The engine and transmission weren't the only upgrades ... in 1990 by a mid-level Ford engineer in Dearborn, Michigan, who then also bought a wrecked 1989 Taurus SHO with 4,500 miles.

With its 220 Yamaha horses and a 5-speed manual transmission, the Taurus SHO was quite a performance machine by 1989 standards. first-generation Ford Taurus SHO was an impressive machine when it ...

The Ford Taurus made its debut in 1986 ... and a high-performance SHO version was offered for the entirety of the production run. The frustrating MyFord Touch multimedia system was replaced ...