I expect the eco-boost (My God i wish they kept the other name!) in this car and right away.
I get the feeling they want no more failures with this next change.

I’ve always thought that Ford should sell their Euro models here … I was constantly surprised by the Fords sold in Europe and Asia. But apparently the domestic labor unions objected.

I think he’s still there. Supposedly he had a hand on the Ford Flex (Taurus X on steroids) and the Jaguar XF.

I owned a ‘05 ford Five Hundred, and it was a great car. The interior was one of the most comfortable I have ever been in.

Eventually, we should see the 2.0 Ecoboost on the Taurus, maybe as early as the 2011 model year. The 2.0 Ecoboost (270hp) should deliver a combined mid-20s for the Taurus.

Absolutely! After 20+ years of driving a small pickup and an SUV, I got a weekend semi-sports car. I forgot how much fun ‘cars’ can be to drive and fling around. That the Accord, Camry and Mazda6 all dropped their (granted, low-selling) body styles for tall cross-overs (CRV/Pilot, RAV-4/Highlander, Tribute/CX-7) and adding $3-5k for the priviledge I guess was a smart business move….but left us wagon-lovers out in the cold. Yes, the Passat has one (classy-looking too….), but the other thing I demand out of my cars besides driving fun is reliability and expense of repair…two things VW isn’t known for.

So here’s to a Taurus wagon…..

It would appear that Ford is doing a lot of good things and IMO is on it’s way to being saved. This car, assuming a successful launch, will help more.

Interesting that TEXN3 mentioned the MT-5, which was a 4-pot, 5-spd version of the original. I was wondering how this models introduction would be timed compared to the Eco-Boost thing. I’m betting the car will be Camry sized. If Fords new found reliability continues, this car could be a better car all the way around. Camry reliability, but with a personality.

I (and probably a lot of America) will be watching. I’ll be looking for SHO version, too.

I bought one of those brand new myself. At the time I was a 25 year old recently married guy with a job that often required me to take customers to lunch. It was a great vehicle at a great price.

I had a hard time convincing the salesman that yes, I really wanted a manual transmission. With the manual transmission that old four banger was up to the job, but when strapped to a slush-o-matic the 4 cylinder Taurus was a dog. By picking the Mazda sourced manual transmission I also avoided the horrible reliability problems of those earlier Taurus autoboxes. That car gave me over 100,000 miles and then went on to give my sister another 100k.

The current Taurus is so much better of a car than the Impala that it pains me to see Impala outselling it. But then, who knows how many of those Impala sales are to the rental fleets.

As for the current one – too big. The Taurus used to be in the mid-size range, now its a full-size car. The only problem I see with Ford downsizing it is that it would compete too much with the Fusion.

At 25 I’d buy one for the family sedan (family isn’t here yet), heck I think the current Taurus is probably one of the best values on the market, especially with AWD. Nice roomy, and efficient, American sedan with some excellent underpinnings.

I still remember when my dad came home with an 86 Taurus, the MT-5 model, and I was only 3. I just kept staring at it…especially as it sat next to a bunch of Squaremonts. I was definitely hooked on cars, and Fords, at that time. That Taurus lasted 120k miles and was traded in on a 91 SHO.

Will they downsize the new Taurus or will they still go for the full- size car thang? I vote for a full-size car.