http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8173906032013176540&q=xr4ti&total=164&start=0&num= 10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2

Ugly as hell, but still looks like a lot of fun.

Yap..thats' really ugly...but drifts nice;).

very fugly, i HATE fords, but i respect that one

There are plenty of Ford vehicles worth buying. Their commercial segment can't be beat, either. Next time you ride in an ambulance, don't expect to see a Dodge or GMC badge on it. And when it comes to reliability, I think that the vehicle you build your ambulance on should be pretty reliable.

next time i ride in an ambulance id prefer the dodge or in europe the benz sprinter. but you gotta admit in the US there really arent many fords that are worth it, the taurus is a good touring car, and the XR4Ti though ugly is still an amazing car, hell my first car ride was inmy dadsford sierra cosworth back in teh home country.

oh and the mustang california special, i got to drive that one today, amaving car.

what about the taurus SHO i have owned 3 of them and loved everyone of them

how about the new super snake mustang... 720hp and sexy as hell... uses the 5.4 liter truck block with race heads and a fat supercharger.

SVT Focus is a wicked fun car, too. And Ford has a pretty solid rally history, unlike Chevy. However, Euro Ford > US Ford by a million.

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There are plenty of Ford vehicles worth buying. Their commercial segment can't be beat, either. Next time you ride in an ambulance, don't expect to see a Dodge or GMC badge on it. And when it comes to reliability, I think that the vehicle you build your ambulance on should be pretty reliable.


i dont think thats necessarily true. i think the contract goes to who ever can supply the cars cheapest or who ever has the most connections with the person in charge of buying ambulances.

remember we live in america where money speaks.

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what about the taurus SHO i have owned 3 of them and loved everyone of them

taurus SHO counts as touring car, come to think of it turns out our first car in america was a taurus wagon which we got from my uncle who i just realized is a engineer at ford in detroit, hmmm man i have a real history with ford, oh well i still think the best ones are over the pond, minus the taurus and xr4ti (even though its techically made as merkur) and of course real mustangs (60s and the new ones)

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what about the taurus SHO i have owned 3 of them and loved everyone of them


did they have the yamaha V8's in them? I know most of the SHO's did but i thought some had the 302?

yea the 97 or newer shos had a 3.4 v8 in them. and 91-95 had a 3.0dohc yamaha motor with a 5 spd tranny or a 3.2dohc yamaha motorwith a autotragic. only thing i cant keep tires on my 91 damn front wheel drive

http://www.shotimes.com/php-bin/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid= &topic=5
tons of info on them here..they are really fun cars!

since the SHOs were FWD didnt they understeer like a dog, i know alot people had some quick runs in straahgt line or highway runs, but i dont think itd be the best for handling.

it all depends on what year you got. mine is a 91"plus" and it isnt to bad but i have the biggest rear swaybar on mine so it helps alot. you can get them to handle very well with some mods like ebaich spings koni struts and aluminum subframe bushings. the stock 3.05speed is about a 14.8 or so in the 1/4 mile, if you do a few bolt ons like Y pipe, exhaust and big bore butterflys and working on how to launch a front wheel drive car you can get it better. there is a guy with a supercharger on shoforum that is running 12.939 in the 1/4! i love the car just for the secondarys when they open up at 4k its amazing and the red line is 7300rpm.fun high reving engine

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There are plenty of Ford vehicles worth buying. Their commercial segment can't be beat, either. Next time you ride in an ambulance, don't expect to see a Dodge or GMC badge on it. And when it comes to reliability, I think that the vehicle you build your ambulance on should be pretty reliable.


i dont think thats necessarily true. i think the contract goes to who ever can supply the cars cheapest or who ever has the most connections with the person in charge of buying ambulances.

remember we live in america where money speaks.



We average 300k miles on our vans at work before they are replaced. That's 300k miles on original engines and transmissions, my old van hit 271k before it was replaced, and it was only replaced because it got in two accidents (thankfully, not with me behind the wheel). A 2008 stripped chassis E-series by Ford has an MSRP of 25k, where the same by GMC is 23k. When we were shopping for my new van, we passed up several lower-priced GMC options to grab mine for about 30k, just to get the blue oval. Ford has had a strangle hold on the commercial segment for coming up on 30 years and it's not because they are "Build Ford Cheap."

And the SHO's were nice, but my old car was a Police Package wagon. Bet you didn't know they made the wagon with the Package, and neither did anyone else. Almost SHO quick with the 3.8, but in wagon form with the heavy suspension and better weight distribution.

AGT40 is worth buying, imo.

^ Too bad they cost 7 figures....:eek:



I don't even like Ford, but there's plenty of their products that are worth buying. The Mustang Cobra, espec the '03-04 Terminator. Their trucks, espec their Heavy-Duty lineup. And they're Harley trucks. I would def rock one. The there's their GT.And they have a lot of badass cars over in Europe and Australia that the US never got.

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^ Too bad they cost 7 figures....:eek:



I don't even like Ford, but there's plenty of their products that are worth buying. The Mustang Cobra, espec the '03-04 Terminator. Their trucks, espec their Heavy-Duty lineup. And they're Harley trucks. I would def rock one. The there's their GT.And they have a lot of badass cars over in Europe and Australia that the US never got.

ST270 FTW!

GT40 isnt that great look at Jermy clarkson, waited 2 years to get his, drove it once, battery died, jumped it, battery died, got a new battery, battery died, then he returned it somehow for a full refund.

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GT40 isnt that great look at Jermy clarkson, waited 2 years to get his, drove it once, battery died, jumped it, battery died, got a new battery, battery died, then he returned it somehow for a full refund.


You mean, the GT. He was 6 when the GT40 was rockin'

crap i think that is what im thinking of.

The V8 in the Volvo XC90 sport ute is an enlarged 3.4L SHO V8.

the lincoln LS-V8 was a very nice car... yamaha 3.8l v8, ford limited slip, very nice interior and exterior styling.

^ The LS was a good car. But it's engine was an all-aluminum variant of Jaguar's 4.0 V8. And it's a 3.9, not a 3.8. It has nothing in common w/ the SHO's 3.4 V8. And it was the previous SHO's that used theYamaha-developed 3.0V6, not the later third gen.....;)

The LS was a Jaguar S-Type...

Or was the S-Type just an LS?

THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW!;)

I think Yamaha had something to do with the development of the SHO 3.4L, but they didn't build the whole thing.

^ I'm not sure about that one. But I know they helped design and develop the 3.0 V6 found in the first two gen SHO's. Call me crazy, but I actually wouldn't mind having a manual 2nd gen....

I never driven the V6, but have driven the V8, and I was impressed. It revs high, and is very quick. Of course though, it doesn't have a stick or a manu-matic option. And you have to look out the the welds on the cam gear breaking.

I tested an LSV8 with the manual when I was car shopping and it was the balls. Way fun! But, RWD + snow + me = instant death for all involved.:D

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I never driven the V6, but have driven the V8, and I was impressed. It revs high, and is very quick. Of course though, it doesn't have a stick or a manu-matic option. And you have to look out the the welds on the cam gear breaking.

dont drive a sho v6 with a manual otherwise you will be addictied to them....i know iam!!! my buddy has a 97 3.4 v8 sho and i can walk him EASY with my 3.0 5spd.

and i have actually never seen a LS V8 with a manual..i will have to look out for them now..and now i want one of those also

^ I too, was thinking there's no manual Lincoln LS......

Yeah, I was really surprised that the LS had a manual transmission available. It shifts nice, the clutch wasn't too heavy, and felt a lot like a BMW or Audi transmission. With that coupled to the V8 engine, it felt wonderful. I didn't drive it very hard (damn salesmen [:@]) but it felt like it really wanted to run.

i am a ford guy and my favorite would have to be the teminator mustangs 03-04 cobra (hense the name;)) haha old late 70's f250s are badass too:D

I think the only cars worth buying are Buicks their very reliable! what gained my respect for them was a Grand National Beating an AUDI S4 aniversary car i seen it on youtube. Chrysler is crap my car went bad with only 135,000 and ford well their okay. But i like Audi and Buick the same

fords suck. my family bought a ford and it broke after 80,000 miles and ford refused to fix it even tho it was under waranty. i have had a 1986 bmw(330i) and it has 280,000 miles on it. andit has its fair share of problems but it still runs. the ford was totalled

I had a Contour SVT that I loved dearly. Had one of the best sounding engines. But it had a ton of problems and I am loving my A4 without any issues.

I'm not a big fan of Ford, but I do like the new Mustang, A LOT. It's funny how Ford gets bashed overseas, especially in the UK. SVO/SVT has come out with plenty of heavy hitters. A friend of mine still drives his Mustang SVT/SVO? everyday, no issues. A few bolt on mods has his little four banger screaming all day everyday. No reliability issues. Check all of the turbo'ed Mustang street thumpers, routinely making 600+RWHP on pump gas, no break downs, daily drivers. Prehistoric engine design, still smashing heads. One thing I have to admit, a lot of older fords = electrical gremlins.