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m torque-steer in hard takeoffs. The all-coil, and-go grinds, off all-strut Tauru . . L _ multiadiustable s ort front seats, cris le ' ' ' ' the but not drastic:ll:=largerl::afsanbtci:f:ll bl; disipgiikreg 9f tStOgSI the SH0 gets rear analog instrumentation (larger and 9"; Ygtggg;l:f:lufgfggzgff lust firmer Shock valving, high-rate bushings, drums and $51320 of the usual Taurus more legible for 1990), and a full front with the expectation that maybe just its and P215/65R15 Good ar Eagle CIA-4 anti-lock b 8k model has a standard center console with several convenient maybe, it'll become rare enough to return all-scason performance 3:133] H 1 b avail bl f lasing system that wasnt storage nooks. Too bad about the old- some of yourinvestrnent oneday Evenifit ion the Shogun engine s fortnidabl etrpedull our n: an 1C3); . A good move, that, as fashioned foot-operated parking brake and doesn't, youll still have a mighty enjoyable mm the result is safe hm kite; ex 3p. , sto in d etxample exhibited only soso the tacky metal trim on dash and doors. car in your garage. If youre like us thats .0! 5p cornering pp g. is ances, plus a surprising Yet you can easily forgive such lapses better than money in the bank. I aree mer the It SHO' d Have Been a gine Hot Rod Lincoln :15), One could argue that as the price crosses V9 the $20,000 barrier, buyers expect some- .An thing more prestigious than a Ford badge 300 , on their car. Except maybe for the Thunder itact, bird, whose name still evokes strong emo- , day tions. One could further argue that the T-Bird Jtirtg Super Coupe is far more attractive than the rank Taurus SHO to Ford performance fans, who are generally younger and prefer a coupe to a sedan. Following that line of reasoning, it might have made more sense if Ford had brought out the Taurus SHO as a sporty Lincoln Continental sedan instead. It would have been easy to do: take the Continental front clip and slap it on the Taurus nose, work in some Lincoln detailing, drop in the SH0 engine, andvoila!you have a Lincoln Continental LSS (Luxury Sport Sedan). Think of it as a companion model to the Mark Vll LSC (Luxury Sport Coupe). The reason for using the Taurus shell for the LSS would be to keep the heft down; a 550-pound weight savings over the Con- tinental makes a big difference in a sports model. The reason to brand it a Lincoln is that luxury sport sedan buyers tend to be older, and want the prestige of the Lincoln badge. And the fact that a Taurus shell would be used wouldn't reflect poorly on Lincolns image, for if there were no 31-10 the LSS would differ from the Taurus sufficiently to stand on its own as a unique car. Artist Brian Bordons rendering shows what 3 Lincoln Continental LSS might have looked like, had Ford chosen that approach. Alas, there would still be one problem the lack of a suitable automatic transmission. April 1990 Collectible Automobile" .4