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The next year, Ford released an all-new Thunderbird with pretty much the same goodies, plus a supercharged V6 and 4-wheel independent suspension. That was also the same year they came out with the Taurus SHO, which had a 220hp 24v DOHC Yamaha engine. I think 0-60 was about 6.8 seconds. That's great by today's standards, let alone 13 years ago!

Wow, that's impressive on the 'bird! I know a lot about the SHO, another great car. There was also the SVO program which was really cool. Was that the same 2.3 in the Turbo Coupe they stuck in the Mustang SVO? I was driving a Camaro (had TRX tires) first and then 5.0 Mustang during those years. In spite of the fact they were rather awful cars, I did like them. Proves they had a decent package - they just walked away from the ball on the 15 yard line like they always do. Then I spent 5 years in GM Hell with a Fiero. :)

(T-Bird, Cougar, Merkur XR4Ti, Mustang, Taurus SHO, Mark VII, Mark VIII),

The MKIII doesn't count. :) I owned one and put a lot of miles on one. Nice car, but just an anemic 5.0 on the standard 'bird chassis. I still liked the car. Build quality awful. Was rather strange some 25 year old kid with a Lincoln as his car.

Personally, I'm getting kind of bored with Ford's "Mustang of the Week" gimmicks.

Yup, if you look at the "detailed specs" of the Mach 1, they prattle on about trim stuff. Pretty lame. I'm hoping with the new 350Z that Toyota gets the message. They're usually the last to the party, but they usually arrive with the most goodies.

Was that the same 2.3 in the Turbo Coupe they stuck in the Mustang SVO?

Yup. It's a very nice engine. It's pretty strong, and has a lot of potential, too.

The MKIII doesn't count. :) I owned one and put a lot of miles on one. Nice car, but just an anemic 5.0 on the standard 'bird chassis. I still liked the car. Build quality awful. Was rather strange some 25 year old kid with a Lincoln as his car.

True.. A friend of mine (20 years old, BTW), is on his second Mark VII. His first was a '90. It had uncomfortable seats, a lousy interior, it rode poorly, it was noisy, etc. I got a headache from being in it more than 10 minutes. He eventually ended up with an 89. It has a totally different interior which is MUCH nicer, the seats are great, it's quieter, etc. I couldn't believe how much Ford screwed that car up later on. It is pretty slow though, but then again it does weigh 4000 pounds. He had to get it flat-bedded once (bad fuel pump) and the tow truck winch was barely able to pull it up!