOs are now in the low- to mid-$20,000 range. Where it wasn’t attractive at $40,000, the SHO becomes very enticing at twenty-five grand. A lot of the newer ones even have MyFordTouch, which – despite the complaints – is kind of a neat tool to show off to your passengers. Or, at least, to convince them that you didn’t buy the car solely for trips to the pharmacy.
And there’s no need to worry about torque steer, since all Taurus SHO models are all-wheel drive. Think about it: turbocharged 365-horsepower engine; all-wheel drive; $25k. Who needs an Evo?
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This is my 5 year plan with the new Chevy SS. I would be surprised if it wasn’t the last last big non-luxury rear drive V8 sedan. I just love a plain-jane 4 door rear drive V8 sedan that has some guts. The Charger is the closest thing, but is too muscle car looking for me, and I find it to be cramped and claustrophobic, with crappy visibility.
In about 5 years, I ought to be able to pick up a nice used one. I’m sure my plan will work out just as well as the 5 year plans that the Soviet Union used to have. I will probably collapse just before I am able to make the purchase, or it will turn out that none of them were ever really produced.
Frankly, a used Caprice that didn’t have light bar holes in it would also be pretty cool…
Dipping into the 12′s with a Livernois tune is not bad
Call me weird but I have always loved the SHOs and almost bought a 98 SHO. I would definately get one once I know how reliable these new ecoboost engines are. I also see the Ford Flexs running good times with the same engine.
Btw last I sat in one of these newer Taurus, interior seemed kinda cramped. Anyone else or was it just me?