Agreed, doesn't SHO stand for Super High Output?

 

Dedpends. The regular SHO with the all-season tires, regular taurus brakes, softer suspension, and 2.77 gears probably is little slower and won't handle as good but the ones equipped with the $990 track pack option are putting up #'s comparable to the G8 GT.

MT.
0-60 in 5.2sec
1/4 mile in 13.7@103mph
60mph-0 braking - 112'
skidpad - 87g's

I think C&D ran a similar time with theirs as well.

 

Me too, I was disappointed when I heard it called "show" in the new Ford commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xJqzoNVxc8

 

I knew it was an acronym as a kid but that never stopped me from calling it show. Just comes out easier i guess.

 

I believe so. I looked up the R&T times. R&T hasn't tested a SHO yet, but their MK-S times are identical to the G8 GT they tested, which was a relative lightweight base model that actually came in well under the factory advertised weight.

http://wot.motortrend.com/6523462/ed...00c/index.html

http://blogs.edmunds.com/straightlin...iac-g8-gt.html

The track package seems to help the SHO in acceleration, not just handling, due to the ratio change, presumably.

 

I agree. The LT1 powered Buick Roadmaster would have been even more of a sleeper.

The Caprice was better aerodynamically than the Roadmonster, but it would only top out around 140ish.

 

Yeah I thought WTF when they said "show" in the commercial, and that is pronounced W.T.F. not "what-if."

Really sounds pretty idiotic, unlike "S.H.O." which sounds pretty cool.