I have a '14 SHO I bought used. Yes, this guy is spot on 100%. I let someone else eat the depreciation and got my dream car on an econo-box budget. It is everything I want a car to be. In the city you are sealed in quiet and luxury but the cockpit interior never makes you feel you like you're in a grocery getter. Then for fun you kick in the turbos and AWD makes this behemoth immediately haul ass. The launch is a thrill you never quiet get over it. And because SHOs are so rare, people get out ya way because they see that grill and think you're an unmarked po-po.

I cant beleive how fast this car is with the 3.5L twin turbo charged v6. Alot lighter than the f150 so that helps. This car is a hidden gem. Im getting ready to buy a used black sho. Pretty dam excited.

I have a 14 SHO with Performance Package and I put an LMS tune on it, now has about 460 HP and 450 Torque!! I embarrass a lot of sports cars and performs sedans!

I got a 13 it’s a sleeper all around quietly goes about down the road and a very smooth and composed ride. On the highway it feels superb. Man this car is idk words can’t explain how good it is. I got Michelin’s on mine and it tip toes down the street. I’ve rode caddies Cts xts Lexus on long distance up and down east coast but they don’t compare to the blend of comfort and sportiness. Handling, all wheel drive traction in harsh conditions..... Look I can go on and on about this car. I wish Ford wasn’t dropping it cause this is something you can build on and make great. Perhaps Ford sleeping on it also.

I bought a black 2010 a year ago. Not a SHO. But man it’s a great car. Reliable, huge, comfortable, quiet and powerful. Completely different from my Mercedes AMG, but this is just a beauty of a Ford.

just purchased the 2016 sho yesterday ,and all i can say is WOW .i love this car.thank you to the guy who traded it in with 4800 miles on it.he traded it for the 2018 exact same car.

Is it just me or has everyone seem to have forgotten this is actually the 4th gen? The actual first gen SHO was from 1989 to 1991.

I picked up my 2010 SHO 3 years ago around 66k miles and it is a wonderful car. 100k mile warranty I had the dealer replace 3 wheel bearings and a turbo for $200. Wonderful interior and can tow light loads at speed. Big trunk and great sound system. The massaging seats are a plus on a long trip. Nice video.

raced one with a tune in a c5 z06 with a manual trans and it hung with me basically the whole time. turbos were loud as shit too, I'd definitely buy one of these

A family size car with a twin turbo 6 cyl w/ 365 hp 350 lbs of torque 0-60 in low 5’s all wheel drive 20inch rims and heated, massaging and cooled seats and people get out of your way because they think your a cop ........ worth the price of admission if you ask me. Try getting all those amenities in any other luxury brand and you’ll be spending into the 70-80’s K just to have the same .

Good review Sir. I'm no professional but I know plenty and agree the SHO is a sweet ride and tremendous value at that price!

bought used cars (mostly 2y/o) my whole life, at the end of 2016, i bought a new, loaded, 16 sho, black on silver for ~38k. Daily driver with around 90 miles / day. Couldnt be happier. Car is big and comfy, and boy does it GO.. Nothing like having a 365 TT with a child seat in the back... the joy of driving more than makes up the ~22 mpg/highway. It also has a free perk of most people getting out of your way bc they think you're a cop.

When I was 16 back in "95, my father took me to the local Ford store. He was there fully intending to get me a '95 Explorer Limited. When we left, I was cruising home in a '95 SHO instead. He was given a good deal on it, because it was literally sitting on the showroom floor for too long they said, and were getting ready to showcase the new '96 Taurus redesign. That's when the hideous ovoid shape was introduced. My brand new '95 SHO was fully loaded with leather throughout and power seats (the leather was tan, and the body was emerald/jewel green). I think that all of the options boxes were checked on this showroom floor model. It was a very awesome car. Powerful acceleration and a great engine growl upon starting it up. Unfortunately though, a very short time later my cousin got into a wreck with it. She said that it was hit broadside I think. She said that there was this bright fluorescent green liquid flowing out from underneath it. The airbags had not deployed either. My father had it transported to a garage for fixing. Since it was there, my father handed to me the keys to a new '95 Toyota Land Cruiser in Moonglow Pearl. After a few months, the SHO was finished. It was $15k to fix it 😮! Since I had the Land Cruiser already, my father donated the SHO to a charity of some kind and received some kind of tax credit. I did like my SHO while I could. The Land Cruiser was safer though. When I graduated from HS in '96, I was by then driving the new Lexus LX450. Cashmere beige metallic.

Great review - A few things folks often overlook, notice the lower door panels extend to the bottom of the car and are sealed. This keeps your clothes clean when getting in and out of the car. A feature Ford has now added to the F150. Also notice the scissor trunk hinges that do not impede into the trunk storage. Both are features only found in much more expensive cars. Add to that the fact you can also get a Ford Performance certificate which is another plus!

Great car! I've had mine since 2013 and absolutely love it.

...An "Old Man's Sedan" that forgot to be one... It's a beast that satisfies the speed freak, with all the comfort and size of a sedan... Long distance trips across the country have to be comfortable as anything, and the car won't attract attention from the cops the way a Mustang or Corvette would if you're just a little bit above the limit...

These cars make a world of sense on the used car market, good review.

you nailed this video , great job

I have 2013 , Tuxedo black. It is a fun ride!

very impressed w/ my mine, it was between a srt cherokee & sho. srt were all asking too much for used one. got the sho pp for 17 five @52,000mi . i love it, full size, fully loaded & full of performance. a true sleeper. i either get guys that ask wtf is this after i whooped that azz or they’ll say I know exactly what this is. all i can say is drive one, you won’t be disappointed. oh yeah, i whooped on a srt jeep twice💯

Great review. I always thought the SHO has been slightly over looked and that's what makes it a great car. Diamond in the rough type of car.

I have a 2016 SHO it's that mother of pearl white. I regularly go at high speeds with it... the perks of living in the middle of nowhere Idaho. For that reason i use z rated continental tires. Threw a air intake on it and a liver nois tune. Well over 400hp and livened this car up. Im currently looking at an exhaust now. We took it to Pheonix and back. Super smooth comfortable ride. It's priceless when you get guys in sporta or muscle cars asking whats done to it when you race them and they look over and you're still there with them 😂

The taurus sho is a great car yes it's a heavy car but with a v6 and twin turbo it has plenty of torque to pull around that weight you won't really know it's that big till your in sharp turns but look you get a big car with plenty of space it's twin turbo these things ride like a Cadillac and you can easily make 500hp plus with just tunes it's a great car if you want something you can carry around your family comfortably plus its awd so that helps not only performance but also in bad weather and it's so easy to make power with these with tunes it's kinda similar to the BMW 335i when it comes to making power great car I definitely will have one of these some day

I wish these had the 5.0 V8 as an option

Please stop saying wet dream

Yep, I own a 13, and at 72,000 miles, it's still a rocket.

I have a 2013 SHO. I have the performance package etc. I have 65k miles on my mile. Love it. 0-60 stock is 5.2 seconds.

Just test drove a 2016 SHO with 30000 miles. Am I in the market to purchase a vehicle? No. It's rare finding one setting on my Ford dealer's lot, new or used. Having owned early generations of the SHO dating back to the Yamaha built engine. I just wanted to drive one. The price was originally at $40,000 (original window sticker was in the glove box since my dealership had leased the car new). They were asking $27,000 for an amazing new looking, loaded light silver with black leather SHO. I found the car had caught other potential buyers interest since I had to wait my turn for the test drive.. After my drive, I found it an amazing sedan. Powerful, luxurious, very comfortable, roomy and loaded with technology. I also found the blacked out grill and large tires and rims add a lot to the looks of the Taurus. If I was looking to purchase a used sedan. This SHO would be setting in my driveway. It's amazing how this engine pushes this large, heavy car to 0-60 in the mid 5s. I ran a couple cell phone timed runs, and it's 5.5 timing is spot on, at least from my primitive timing method. Ford needs to use this engine in an ST version of the Escape Awd. Hopefully it will find another home in the US when the SHO is no more.

Good review, thanks!

This car is so underrated..... I have a 2015 and it is amazing.... Buy a used one with a few miles.... For the specs n money u cant get better than that

I was considering Cherokee SRT8, you can not find an SRT8 Jeep and Taurus SHO, same year same mileage for anywhere near the same price. SRT8 is always $10,000 or more than the Taurus SHO. The SHO really is a bargain for what you get.

I found a 2010 SHO non pp with 31k miles that I am buying for under 10k. It has every option. Other than some minor curb rash on a rear wheel/front edge of rear bumper (both will be repaired), the car is pretty much perfect.

2 things I'd change is the gauge package and offer it in a 6 speed manual. I own a 2016 SHO PP.

I had a 5 speed 91 SHO with the SHO+ package....I let my wife trade it in for a Plymouth Breeze.....about a year later I found my SHO in the junkyard....Yes,we are still married.

ready to change out from my 07 300C RWD which I loved as a “sleeper” road car. Looks like the 4th Gen SHO AWD is the next step so a couple questions- timing belt replacement is when and approx cost? any chronic problems with electronic dash glitching or AWD system? Nice vid... especially like the dash display of the roll-on power.

Always have been a huge SHO Taurus fan. Love the original with the Yamaha built V-6 mated with a 5-Speed transmission.

Siiic, I want a Taurus

This will be my next car.

Great video. I've been looking for a modded sho

Add a $300 tuner for another 70 hp & 70 FT# badass

I just got a white one, same miles, same price. Love It! Goes nice with my 94 Mustang GT

I drive a Ford fusion now. My next will be the SHO

You also have to pull the Engine out to put a water pump on this type of Car. keep that in mind if you buy one if theses Cars

My 2011 Kona SHO has been great. With about 2k in mods mine now chews up 90% of what pulls up next to me.

I have been driving Fords for decades. I'm 1 day going to get me a SHO. Some day.

local cop has a SHO..thing is no slouch either...i wish it had a manual tho

Send this to my father in law, cause then i get to drive it on road trips!

Good review! This would be a pretty nice car in Houston ( to the best of my memory, I’ve never seen a curve in Houston 😝), but at 4,000 lbs and that plush suspension, not so great here in the mountains of Colorado. Still a bargain for sure.

you make some very very fine points. Here comes the but...I"m 6 feet and when I got into the driver's seat, I felt so cramped being the center console is so dam big, my knees banged against it. I couldn't live with this being so cramped. I couldn't wait to get out of this car. Funny enough, the Fusion has a bit more room and I was more comfortable. I ended up with the 15 Lincoln MKZ for about the same price as the Taurus. Equivalent power. I let the previous owner take the depreciation on the car and I got a Lincoln.

I love the Taurus but hate sitting anywhere but the driver's seat. :)

THIS IS THER SLEEPER YOU ALLOW YOUR KID TO DRIVE IN HS. Yes he /she can get into trouble, but it is SO solid, at least the odds are with him, and he WILL gain respect which is sooo imprtant. Mine was a 67 Merc. Caliente Convert with the cyclone gt 390 pkg,. so I relish my "sleeper" moments of 'rolling glory"!!

I had a 2016 sho.. I loved that car but I had issues with the brakes overheating and thumping.

Hearing that price for that vehicle in 2023 is CRAZY

i had one and no problems i had besides maintaining it but i got rid of it because it got vandlised and ima buy a new one

The MKS is the better sleeper. With my tune I have 425 hp and 440 tq for $599.00 from LMS. You should see the looks on peoples faces when you just shut them down. 0 to 60 3.9

It’s a better more understated vehicle then the Kia stinger which is basically the same class of car. A bonus it sounds better then the Kia

2:44 my grandma actually has a 2013 Taurus 😂😂😂

I just bought a 2013 with 62,000 on it for 17000. Its black fully loaded black interior. Sweet car.

Why didn’t you have it in sports mode I’m showing the acceleration?

Someone modded that used one too lol....blacked out front grill, blacked out rear chrome trunk trim, and it's lowered for sure.

1:45 the AWD system is not permanent. The rear wheels engage only after the front wheels detect slippage.

You should’ve had it in sport mode when you slammed the gas.

the new fusion sports have 325hp and 380 torque... with a 2.7 v6 twin turbo ecoboost and all wheel drive comes standard.. very fast car.... i snagged me a brand new one 2017 model year on a end of the year discount by far the cheapest price tag for the power and technology the car offers I have seen from any car maker ever.

Not a grandma's car very masculine inside and out even the dash straight lines

LOL I heard the dreaded " timing chain rattle " when he started it for the first time.

Do these have the truck motors? And do they have the same problems that the 1st gen 3.5 ecoboost has?

Owned a 2013 for a year - I totally disagree with "rear seat is vast" - in your video, when you pan right, it's a tight fit. The size of the car to how much interior space it had drove me crazy. It's the size of a damn minivan.

Why was the strip at the back near the tail lights black instead of chrome?

I test drove one and it was good except for the visibility. I live in a city where people drive like idiots and having a car with less than ideal visibility was a deal breaker.

I love this car one day i will buy it

Did the 2013 already have lane assist sensors on it because the car you are showing has them

How does it look like your grand daddy's car? - this car look darn good-----------------It would smoke 3/4 of the midsize family cars out there " Avalon, Impala, Accord and even some of the high end cars...

I like the dash and front grill of the 2010-2012 models.

Can't drive in New York , cop cars. I do think they're very underated tho

I just bought a 2018 brand new Ford Taurus and it rides very smooth and it's very roomy and I did not buy the Taurus sho but I did buy the SEL model and it's great and a cheaper price now that it's discontinued

Gotta get one

I almost bought that exact car but Hyundai in humble never got back with me about it

A little tweaking and you got 450hp

YOOOO BOBBY!!!! I used to go to HS with him!

Just bought a 2015. ❤👍😉

I have a 2018 Taurus SHO on my Facebook marketplace with 92,000 for 13,500? Good or fair deal? Also it Same color as this one in video lol.

Beautiful car! A bargain by luxury pperformance standards plus reliability beyond anything Germany offers. #Fordperformance

my Cadillac DTS Performance does that and it is an 06 model with way less power. I shopped both of these cars and I went with the Caddy only because it rode sooooo much better.

This is my dream car but they don’t exist in Australia 😢

If it went like my granddaddy's cars you would have left an impression in the seat when you got on it... lol My granddaddy didn't believe in speed limits or cars that couldn't break them well.

I wish i would have seen that car for $17,000. I have the SEL model, year 2014 n i paid $23,000 for it but it had 24,000 miles on it.

i have a 2014 police interceptor it has 22000 miles salvaged titled rebuilt with factory ford parts. it was a detective model all black leather it is not butchered. this car is like new 15,000$

Lol how many time are you going to reiterate you are "young"

Is the 2010 SHO reliable?

I'm buying a 2011 for Sonata money, best purchase

All you need is the turbo upgraded to wake these things up

Note: the car is 4200+lbs. and the car he's driving doesn't have the performance package. This car has lowering springs as well.

Great performance, beautiful interior and exterior, but poor rear visibility.

They are discontinuing the Taurus. It's about time for a refresh or a new large sedan.. Crown Vic? 500? 4-door Thunderbird??

I own a 13’ SHO, but am I the only one that noticed the seat is off center to the steering wheel? My back is starting to hurt from always sitting sideways

FYI, it's a gen 4 SHO, not a gen 3

Thinking about the SHO, key word is THINKING. It's a bit of a pain loading my girls all in the WRX, two car seats in the back is not too fun on a daily basis. My Dakota? Forget about it, the rear seat is useless other than being used for extra storage. We primarily end up taking the wifey's Audi A6 because it has way more space.

2012-2014 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec. Yes please.

This guy is a little light in his loafers

Agreed.