Goes from driving a Carrera GT to a 90's Taurus. This is why we love Doug!

Would personally love it if Doug reviewed the latest Taurus SHO, the updated 2013 and on one. The thing is an absolute bargain when you look at the equipment and performance.

Man, I had a 1990 SHO. Bough in 2000 in my Junior year and sold in 2004. Had many upgrades, high flow MAF, subframe reinforcements, SHO Shop chip, Cobra wheels for a Thunderbird, Koni Struts w/Intrax springs. I learned so much on how to wrench with this car. It was a beast. My screenname carries on forever thanks to that car.

Being a teen in the early 90's, anything over 200hp was considered performance. I remember seeing these sleepers. Man, what a miserable time for horsepower. I thought my cousin's 5.0 sporting 225hp was a monster. My Mustang now is pushing 535. Thanks for posting these videos, Doug. A good walk down memory lane.

I honestly think that this is a really cool car, due to it's design and it's Yamaha V6. Now I see why Conan O'Brian had a Ford Taurus SHO for more than 15 years

The 1992 SHO was my first car back in 2005. I had NO idea what it was when I got it, but I found out pretty quickly when I hit 130 on the interstate. This and my 1995 Audi 90 Sport Quattro have been my favorite cars I've ever owned. Absolute legend.

The SHO has sport suspension. The ride was very firm. My brother had one back in 96. A coworker used to buy them and put 300k on them and then buy another one and do it again. The motors were really tough.

In 1989 the only sedans that were quicker than the SHO were the M5 and 750i. That was very impressive at the time. The manual transmissions were also significantly quicker than the autos. Regarding the suspension, there was a number of upgrades over a regular Taurus.

What I love about watching Doug Demuro is that one day we are looking at the best Porsche that ever was (his dream car) and the next minute he's geeking out on a Ford Taurus with the same enthusiasm

Finally. I've waited over 4 years for this video alone I've had my '90 SHO as my first car back in late 2018 and have kept it this whole time, even after buying the V8 '99 SHO in better shape, I could never get rid of this car. This is my Carrera GT. Thank you so much for finally bringing the SHO to a wide, modern audience, these just don't get love anymore

I was into motorcycles and boats, as well as cars, when I was younger. At 19, when I heard that Yamaha had collaborated on the motor I wanted an SHO badly. Sleeper and super cool. Thanks Doug!

Love it. I was a Ford engineer during this time, and always had a soft spot for the first generation and early-90's refreshed Taurus (DN5 program as it was known internally). When the 1996 model (DN101) was released, I'll be honest...we all thought it was a styling disaster. The sales numbers following the redesign agreed. Nice to see one of these come up for sale on your channel.

Doug is that type of guy who reviews his Carrera GT one day and Ford Taurus the next one 😁

Younger viewers would not know this, but when it came out the SHO was an absolute legend.

The SHO was the fastest FWD car in the world when it debuted, cost $20k and the only 4 doors IN THE WORLD which were faster were the BMW M5 and 7series ($50k and $70k). It really shone at high revs- Doug's test drive didn't get it up very high on the tach. The manual was a blast to open up. I drove the SHO and regular Taurus quite a lot, the suspension on the SHO was quite a bit stiffer and car was more planted. I bought my 91 SHO in Germany in 2002, the original owner bought it in the USA and registered it in Germany 6 months later, then sold it to someone a year or so before I bought it. Car still kept up with most anything but a Porsche on the Autobahn, it was fun to set the cruise at 90mph. It got up to 100mph quick, took a lot of open road to get up to 135mph. :D Most Autobahn exits are "cloverleaf" style, it's always easy for people to come into the corner too fast after long cruising but if the SHO was down in 3rd gear I knew I was ok.

My first car I got in 1999 was a 1990 SHO. I LOVED that car. It was amazing. It was WAY faster than all of my friend's cars. Ford dropped the power down to 220hp. It was originally producing over 300hp. Also it would hit 140mph easy. The boost that would kick in over 3900rpm was insane. They are great cars.

Love the old car reviews so much. Please do more of them Doug also congrats on your new Carrera GT. 😎

I had this exact SHO. I bought it from CarMax in 1997. Even then you could see the different shades of the plastics in the vehicle. I loved that car. I felt like the car had way to much torque steer. Great times. Doug made the right call by doing this review. Thanks Doug.

When the Taurus first came out it looked like a space ship. I was blown away. It changed car design forever. No more boxy shapes and sharp corners that chewed up your wash sponge. Every car design today can be traced back to the original Taurus in the 80's. The first time I saw one, I had the same look on my face as the those 2 boys who watched Cindy Crawford drink a Pepsi.

Generic premium sound... better than generic regular sound! 😅 Oh Doug it's these little things that keep me coming back! Good stuff!!!

I absolutely loved my '94 SHO. It looked great, was relatively quick and I got respect from folks who knew what they were. A great whip back in the day!

I'm still ovah here being the happiest i've ever been for a complete stranger knowing that Doug achieved his dream. Great job, dude, and keep the quality quirks and features coming.

I was just gifted one of these cars and let me tell you it only has 110,000 miles on it. No leaks and it runs like a dream. I am so blessed to be part of the Ford Taurus SHO community now and I was totally gifted it for free and it’s in good condition.

Fun fact: there was a magical time when E30s were cheap and Taurus SHOs were available in junk yards. A trend developed where SHO side skirts were bought for ~$15 each, modified slightly and fitted to E30s to make a nice looking, inexpensive alternative to the unobtanium M Tech aero.

My grandfather had one of these in a manual. When I was a kid it sure felt fast and sounded good as he flew through the gears.

I own a Taurus (Jellybean 97) here in Brazil and they are pretty rare in my country (only about 10,000 cars across generations) . Glad you finally reviewed this iconic car!

Doug I can’t explain how happy I am for you to see how far you have come as a content creator you have given me countless hours of enjoyment and I appreciate every second of it. Congratulations on getting your dream car sir! You are in inspiration to people like me and I appreciate how you have never strayed away from how you started doing things but instead mastered how you do it and it’s so amazing to be a part of this journey with you!

Great job covering childhood 90s classics! Now how about a Thunderbird SC review?

My favorite thing about the first-generation Taurus is that someone thought it looked _so_ futuristic, they used them as the cop cars of 10 years into the future in _RoboCop,_ which came out when the Taurus was new and still relatively uncommon. Of course, by the _real_ 1997, cops were still just driving Crown Vics like they always had, but hey! :)

DUUUUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a '95 JUST LIKE THIS!! I drove it for 8 years before buying my 2004 Mercury Marauder, of course in the correct Silver. Then in 2012 I bought my 2005 Viper - in Silver. Oh Doug you made my day!!

As someone who owned a 5.0 swapped Ranger, the SHO swap was the holy grail....

So glad you mentioned the latest generation SHO and actually sang it some fairly high praises, despite it being the underappreciated one. I drive the Lincoln version of this, the MKS Ecoboost which is basically the SHO in a tuxedo and 5 less HP. Absolute sleeper, especially if you have one like mine that does not have the Ecoboost appearance package. Just looks like a regular old man's Lincoln MKS... until you think you're gonna race ahead of it once the light turns green from the turning lane in your Challenger R/T and end up facing oncoming traffic for a lot longer than you anticipated. With AWD I have never had tire spin, just instant launch, every time.

Fun fact: About 20 years ago in Minnesota a friend of a business partner had one of the original SHO wagons, it was dark green, manual transmission, and he let me borrow it for a weekend. It was really fun to drive, and had some fun racing other cars as it was really a sleeper.

I had a black 1991 SHO in the early 90s. A few years later my dad bought red 1994 SHO. Both 5-speeds. Great cars with one of the most beautiful engines ever!

Arguably the sickest car cameo ever in 'The Santa Clause' with Tim Allen :)

Bought a 1994 red SHO in 2001 as a college grad to replace my Sunbird and it seemed so fast and so cool at the time. I loved that car but it did require some significant maintenance to keep on the road even then. Great intake sound though at 4,000 rpm when the secondary runners opened up! I did take it drag racing once and it ran 15.4 @94mph which was right with stock Mustang GTs of the era. Thanks for bringing back the memories!

I had one of these "Sequential Harmonic Oscillation" and it was cool, leaky valve cover gaskets aside

The company I worked for in the 90s allowed the sales guys to get their own cans, but they would not let us get an SHO. Damn!

Thank you so much for this review! My father, who passed away in 2021, had one of these in the 90s. The nostalgia of seeing this review brought back so many fun and great memories!

My first real job - I was a lot boy at a Ford dealership the summer I was 16 years old. Got to drive all the new and used Fords including this SHO multiple times. Man that car was cool back then and it hauled ass. I have a 6 figure corporate job now but always daydream of the young days of being a lot boy without a care in the world - other than cars and girls. Seeing this review brings back memories.

I had this exact car. I bought it new off the lot in 1996 for 10k off sticker. The engine manifold was truly beautiful - I opened the hood of the SHO all the time. The only problems were horrible torque steer and a manual transmission that was far too small given the SHO’s performance. In 80k miles, I had many many transmission rebuilds.

my first car was a police package 94 ford taurus, such a fun car. I remember driving it somewhere with my dad and the speedo only went to 85, but we wanted to see what would happen if we got it to that speed. We were going 75 and the engine was handling it easily, we floored it, speedo gauge stopped going up but we kept increasing in speed hit a guestimate 105 and had a good laugh about it

Raise your hand if you've been watching Doug DeMuro for a long time🤚

These are the reviews I'm here for! Appreciate you doing these even if they don't get the views

I’m truly impressed with this review; nailed all the details, even the door handles. It hit harder for me in that I was trying to be different back then and owned two of these (‘93 and ‘98) but I don’t miss them as much as I thought I would thanks to their failure rates lol. Doug should review the early MN12 Thunderbird next; SC would be the generic choice(which I’d greatly enjoy) but if he could find a ‘90-91 LX 5.0 the quirks and features would get interesting .

I've owned 3 Tauruses (Tauri?): a 1991, a 2001, and the 2011 my son currently drives. Perfectly fine vehicles, but I absolutely craved the SHO versions when they were out there. Thanks as always, Doug!

My family had a black on black ‘93 5spd back in the day. I learned to drive manual on that car. Just awesome. As I’m watching this and you’re reviewing the interior, your subtle movements are causing things to creak in a way that inspires nostalgia

I had a 1993 SHO with a 5 speed, it was my first car after I turned 16. I found one with a nice exterior but the interior was hurting. The HVAC controls got super brittle and some one broke all the button covers. $2500 but it cost me close to $5000 in repairs over the next 5 years. New clutch, valve cover gaskets, injectors, cats, god damn this car was a nightmare but I loved it.

I'd love to see a profile of an early 90's Chevrolet Lumina Z34. As I recall, Chevy dug deep into the parts bin and cobbled together a home-grown 4 cam, 24-valve V6 called the "Twin Dual Cam" that they threw into a Lumina with a bunch of racy body cladding as an attempt at an SHO fighter. I wonder if any of those even exist anymore.

This is definitely a car where one with a manual is sooo much more fun to drive. 4 speed autos just sap every bit of fun. I think the new transmissions with 8-10 gears make a lot of us forget how much 3 and 4 speed autos sucked on a "fun" car.

I always like the way those old Taurus cars looked. I think it is kinda cool that such an old car is still easily able to contend with modern traffic (especially CA traffic) since it was originally the "fast" model. Kind of like an old fast computer from 15 years ago that was amazing but now all it can do is keep up.

Congratulations on the carrera gt doug!! And thank you for working so hard for the amazing car reviews content you serve us. KEEP IT UP!!

Doug the type of guy to deserve everything he has. Congrats on your cgt Doug!

Doug is the reason why I got into cars and car reviews. He’s just seems like an approachable, authentic guy and I love the humor he puts in his videos. So happy for your continued success, Doug!

Now you definitely gotta review a 6th gen Taurus SHO. Preferably '13-19, after the facelift. I've owned a '13 SHO for the last 2 years and it is an amazing car. Very comfortable, great sound system, tons of power, reliable, and people always move over when I'm behind them on the highway (for obvious reasons). Also technically, there is a wagon version of the latest SHO. Both the Explorer and Flex (same base architecture as the Taurus) offered the same powertrain as the SHO; Explorer Sport and Flex Limited. And don't come for my head Crown Vic fanboys, but I believe the latest Taurus SHO is the best sedan Ford ever made.

I had a white SHO… very cool car at the time… The keypad was a great feature. Had that in my two Sable wagons too.

I'm so glad to see you finally reviewing a much more normal car. I used to have a white one with a manual transmission. I have deduced from your detailed description that I had the earlier version. I got pulled over after only owning it for a few days, and the Police impounded it, and I didn't have the money to get it back. I miss it. This is the best version of this generation of Taurus. I much prefer this Taurus to the new one. Thank you.

I remember seeing lots of regular Taurus sedans and wagons driving around when I was kid, but the SHO was the rare "cool" Taurus I was always excited to see, only for those in the know.

Great review, Doug, as usual. Having Yamaha build the high output V6 was really amazing, especially for that time. Never - ever jump another car with a Ford Taurus. Ford Taurus electrical systems are extremely fragile. Other than that, they are good cars.

Fun fact: The sho wasn't just made because the car was popular. Ford was planning on building a mid engine sports car in collaboration with yamaha High Output V6's. The project fell through, and Ford had already purchased the engines, so they outfitted them to their most popular sedan and gave it some other cool upgrades, and the sho Sleeper was born.

I took my road test in my parents' 2002 Taurus wagon, and before that, they had a '96 Taurus wagon and a '91 Sable wagon. The Sable/Taurus was pretty much my ride from birth til college, so I always get nostalgic seeing them. You can really see how Ford's build quality was lacking at the time because of how few are still on the road. I'll see countless Camrys/Accords from the late '90s/early '00s every day, but seeing a similarly aged Taurus nowadays is a rarity.

These were pretty cool sleepers back in the day. I knew someone who had a red manual one in college, and I was probably the only other person who knew it was special.

It’s amazing just how far interior quality has come since the 90’s

This was my 2nd car after owning a 1994 Taurus GL. Once I learned of the SHO model I had to get one. Ended up owning (2) 1992s one in white, one in black, (2) 1993s both green on tan my DD was an MTX and the other an auto. My brother owned a black 1998 SHO during that time too. What a blast.

I have pics of a SHOgun on the Stapleton runways (before it all got torn up and turned into a neighborhood) - he spun that thing so many times on the fast roadcourse the expanse of the runways allowed. One of the fastest autoX events I ever attended, so yeah one of the 9 SHOguns was in Denver at some point, it was black.

They did eventually wagonify the SHO with the Flex. I loved my ecoboost Flex.

I remember when I heard the 2010 Taurus SHO was gonna have 365 HP with a V6, I told my grandpa about it, and he was like, "There's no way." He couldn't believe a V6 could make that much power, but his Suburban made like 180 HP with a V8, so it was a different time. If only he knew the stuff that was out today.

My dad had the non SHO Taurus, it was a great car on its own. Lots of space and lasted a long time. The Yamaha was available in this model too. I hate the shape they changed it to in 96 or whatever. A lot of the SHOs Ive seen were auto. My uncle had a manual SHO though. Im glad you mentioned the Mustang because Ive always heard the SHO could outrun some Mustangs.

Also, another reason why the Taurus really got popular was Because the first Robocop came out 1986 and they used the Taurus as their police cars

Oh man, this takes me back... My dad had a 1992 SHO in black with gray leather interior. He had the manual 5 speed... The car had such a great engine sound, and watching this video brought waves of nostalgia, and that interior is precisely as bland as I remember it...

Congratulations again Doug on your dream car purchase, you deserve it

The SHO's Yamaha V6 was reportedly capable of 8,500 RPM, but it was capped at 7,300 RPM because the engine accessories couldn't cope with that high an RPM during testing, which would have caused potential reliability issues had it not been limited.

I remember thinking it looked futuristic like it could be the car robocop or judge dredd would drive. The body panels actually stuck out because you have to remember, these normal Taurus’ were absolutely everywhere and these stuck out because of those small changes.

the ford taurus sho was a cool 1990s sport sedan, now it's a cool 2023 sports sedan under the name honda accord

I had an '89 SHO. I put a quarter million miles on it. That motor was awesome and amazingly reliable. It ran like new when I got rid of it.

@doug they did change the suspension. But it was more tweeks vs big changes. A different spring rate and different thickness away bars. But even then most of the time springs rates and sway bars went back to normal Taurus rates depending on the parts bin they had available... And it varies from car to car... Ford had a short attention span lol

Can we do a 89-93 ford thunderbird sc on here there pretty cool

Had a 93 manual black on black. Loved it! As I recall, the Yamaha engines were designed after F1 engines and could wind up the RPMs to well above the redline if you utilized underdrive pulleys because the belt-driven accessories couldn’t handle the revs but the engine could.

I'm not here for the car, I'm here for doug! 😁

The kids have no idea how iconic the Taurus is. It's such a forgotten icon.

My buddy had one in the 90s. We were in high school and I worked at the local mall. He would stop by occasionally and hang out. Good times! Good review Doug! Great memories!

I love these reviews on the 80’s and 90’s cars. Keep ‘em coming!

Literally was the first car I ever brought at 19 I loved that car❤❤

We were part of that popularity of the original Taurus…when I was a kid we owned an ‘86 Taurus sedan and then an ‘89 Mercury Sable station wagon (in maroon, no less).

My grandfather had an ‘89 SHO. Yamaha engine and Mazda manual transmission. This car got my mom to the hospital to give birth to me after her water broke during the price is right. I can still remember sitting in the middle of the back seat when I was around 4 or 5 and the backs of my legs getting stuck to the center vinyl portion on hot days.

The third generation of this car, while it had questionable styling, came with the much cooler 3.4L V8!

You should do a 1988 ford thunderbird turbo coupe

I grew up loving this car, two brothers I was friends with were total SHO fans, they must’ve had 5 of them between the two, we loved it because of the very reliable Yamaha engine and the luxury this spacious feel, we were into these when most kids our age were diving into the tiny civics and eclipse style cars, we were all about big body type cars with done power to enjoy and comfort as well, it’s was def a car you could ride around in all day when that was what we did quite often

I had a sapphire blue 95 SHO. LOVED that car. We had to leave the state and the field mice chewed the wiring. We didn't have the money to fix it so it sat for years and I finally said it's time to go to do it justice. Now we egot plenty of money I want it back. Love that silver

I’ll jump in also…I had a ‘94 SHO with a manual back in ‘98. I loved that car! It was fast for it’s day and was a sleeper. Some had no clue what it was and it would blow them away. Thanks for the memories.

Doug is the type of guy to literally post the most important video of his whole career and then right after to post the most uninteresting and random car ever,that’s what makes him MVP

Thanks for that little trip down memory lane, Doug! When I was in college I had a summer job that paid me way too much for changing lightbulbs in huge office buildings. I thought I was loaded. When it was time to pass the '91 Lumina I was stuck driving at the time on to my brother, my father unwittingly helped me by a 3 year old 1992 SHO with 5 speed manual. In the 3 glorious years I owned the car I learned a very tough lesson about "performance" car ownership: Change the damn oil on schedule! I had a bad influence buddy in college who was a car geek and he introduced me to "chipping" the computer. So I did. Now I could rev well past the 7800 RPM redline with gusto, slamming the car into 2nd and chirping the tires with glee. I took him with me on at least one 130+ MPH run on I81, passing semi trucks like they were parked on the shoulder. I also learned that the engine ran very hot so it killed starters and alternators, and had other heat related failures (maybe I should have changed the oil more often). Because it didn't have any type of limited slip differential it (I) LOVED to smoke the inside tire to kingdom come... and I did it a lot. I did it so much that one time driving on the PA Turnpike NE Extension the differentially decided to lose one of the bevel gear pins and tear a whole in itself 100 miles from home. I made it off the freeway, stuck in 4th but with a working clutch managed to pay my toll ticket, and limped to a McDonalds. That was the first VERY expensive repair I had done to the car, around $3000 by memory in 1998. From there things just got more expensive... when I finally spun the main bearing of the crankshaft. I sold the car to a SHO fan for $1000. I bought it for $11,000, spent around $10,000 keeping in the road for 3 years, so I spent as much as a new SHO. The next car I was allowed to drive was my grandmother's 1989 Buick LeSabre (until I killed the tranny).

The SHO and the Gran Prix GTP always had such an element of coolness about them. I always loved seeing them back in the day!

Thank you!! I sooo remember that car and haven’t seen one since! Glad to see a review

Growing up my dad had a white ‘93 and it was the coolest car to me. Great review Doug, brought back a lot of memories

These were cool in the 90's when I was in HS. They were a hell of a lot faster than what most kids were driving back then. I envied the few people that had one. Most young kids back then were driving stuff from the 80's with like 100 HP, the SHO was like a racecar to us.

I love how Doug geeks out about the 94-95 model years having paint matched door handles. Love it!

I've Been Waiting For YEARS! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I'm a few years younger than Doug, but remember going out when I was ~8 years old with someone who had an SHO. I was a car nut, had never been in a fast car --- and thought this SHO was *unbelievably* fast.

I love how excited this car makes Doug. Interesting old Sedan of a different time.