Farewell Taurus......again.

[DFB FGXR6]

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/03/03/...-taurus-final/

Another big Ford sedan bites the dust.

I know there was plenty of speculation over the decades as to whether the Taurus would replace the Falcon in Australia, I'm personally glad it never did.

Taurus was an ok car but was based on an ancient platform (sound familiar?) with poor interior packaging and in the end became a victim of the SUV onslaught.

[russellw]

... that and it was never a great car to start with. I'm not sure I agree with the Ford strategy as it seems to be largely predicated on the belief that the demand for SUV's and 'truck' won't go away any time soon.



But hey, I don't get paid the big bucks to make those calls so I'm no doubt talking out of my you know what.

[roddy1960]

The last of the Taurus SHO's were pretty nice though ..

3.5 litres twin turbo ..looked okay ..

Rather have one than a Mondeo I think ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQeBBFt-vc..

[DJM83]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

The last of the Taurus SHO's were pretty nice though ..

3.5 litres twin turbo ..looked okay ..

Rather have one than a Mondeo I think ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQeBBFt-vc..

I have to agree, i seen a couple while i was in Canada. The 3.5L Eboboost engine is pretty good tbh.

[Nikked]

There is still a Taurus, the (Aussie designed) one built in China

[marty351]

Originally Posted by Nikked

There is still a Taurus, the (Aussie designed) one built in China

The Ghost?

[janddbone]

Abandoning sedans seems strange when companies like Hyundai/Kia and VW Group are doubling down on them... I don't like it but time will tell if it the right call.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by janddbone

Abandoning sedans seems strange when companies like Hyundai/Kia and VW Group are doubling down on them... I don't like it but time will tell if it the right call.

While there's still decent sales in cars, Ford and GM in the US are very much
engineering this to suit their own ends. Ford doing half baked refreshes on its
cars almost assured a decline in sales, particularly the premium trim buyers,
so Ford basically engineered the result it wanted and the excuse to change.
The saving grace is that no plants will be closed in USA, canada or Mexico
those plants actually given new SUVs and Ranger to produce..

GM on the other hand was much more brutal in killing card by simply closing
three car plants in the US and one in Canada, most the replacement volume
will be SUVs coming from Mexico

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by janddbone

Abandoning sedans seems strange when companies like Hyundai/Kia and VW Group are doubling down on them... I don't like it but time will tell if it the right call.

If you can't make any money on them, then it is pointless. And from all reports Ford and GM do not make any money at all on sedans. It's a hugely incentive driven market ,and unless you are willing to throw all sorts of discounts at them they just don't sell.

Not to mention people are leaving sedans in droves.

Kia is seeing it cause the Stinger isn't selling very well, and it looks like it won't even make a second generation model. They were hoping for big US sales to keep in going but it hasn't really done much there.

[Eurotrash]

Originally Posted by Nikked

There is still a Taurus, the (Aussie designed) one built in China

Yes, the Australian designed Chinese Taurus is actually a nice a looker! I saw a few while I was in Shanghai last year. I did however had to do a couple doubles takes, as I almost confused them with the Mondeo.

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by Eurotrash

Yes, the Australian designed Chinese Taurus is actually a nice a looker! I saw a few while I was in Shanghai last year. I did however had to do a couple doubles takes, as I almost confused them with the Mondeo.

Well it is a lwb Mondeo.

[Sprintey]

Farewell, Taurus, thank you for confronting our eyeballs in the 1990s we were never the same again