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Originally Posted by blkwrxsti
OK, my bad - thanks for clearing that up for me. Is it true that most of the Fusion platform came from Mazda 6?
I think this comparison is typical for edmunds, but it does highlight that the "SHO" name doesn't mean what it once did. Surrounding an engine that nice in this much fluff is criminal. It's like they want shareholders to lose money.
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Really now?
Am I the only one here old enough to remember the original SHO?
Amazing engine, crammed into a floaty-boat family sedan that was, frankly, completely unsuitable for the application. The point of the SHO was, to be able to comfortably drive around in your normal-looking Taurus sedan, and when you wanted to, take off like a Saturn V rocket.
Moreover, the original SHO, much like this one, was essentially an afterthought. Ford had a big warehouse full of Yamaha engines that needed a home.
In this case, Ford is shipping EcoBoost V6 motors to the Chicago plant for the MKS, so they figured, why not throw it in a Taurus while we're at it?