The Return of the SHO!!!!

[SHOCH]

What's a Funkmaster Flex? A rapper? I thought they were joking when they said that, guess I should have gotten an autograph to sell on ebay lol. Sorry but I'm a blues/rock guy and feel you cant spell carp without rap. *edit except Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chilipeppers

 

[Albrainya]

you think they will carry parts for this one or abandon the sho like they did with the v-8? everything is oblsolete for the v8 sho.

 

[Shoman594]

you think they will carry parts for this one or abandon the sho like they did with the v-8? everything is oblsolete for the v8 sho.

Thats the nice thing about the ecoboost, it will be used in other cars so the parts will be affordable and plentiful.

 

[SeanMc]

What's a Funkmaster Flex? A rapper? I thought they were joking when they said that, guess I should have gotten an autograph to sell on ebay lol. Sorry but I'm a blues/rock guy and feel you cant spell carp without rap. *edit except Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chilipeppers

Carp without rap? WTF??

 

[SoonerLS]

Thats the nice thing about the ecoboost, it will be used in other cars so the parts will be affordable and plentiful.

Pretty much. It's already confirmed to be in the MKS, MKT, and Flex, but those don't necessarily mean sales volume. It is, however, also supposed to be used in the Mustang and F-Series trucks, which implies that there will be plenty of them in production, which, in turn, bodes well for robust aftermarket support.

FWIW, not long ago, I saw a quote from a Ford VIP who said they expect the EcoBoost engines to be the vast majority of engines Ford produces (upwards of 70% or 80%, IIRC) once they get EcoBoost production up to speed.

 

[SHO Continental]

The number I've seen thrown around in press releases and articles is 500,000 by 2011. Which is more SHOs than were sold from 89-99. Almost ten times as many in fact. I think there will be plenty of volume.

 

[Vnuk1]

Thats alot of new SHO's running around if that number is correct.

 

[shobote]

They need to first provide a real AWD system to draw customers away from the competition that all have far suprrior technology. OPEN diff's again...sheeees

 

[hawkeye18]

Pretty much. It's already confirmed to be in the MKS, MKT, and Flex, but those don't necessarily mean sales volume. It is, however, also supposed to be used in the Mustang and F-Series trucks, which implies that there will be plenty of them in production, which, in turn, bodes well for robust aftermarket support.

FWIW, not long ago, I saw a quote from a Ford VIP who said they expect the EcoBoost engines to be the vast majority of engines Ford produces (upwards of 70% or 80%, IIRC) once they get EcoBoost production up to speed.

This more than likely means that Ford will start introducing more robust parts in the engine (*cough*forged rods*cough*) down the road, which can be swapped into the SHO for an easy power boost (or more power capacity, depending on how you look at it).

 

[shoteen95]

They need to first provide a real AWD system to draw customers away from the competition that all have far suprrior technology. OPEN diff's again...sheeees

I believe it's called Faux Wheel Drive.

Haha, getit?

 

[SoonerLS]

The number I've seen thrown around in press releases and articles is 500,000 by 2011. Which is more SHOs than were sold from 89-99. Almost ten times as many in fact. I think there will be plenty of volume.

That has to include all EcoBoost production, not just SHOs. I don't think they'll sell 500,000 Tauruses in two model years, let alone a half million SHOs.

 

[SHO Continental]

Correction to my above posted ratio... there were ~100K SHOs produced, I meant to say 5 times ***

Continue you're regularly scheduled talk.

 

[SHO Continental]

That has to include all EcoBoost production, not just SHOs. I don't think they'll sell 500,000 Tauruses in two model years, let alone a half million SHOs.

The number is all Ecoboost models.

 

[SoonerLS]

The number is all Ecoboost models.

Gotcha. That's what I thought you meant.

 

[Emerald Monster]

:woo-hoo:

 

[L!s4L0s3r]

i look forward to driving it this summer. I may have a new lease in my future

 

[Fastball]

Quite interesting and sounds promising, but so help me, if they made that beautiful interior unable to accomodate a 6 and a half footer comfortably,....I'm gonna **** something!!!!

All in all, to be perfectly honest, I'd rather spend the extra coin on the Caddie CTS-V.

There I said it out loud, Ford gurus!!

Big Dave

 

[Off Road SHO]

All in all, to be perfectly honest, I'd rather spend the extra coin on the Caddie CTS-V.


Big Dave

Oh, I think you are in the wrong Forum. I think you want Cadilac and Cotton Tops Forum. It down the road a bit, near the shuffle board park.

JK.

Tom

 

[Fastball]

:laugh_ti: :laugh_ti: :laugh_ti:

I heard something similiar from my sportbike buddies, when I bought my new Gold Wing. One trip through the twisties together and that ended the ribbing!!

I would think a little wolf in sheep's clothing, (a fellow SHO owner), would be able to recognize a bigger/badder wolf in sheep's clothing. That Caddie is a really a Vette in disguise.

But hey, don't want to get off topic here, bro! The new SHO has some real appeal!!

 

[James Downing]

It's been a while since I've been on here... but the return of the SHO meant I needed to check back in.

Thinking about joining the SHO ranks once again... maybe.

I do need to test drive one of these puppies though... I can't find them anywhere yet!