2013 Taurus SHO
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Tasca Super Boss 429 Member
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I'm not a fan of the nose. The rest is a handsome and competent mid-cycle refresh, but the nose just seems a step in the wrong direction. I'll grant them that I can see some Mustang gill in the SHO's grill if I squint a bit, but overall the older nose is more my thing.
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There was sudden pushback on the 400hp right around Dec/Jan, which I dismissed as disinformation but apparently not, and none of the insiders have commented yet on today's numbers (that I've seen).
Going out on a limb, but two possible answers come to mind:
1. Road testing late last year showed the platform can't handle the F-150 EB's mountain of torque as-is without some compromise that Ford wasn't willing to make. Being an Mid-cycle refresh, the team was likely operating under a limited budget and it could have been just too much to get everything sorted at a high level of reliability/durability.
2. Production bottleneck. This has stung Ford a couple times recently when they had a great engine "ready" and appearing in some models but tooling up for volume took just a bit longer resulting in older engines soldiering on, particularly when they launched the 3.5 and the EBs. Much like the Mustang and the 5.0, it could be a situation where the SHO's powertrain upgrade follows the next MY.
Going out on a limb, but two possible answers come to mind:
1. Road testing late last year showed the platform can't handle the F-150 EB's mountain of torque as-is without some compromise that Ford wasn't willing to make. Being an Mid-cycle refresh, the team was likely operating under a limited budget and it could have been just too much to get everything sorted at a high level of reliability/durability.
2. Production bottleneck. This has stung Ford a couple times recently when they had a great engine "ready" and appearing in some models but tooling up for volume took just a bit longer resulting in older engines soldiering on, particularly when they launched the 3.5 and the EBs. Much like the Mustang and the 5.0, it could be a situation where the SHO's powertrain upgrade follows the next MY.
dont like it as much
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There was sudden pushback on the 400hp right around Dec/Jan, which I dismissed as disinformation but apparently not, and none of the insiders have commented yet on today's numbers (that I've seen).
Going out on a limb, but two possible answers come to mind:
1. Road testing late last year showed the platform can't handle the F-150 EB's mountain of torque as-is without some compromise that Ford wasn't willing to make. Being an Mid-cycle refresh, the team was likely operating under a limited budget and it could have been just too much to get everything sorted at a high level of reliability/durability.
2. Production bottleneck. This has stung Ford a couple times recently when they had a great engine "ready" and appearing in some models but tooling up for volume took just a bit longer resulting in older engines soldiering on, particularly when they launched the 3.5 and the EBs. Much like the Mustang and the 5.0, it could be a situation where the SHO's powertrain upgrade follows the next MY.
Going out on a limb, but two possible answers come to mind:
1. Road testing late last year showed the platform can't handle the F-150 EB's mountain of torque as-is without some compromise that Ford wasn't willing to make. Being an Mid-cycle refresh, the team was likely operating under a limited budget and it could have been just too much to get everything sorted at a high level of reliability/durability.
2. Production bottleneck. This has stung Ford a couple times recently when they had a great engine "ready" and appearing in some models but tooling up for volume took just a bit longer resulting in older engines soldiering on, particularly when they launched the 3.5 and the EBs. Much like the Mustang and the 5.0, it could be a situation where the SHO's powertrain upgrade follows the next MY.
i dont think we'll be seeing the power bump until the next MY as you stated.as for the mid cycle refresh, looks ok, wish it had more unique body styling like the MK1 and MK2 SHOs. perhaps if they would've color matched or blacked out the chrome surrounds in the grille it would look better, dunno, need the ps experts to jump in on that one.
other major notable positives:
- improved brakes
- improved suspension for handling
- 3.16:1 final drive
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It used to be more power = bigger price. Now its better fuel economy = bigger price. It's kinda weird that 290 hp engine is a standard engine, but you have to pay extra for a 237 hp engine.