Hey LTC8K6, remember this thread?
Saw a new 2010 Ford Taurus SHO driving today
"Despite all the hype surrounding Ford's new twin-turbo, all-wheel drive sport sedan, our long-term Pontiac G8 GT would put it on the trailer. The Pancho is quicker, it handles better and it has better brakes. Oh, and it's much, much, much, much cheaper.
In fact, for the price of the SHO you could step up to a G8 GXP. And then it's really no contest, the SHO's doors would be officially blown off."
You were right LTC8K6. The GXP didn't run circles around the SHO. After the SHO lost to the mid range G8 GT, the GXP blew its doors off instead.