This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine supplying power to the front wheels.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 3.4 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 235 bhp (238 PS/175 kW) at 6100 rpm and 312 N·m (230 lb·ft/31.8 kgm) at 4800 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic 'box.
Stated kerb weight is 1592 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 225 km/h or 140 mph.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2756 mm | 108.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1565 mm | 61.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1560 mm | 61.4 inches | |
| Length | 5037 mm | 198.3 inches | |
| Width | 1857 mm | 73.1 inches | |
| Height | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 152 mm | 6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.83 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1592 kg | 3510 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 66% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford/Yamaha | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.4 litre 3392 cc (206.993 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82.4 × 79.5 mm
3.24 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.04 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAEnet) |
238 PS (235 bhp) (175 kW) at 6100 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAEnet) |
312 Nm (230 ft·lb) (31.8 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAEnet) |
51.7 kW/litre 70.2 ps/litre 69.3 bhp/litre 1.14 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAEnet) |
91.98 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 10:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SqPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1155.9 kPa (167.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6800 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 424 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 5.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 7.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 19.2 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 15.7 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 149.66 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 110.08 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 147.61 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.08 kg/kW 15.17 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.800 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TrailLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6½ x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | P225/55 ZR 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 295 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 257 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2606 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 22055 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 33.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Ford Taurus SHO added 1996-11-24. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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