1990 Ford Taurus SHO: the second manual-only year

This record's own dek describes 1990 as the second year of the manual-only Yamaha V6 SHO, with production falling to 8,315 and anti-lock brakes appearing on every car in the code table. This record's own overview states that the car kept the first-generation formula: Taurus sedan body P54, the Yamaha-built 3.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6, and a five-speed manual as the only transmission, with both the 1997 SHO Registry FAQ lineage and the option-code detail table on the V6SHO wiki giving 8,315 cars.¹

This record's own production notes flag an error in its own source: the detail table's body and engine rows print 15,504, a figure the note says appears to have been copied from 1989 rather than reflecting 1990 output, while the same table's paint rows and trim rows each independently sum to the correct 8,315. Four paint colors are documented, Oxford White the most common at 2,900 cars and Electric Red the least at 1,666, alongside four interior trims, the black leather TJ trim the most common at 4,193.¹

The 1990 code table records anti-lock brakes, power windows, power door locks, and speed control with a leather-wrapped steering wheel on all 8,315 cars, per this record's own overview. Code 212A, labeled "SHO Plus" in the table, was recorded on 4,358 cars, and this record's own overview states that the wiki's separate equipment page describes that 1990 212A package as a moonroof, leather upholstery, dual power seats, electronic air conditioning and a JBL stereo, so the table's bare label and the package's actual contents should be read together.^1,2

One engine and one transmission are documented: the Yamaha-built 3.0-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 at 220 hp, standard and the only engine offered, and the five-speed manual transaxle, standard and the only transmission offered, both credited with the full 8,315-car production figure. This record's own prices section is empty, with its own price note explaining that a J.D. Power live-valuation figure was removed from this record as of September 24, 2026 because those pages can change without notice and cannot be independently verified, and warning that other sites quoting a suspiciously exact price for this car may be repeating that same unverifiable figure.³

This record documents an extensive options list drawn entirely from the same code table, ranging from equipment installed on effectively every car, the power moonroof at 5,617, power windows and locks and the anti-lock brakes each at 8,315, down to rarer choices such as 268 cars with the Ford JBL audio system, 162 with cast aluminum wheels and 82 with black aluminum wheels. Other documented options include diagnostic and keyless entry equipment on 6,576 cars, manual air conditioning on 6,304 against automatic temperature control on 2,011, and a California emission system on 1,136.¹

This record's own identification section documents that series 54 and engine code Y in the eighth VIN position identify a 3.0 SHO. Its specifications and performance sections are both empty, a documented gap rather than an assumption that no dimensional or performance data exists, and its conflicts and unpublished leads sections are likewise both empty for the year, leaving production, the engine and transmission, the options list, paint and interiors as the whole of this record's sourced coverage for 1990.⁴