1993 Ford Taurus SHO: Spotted for Sale in October 2022

October 19, 2022
Dark green 1993 Ford Taurus SHO sedan parked in an indoor showroom, front three-quarter view

Listing snapshot

SpottedOctober 2022
Asking priceNot recorded
Listed oneBay, dealer
Drivetrain3.2-liter V6, automatic, front-wheel drive
StatusAd expired. This page is our archive of the listing.

We spotted this 1993 Ford Taurus SHO on eBay in October 2022, offered by a dealer. We didn’t record the asking price, but we keep the listing on file because clean second-generation SHOs are getting scarce, and photos of a good one are useful when you are judging another.

What this car was

A dark green four-door sedan photographed indoors in a showroom alongside other collector cars. The old write-up claimed the SHO only came in black. The photos show otherwise, and Ford offered the car in several colors. The paint, lights and wheels all look clean, and the body sits straight.

Inside, the tan leather sport seats with their deep side bolsters look barely worn, with no splits on the driver’s seat bolster, which is usually the first place an SHO interior shows its age. The dealer listed:

  • 3.2-liter V6
  • Automatic transmission
  • Clean title
Tan leather front sport seats inside the 1993 Ford Taurus SHO seen through the open driver door

The automatic matters here. For 1993 Ford finally offered the SHO with an automatic, paired with a 3.2-liter version of the Yamaha V6. Manual cars kept the 3.0-liter. Enthusiasts tend to prefer the five-speed, but the automatic opened the car up to many more buyers and is the more common version from these years.

Ford Taurus price history

Every Ford Taurus we’ve spotted for sale, oldest first. These are asking prices, not sale prices.

SpottedCarAsking priceMileage
Oct 20221993 Taurus SHO (this car)Not recorded—
Dec 20221990 Taurus SHO$12,500187,000
Jan 20232005 Taurus SE$6,49745,000
Jun 20231989 Taurus SHO$14,50049,000
Jul 20232003 Taurus SE$4,25042,000
Jul 20231989 Taurus GL$1,80067,000

Range: $1,800 to $14,500. Median: $6,497 across 5 priced listings.

A little Taurus SHO history

SHO stands for Super High Output. Ford launched it for 1989 as a performance version of the front-drive Taurus, with a high-revving V6 built by Yamaha. The second generation arrived for 1992 with new body panels, and the SHO kept its own front bumper, fog lights and sport seats. A V8 replaced the Yamaha V6 in the third generation from 1996, and that SHO ended in 1999. The name came back from 2010 to 2019 on a twin-turbo, all-wheel-drive Taurus. The old version of this page mixed these generations up and claimed a V8 and a six-speed for 1993, which was never offered.

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