[Shotimes] If Ford Asked you to build the next Taurus SHO

[Leslie Nielsen]

I wholeheartedly agree with Don on this...I would have said virtually the
same as he did and he hit the nail head-on with the interior.  I prefer
uncluttered interiors that don't distract or make things complicated.  Keep
GPS/Navi systems out of sports vehicles...leave those for the SUVs and
luxo-sedans.  I just love my '89s simple interior.  I'd also say ditch ABS,
if not, have a switch to disable it.

Just my 2 cents added on...

Leslie Nielsen
'89 Titanium


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "ShoTimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] If Ford Asked you to build the next Taurus SHO


I would go back to the original V6 Turned north/south, maybe
bumped to 3.4 or 3.6 liters, and bump HP to about 320+ with
variable cam timing on both intake and exhaust.

place this in a 4-door sedan body, maybe based on the
Lincoln LX, with 6-speed manual with only ONE Overdrive
gear! with an IRS rear suspension/drive.  Try to hold weight
to 3400 pounds.  Make it stealth, but with good design,
Chris Bangle not invited to participate!  :)

Get the best suspension engineers to disect the CTS and BMW
and others to get the best combination of ride and comfort.
  The V8 with two position struts was a great idea, but it
can be done without the complexity or cost.

Hold down electronic gadgets, no parking radar, no GPS/map
programs, few automated gadgets, maybe traction control, but
nothing else to get between the driver and the road.  Use
the superb steering from the V8 SHO.

Make the seats GREAT seats with full power (one set of
gadgets that would be apprecaited ( with power recline, and
bring back the power wings/side support from the V6 cars.

One other thing, I would see if it couldn't be made a true
four door hardtop.  Might be hard to do and keep the body
stiff enough for great handling, but if Ford wanted to
really get back some of the sedan business and trump the
competition, do a really good body with a true hardtop
style.  We should be able to make the windows seal to 150
mph by now...don't you think?

That last might not fly, especially if you keep the cost
down to under $35,000, hopefully to under $30,000 if you
leave out most of the unnecessary gadgets.

IT MUST have the bundle of snakes intake similar to the
original!

Don Mallinson





Thomas wrote:
> If Ford came up to you and said " I need you to design the next Ford
Taurus
> SHO" what would it look like and what would be the specs?(i.e. HP, Trans,
> Motor, size ETC....)
>
> Kinda courious in what people would look for if they had a chance to
change
> the SHO. Although its already a great automobile but there is always
something
> that people would want to change.
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