Found Brand Loyalty

[1BlueBull]

I'm the kind of guy that has really has no brand loyalty. I want the best bang for my buck period. The 2010 SHO is that car, and still is. Nothing comes close on the market today. I've had my tuxedo black since SHO since November. I have to admit it has a couple of minor quirks but overall it is the best sedan for the money you can buy.

To get any other manufacturer's car equally equipped you have to spend at least 15K more. It's like ford took everything they learned from owning Volvo and Jag and applied it to the Taurus. I read somewhere an auto writer said that it would would have made a great Jaguar, and the more I drive her I really do feel that way.

I've never owned anything that gets lauded by as many people as my SHO. Everyday somebody rubbernecks to give me a thumbs up, or follows me into a parking lot to ask about her. This was by no means my intention in getting this car but it happens everyday.

It's the best execution of American luxury you can find (I test drove a Caddy to quantify that statement) with just enough balls for you to assert yourself on the road when to occasion arises. When my warranty is up in 87,000 miles I will buy another.

 

[SunDaze]

I have to agree.....A friend of mines sells Lexus and when I bought mine was ragging on me because I bought a Ford Taurus....which he sold in the past.....My comment to him was put me in a comparable Lexus for 45K and we'll talk.....

 

[SHOTom]

Love my car too, very solid and seems to have no rattles or noises so far. Living in Michigan with our winters that we have should be nice to have the all wheel drive. No more embarrassments at the traffic lights! Also nice to have a car that comes from a company that does not owe its soul to the government.

 

[SpAz]

Also nice to have a car that comes from a company that does not owe its soul to the government.

 

[SHOwNGO]

I agree with all of the above comments and will go as far as to say that the new SHO may be one of the best cars that Ford has ever built. I have bought nothing but new Fords since 1980 and the SHO is more fun to drive than my modified 1986 supercharged Mustang GT convertible.

 

[Wileytheman]

I read somewhere that Volvo designed the frame for this vehicle?

 

[gregoire]

I agree with all of the above comments and will go as far as to say that the new SHO may be one of the best cars that Ford has ever built. I have bought nothing but new Fords since 1980 and the SHO is more fun to drive than my modified 1986 supercharged Mustang GT convertible.

I am in agreement. I bought a used T-bird somewhere in the 1980's, bought a generation 1 and 2 generation 2 Taurus' (not SHO's), then a brand new C-320 Mercedes sport which I traded in for a 07 FiveHundred and now my 2011 SHO.

I though immediately when test driving the SHO that this had to be the finest car I had ever driven and perhaps that Ford had ever built. I am hoping 3 years from now to report all this new gagetry both performance, cosmetic and otherwise holds up as well as the other Fords vehicles I have purchased.

 

[wchain]

The Taurus (and the Five Hundred, and 08-09 Taurus) is based on Fords D3 platform which is Volvos P2 platform, which underpins the S80 and XC90.