Ford phasing out the taurus.

[Kerouactivist]

It's about time.

I hate their design, I like my Buick Century much better


Edit

Sorry forgot to Link

 

[Ryan]

Link to this good news?

 

[ElFenix]

the car that changed the industry going the way of the dinosaur

 

[MaxDepth]

gee, what will Mulder, Scully and all those other FBI agents going to drive?

 

[Kerouactivist]

Linky on Fords website.


The car looks like it will be interesting.....

 

[ggavinmoss]

Praise the Lord! The worstest car of all time is going away!

-geoff

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: bthorny
Linky on Fords website. The car looks like it will be interesting.....

But, in the end, it's still a ford.

 

[Kerouactivist]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: bthorny
Linky on Fords website. The car looks like it will be interesting.....

But, in the end, it's still a ford.

That is so true but, hopefully they can reinvent themselves.

Much like the Japanese cars did in the 1980's

before then they were seen as cheap pieces of crap.

 

[Slacker]

Schweet! Is my 98 Taurus going to become collectible now?

 

[Dudd]

Does the front end resemble that of the CTS to anyone else? Not as angular, but the headlights and overall proportion seem similar.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: bthorny
It's about time.

I hate their design, I like my Buick Century much better


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Sorry forgot to Link

But wait.... that means the cars of the future in Robocop won't look like that? This sucks...

 

[PCMarine]

/me likes his 2000 Taurus

Though that "futura" does look pretty damn cool @ a glance.

 

[GroundedSailor]

"Futura will be that rare midsize sedan that oozes style but doesn't sacrifice roominess, comfort, trunk space?or affordability."
J Mays, Ford Motor Company vice president of Design


Jeez Chrysler has been doing that since 1993 - look at Dodge Intrepid, Chyrsler Concrode, LHS, New Yorker the now defunct Eagle vision & the current 300M......

Ford is finally playing catch up after 13 years!

 

[Grey]

Reminds me of a Quattro a little bit. Hope Ford won't fall to VW's quality control levels though ugh.

 

[Judgement]

It's about time.

sure is

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
Praise the Lord! The worstest car of all time is going away!

-geoff

Heh, my parents have a Ford Tempo, and I thought that was the "worstest" car of all time!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor
"Futura will be that rare midsize sedan that oozes style but doesn't sacrifice roominess, comfort, trunk space?or affordability."
J Mays, Ford Motor Company vice president of Design


Jeez Chrysler has been doing that since 1993 - look at Dodge Intrepid, Chyrsler Concrode, LHS, New Yorker the now defunct Eagle vision & the current 300M......

Ford is finally playing catch up after 13 years!

Except that the Ford looks good, has a high-quality interior and has reliable electronics.

ZV

 

[kuk]

Looks just like the Opel Vectra!!

 

[RichieZ]

looks an awful lot like the A4 to me

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor
"Futura will be that rare midsize sedan that oozes style but doesn't sacrifice roominess, comfort, trunk space?or affordability."
J Mays, Ford Motor Company vice president of Design


Jeez Chrysler has been doing that since 1993 - look at Dodge Intrepid, Chyrsler Concrode, LHS, New Yorker the now defunct Eagle vision & the current 300M......

Ford is finally playing catch up after 13 years!

Except that the Ford looks good, has a high-quality interior and has reliable electronics.

ZV

One out of three ain't so bad I guess...hahaha

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Except that the Ford looks good, has a high-quality interior and has reliable electronics.

ZV

One out of three ain't so bad I guess...hahaha

Hey, compared to Chrysler...

ZV

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor
"Futura will be that rare midsize sedan that oozes style but doesn't sacrifice roominess, comfort, trunk space?or affordability."
J Mays, Ford Motor Company vice president of Design


Jeez Chrysler has been doing that since 1993 - look at Dodge Intrepid, Chyrsler Concrode, LHS, New Yorker the now defunct Eagle vision & the current 300M......

Ford is finally playing catch up after 13 years!

Except that the Ford looks good, has a high-quality interior and has reliable electronics.

ZV

Of all the vehicles owned by my co-workers:
- 2 have files cases under lemon laws - both Fords - one F-150 truck & one taurus
- 2 trucks are unreliabe and giving trouble - both Fords (150 & a 250)
- Of all the SUV's the Explorer died at 70.000 & was replaced by a Durango. All other SUV's running fine, incl Jeeps, Durangos, 4-runner, Blazer, Passport. As much as 150,000 miles so far
- No one has bought a Ford in the last 2 years except 1 (wife of co-worker) who bought an Explorer very recently. The Jury's out on that one. All other ex-Ford owners have sworn never again.

The only Ford still running good is a 250 van.

Doesn't say much for Ford does it? Allow me to point out that this is not representative of the whole country - just within the company I work for.

And you have to admit Chrysler has been coming out with good concepts in recent years - starting with the Minivan & the Intrepid/concorde/vision etc. were years ahead of their time when they first came out. Other Co's are now doing the same which is good for the consumer - more competition.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
looks an awful lot like the A4 to me

WTF?!@

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: bthorny
It's about time.

I hate their design, I like my Buick Century much better


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Sorry forgot to Link

You hate the design? I think the new Taurus looks better than most of the competitors in it's class... the 96 model year up to like 2001 or whatever was ugly... but the new ones are very tame looking... nice and clean.. i think they finally get it right, and it'll be gone? that sucks.