[Shotimes] Re: SHO - Not gone... just across the pond

[Peter Chase]

I'd like to see a Volvo/Ford V-8 powered AWD Five-Hundred.....Or maybe set
the SVT guys to work on an AWD Fusion and see what a supercharged V-6 would
be like.....


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> On Behalf Of Zerges, Sean (N-ManTech)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:28 PM
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> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: SHO - Not gone... just across the pond
>
> Ron,
>
> Good point, but if the SHO was had remained in production stateside it
> would certainly have had to evolve just as it did upgrading to the V-8.
> Australia and New Zealand address the market share much differently than
> the US does. But the Falcon is certainly meant to target the same type
> of auto enthusiasts that many of us are. Or maybe they could have at
> least hooked up a blower to the Yamaha and gave us the Jag's AWD
> system... then the SHO would have stayed competitive with BWM.
>
> They're not the same car, but since there is no Gen IV SHO, I certainly
> wouldn't mind importing the FPV GT-P...
>
> ~ just day dreaming...
>
> v/r,
> Sean Z.
> Colorado Springs, CO
> 93 SHO MTX, 97 SHO, 02 GT
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> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Replacement for SHO - Not gone... just across
> the pond...
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>
> V8 RWD with a manual tranny? Don't see any SHO comparisons there. The ad
> copy even compares it to German sedans.
>
> The SHO was Ford's FWD version of a sport sedan meant to be like a BMW.
> BMW stayed the course with RWD and manual trannies, and other carmakers
> are starting to come back to that model.
>
> Well, except GM with the V8 FWD SS and GXP. In their case, it's as the
> C&D test of the GXP said.....this would have been a great car 10 years
> ago.
>
> Ron Porter
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