Taurus SHO in Sydney

b2tf · 28-05-2013, 09:04 AM

Motorn Mag have put pics on their FB page of a Taurus SHO being brought in at Sydney airport. Actually looks like a nice car, interesting timing too.

2011G6E · 28-05-2013, 09:11 AM

When you read up on the Ford USA website about the features they get in cars over there, people should be getting excited about it....stuff like SYNC, torque vectoring control, intelligent access and push start (like even cheap stuff has had here for years), multi-contour seating for fatigue management, and heaps of other things that we simply never even got offered in the Falcon.

The AWD SHO is an awesome car.

DBourne · 28-05-2013, 09:14 AM

Maybe no one told them the motor show was cancelled?

**EASYBOSS** · 28-05-2013, 09:15 AM

How the hell did it get so much dust on it

GQ_Smooth · 28-05-2013, 09:17 AM

Must be last minute, to airfreight a car is approximately 1000 more expensive than to sea freight one.

**EASYBOSS** · 28-05-2013, 09:22 AM

All fixed and ready to go, now RHD

dallasv8 · 28-05-2013, 09:27 AM

would be interesting to see what FPV could do to one of these

Rodge · 28-05-2013, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by EASYBOSS

All fixed and ready to go, now RHD

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I didn't know you were a bit of a gun with photoshop mate, you're a man of many talents...

These Tourarses have a lot of kit which is very nice but they're heavy, inefficient power delivery by virtue of AWD and they have quite a different definition of SHO than I have. 272 kw's and about 465 nm's from memory driven through 4WD and propelling over 2,000 kg's, (from memory), doesn't sound like a recipe for super high performance to me.

madmelon · 28-05-2013, 09:31 AM

They're a barge ****- 1810kg for the base model 4 cylinder Ecoboost, 1830kg for the V6 and 1970kg for the AWD Ecoboost. Shocking.

nz13boy · 28-05-2013, 09:35 AM

[QUOTE=EASYBOSS;4751414]All fixed and ready to go, now RHD

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The front looks like a Toyota kluger........

flappist · 28-05-2013, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by madmelon

They're a barge ****- 1810kg for the base model 4 cylinder Ecoboost, 1830kg for the V6 and 1970kg for the AWD Ecoboost. Shocking.

OMG you mean that due to them being AWD and therefore having almost double the drive line components they weigh 100kg more that an Ecoboost Falcon?

That is almost HALF of how much a FG Ecoboost weighs more than a AU Forte.......

madmelon · 28-05-2013, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by flappist

OMG you mean that due to them being AWD and therefore having almost double the drive line components they weigh 100kg more that an Ecoboost Falcon?

That is almost HALF of how much a FG Ecoboost weighs more than a AU Forte.......

The only AWD version I've put the specs up for is the SHO. The other two are front wheel drive. The base model ecoboost is almost 200kg more than the ecoboost Falcon and the Falcon has all the RWD stuff as a weight penalty.

My point remains- they are enormously heavy cars and are heading the wrong direction for economy, handling, performance and tyre life.

**EASYBOSS** · 28-05-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Rodge

I didn't know you were a bit of a gun with photoshop mate, you're a man of many talents...

I could not use photoshop to save my life, its just a Horizontal Flip using Office Picture Manager, childs play

WAR40T · 28-05-2013, 09:53 AM

I'll take a black 3.5 Ecoboost AWD one please. Plenty of tech and enough grunt to start playing with.

turbodewd · 28-05-2013, 10:00 AM

Crucially this car is also longer and wider than the Falcon. Some carparks these days are barely Falcon friendly. Moving a Taurus around would be just that smidge harder!

GTP534 · 28-05-2013, 10:05 AM

You should have flipped the Ford badge around too; that's the giveaway!

Looks Ok though except for the wheels imo!

galaxy xr8 · 28-05-2013, 10:06 AM

They look good, I like the look of them and if this is the replacement for the Falcon then I hope they live up to the task, I just hope they drive as good as our beloved Falcon or better.

I think the next model Falcon FU, (the last) will resemble this Taurus in look's so when they do exchange in 2017 they will resemble themselves and it will be a soft transistion towards people.

**DJM83** · 28-05-2013, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

When you read up on the Ford USA website about the features they get in cars over there, people should be getting excited about it....stuff like SYNC, torque vectoring control, intelligent access and push start (like even cheap stuff has had here for years), multi-contour seating for fatigue management, and heaps of other things that we simply never even got offered in the Falcon.

The AWD SHO is an awesome car.

Most of that tech is already here. Just not in Falcon.

I like it, and have done since it was released.

350125GO · 28-05-2013, 10:20 AM

Why is it being brought in?

WPR1 · 28-05-2013, 10:23 AM

Looks good and full of good kit, I think we all have to embrace it.

I have read so many comments on how good the new Focus ST is and there seem to be many people swapping out of Falcons to get one. So as much as I love my GT I am also excited about what new cutting edge models Ford are now going to import into Australia.

barra240t · 28-05-2013, 10:25 AM

Wait for the "Taurus didn't work last time" comments. Please remember the last Taurus we saw was over 15 years ago.

We have copped it enough with Mondeo and also Falcon Ecoboost. People judging a car only an older model that is nothing it what it was.

csv8 · 28-05-2013, 10:30 AM

Interesting its the SHO and not one of the base models ???? maybe its out here for evaluation ?? but, aren't there some out here, already???

Alan D Segal · 28-05-2013, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by EASYBOSS

How the hell did it get so much dust on it

It was probably somewhere dusty.

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Originally Posted by barra240t

Wait for the "Taurus didn't work last time" comments. Please remember the last Taurus we saw was over 15 years ago.

and falcon and commodore were going strong - that would've been around the time they were working on/just releasing VT and AU - so things were looking up. EDIT: Now it is potentially a 'replacement'.

Motorbreath310 · 28-05-2013, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by turbodewd

Crucially this car is also longer and wider than the Falcon. Some carparks these days are barely Falcon friendly. Moving a Taurus around would be just that smidge harder!

I'm glad I'm not the only who has had these thoughts. Started thinking I had soccer-mum syndrome.

**EASYBOSS** · 28-05-2013, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Alan D Segal

It was probably somewhere dusty.

Your a Genius, ever thought of working for NASA

Wretched · 28-05-2013, 10:48 AM

I for one welcome our new V6TT overlords (ok much prefer a TT 3.0 I6)

Maka · 28-05-2013, 10:59 AM

Now just imagine all that efficiency in a package that weighed 450kg less - now thats what were talking about lol!

cheers, Maka

Rodge · 28-05-2013, 11:16 AM

Here's a review of the 2013 Taurus SHO, apparently there's a new 2014 model coming.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...t-drive-review

bdave351 · 28-05-2013, 11:41 AM

So its basically a giant fat WRX?

Next.

**Polyal** · 28-05-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by barra240t

Wait for the "Taurus didn't work last time" comments. Please remember the last Taurus we saw was over 15 years ago.

We have copped it enough with Mondeo and also Falcon Ecoboost. People judging a car only an older model that is nothing it what it was.

But its all part of the game, I havent looked at the figures but is the Tiida doing better now its a Pulsar?

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Originally Posted by bdave351

So its basically a giant fat WRX?

Next.

Kind of like an Audi then? They can keep they trashy looking chromies.