1999 Ford Taurus SHO: the last one, two disputed counts

This record's own dek describes 1999 as the final V8 SHO year, a $29,000 sedan with every feature standard, built until June 1999. This record's own overview states that Larry Weitzman's review for The Auto Channel gives that $29,000 price plus $550 destination, with buyers choosing only among five colors and gray or tan leather, and that the 3.4-liter DOHC 32-valve V8 is listed at 235 hp at 6,100 rpm and 230 lb-ft at 4,800 rpm, with a four-speed automatic and front-wheel drive.¹

This record's own production section documents two disputed totals: 3,487 cars from the V6SHO wiki's option-code table, whose two interior rows sum to that figure and whose five paint rows, as read, sum to 3,486, one short; and 2,247 from a Ford media update quoted by V8SHO.COM, which marks that figure incomplete and states that SHO production was discontinued in June 1999. This record's own conflicts section states its treatment as showing both, since the code table is model-year scoped while the Ford statement's own period is not stated and could be calendar-year 1999, which would exclude cars built in late 1998.^2,3

This record's own options section documents the power moonroof, keyless entry, and perimeter anti-theft with floor-shift console, plus front floor mats unique to the SHO, on all 3,487 cars in the code-table lineage, with a front license-plate bracket recorded on 2,329 of them, a difference of 1,158 cars between the two option counts. This record's own key facts describe Black as the most common color at 1,290 and Tropic Green as the rarest at 353, the two figures already appearing among this record's own production rows.²

Five paint colors are documented: Toreador Red at 652, Tropic Green at 353, Silver Frost at 696, Black at 1,290, and Vibrant White at 495. Two interior trims are documented, both leather sport buckets with floor console and shifter: trim X2 in medium graphite at 1,920 and trim XP in medium prairie tan at 1,567, the two rows partitioning the 3,487 code-table total in this record's own production notes.²

This record's own specifications section documents a curb weight of 3,469 lb, a 108.5-inch wheelbase, an overall length of 198.4 inches, 225/55ZR16 all-season performance tires, and EPA ratings of 17 mpg city and 25 mpg highway. Its own performance section documents 0-60 mph in 7.5 seconds and 50-70 mph in 4.5 seconds on a level road against 6.1 seconds uphill, both from the same 1999 review, the uphill figure 1.6 seconds slower than the level-road figure for the same 50-70 mph interval.^1,1

This record's own identification section documents that the V8 SHO carries engine code N in the eighth VIN position and series 54, and that the 1999 code table lists the engine and transmission pairing as 99N/44L. Its own prices section carries only the $29,000 base price and the $550 destination charge already noted, with no dealer invoice or as-tested total documented for the year, a gap this record's own prices array leaves unfilled rather than estimated, closing out the final model year documented in this subject's V8 span.^4,2