[Shotimes] OT Ford's Future Plans for 500 and performance cars

[IdriveaSHO@aol.com]

Yeah, the 500 is just supposed to be a nice people hauler that we could drive 
without looking like dweebs in a PT Cruiser or a 3rd gen taurus/sable(no 
offense to the 3rd gen guys). Also, people that think Ford will make a return 
of the SHO....um....do you realize what our cars are? They're limited 
production cars with a very high tech engine in a proven platform with only a 
body kit and a nicer interior to clue anyone into what they are. Only problem 
with something like that is that fact that it's hard to sell a sleaper when 
nobody knows it's a sleeper. Also, the cost of owning the only car that 
Yamaha ever made a motor for is quite expensive, typically higher than new 
car prices when it comes to buying engine parts. The SHO in the mind of 
everyone at Ford is that of a huge goof up that they should have never done. 
I think the fact that they made them for so long was that they had a contract 
or *something* because financially that car hurt their reputation. When a 
dealership starts making parts obsolete on a motor that was in a car up until 
the mid 90's (what, 96 had the V6? 94?)yet still has parts for a car made in 
the early 80's(mustang) then you know there is a problem. I think we should 
just be happy they goofed once and we were able to benefit from it because I 
don't think they'll do it again. -Steve Bowen
 
<< Regardless of how well they do, the SHO will not return, and the Ford 500
 was not ever presented with any performance aspirations. >>