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title: "What Forgotten Performance Badge Deserves a Comeback?"
description: "It's time for Ford to get the SHO on the road, amirite?"
date: "2021-04-21"
modified: "2021-04-21"
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  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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# What Forgotten Performance Badge Deserves a Comeback?

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/04/1989-Taurus-SHO-CN52008-2.jpg>)
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After a 13-year absence, [Acura is bringing its Type S badge back](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40258/acuras-new-documentary-recaps-the-history-of-the-type-s-badge>) in the form of the new TLX Type S. Eventually, it'll be attached to hotter versions of every car and SUV that Acura sells. What's old is new again and this got us thinking: What other forgotten performance badge deserves a comeback?

One of the first ones that came to mind was Ford's SHO which was only ever applied to the Taurus. Believe it or not, it was still in production up until 2019 despite *feeling* like something that's been discontinued for much longer. Of course, with [sedans like the Taurus and Focus out of the picture](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/20415/ford-sedans-are-dead-in-the-u-s>), it would probably end up being applied to the brand's crossovers and SUVs. The [Explorer ST is selling quite well from what we hear](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32078/more-than-20-percent-of-ford-explorer-buyers-chose-the-400-hp-st-model>) so an Explorer SHO that takes things to the next level could be quite the moneymaker. Also, something about the letters "SHO" just sounds badass. Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition sounded a little too Tesla-derivative anyways. Mustang Mach-E SHO? Perfection.

![message-editor%2F1619026521999-2002\_sentra\_se\_r\_08-source.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1619026521999-2002_sentra_se_r_08-source.jpg>)
*2002 Nissan Sentra SE-R, *Nissan**

Another good candidate would be SE-R from Nissan. Remember the Sentra and Altima SE-R? Pepperidge Farm remembers. I said this before, back when [I drove the manual transmission version of the company's current-gen Sentra](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/39835/the-2021-nissan-sentra-can-actually-be-good-it-just-needs-a-manual-transmission>). That's a car that's genuinely fun to throw around, and a more powerful version that simultaneously revives the SE-R badge could be quite the win for Nissan.

What say you? What long-departed high-performance badge deserves to get a restart?

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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