Boldly redesigned in 1996, America’s best-selling car moves into the 1997 model year with styling that has taken some consumers a while to get used to. Ford has promoted acceptance of the new oval-inspired design with rebates and the introduction in February, 1996, of the Taurus G—the line’s entry-level model with an MSRP just under the $18,000 price point. At the top of the line, the SHO (Super High Output) model continues to stake the claim to being "the most affordable performance V8 sedan" on the U.S. market. (more...)