But there was also a SHO version of the original Taurus. And if you
read the Car and Driver article in the link you'll see that they're
asking Ford to put the engine of the Taurus into the Fusion. Then it
will be more like the original Taurus SHO.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> On 4/9/2010 7:06 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Ken and you are apparently not referring to the Taurus SHO.
>> <http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/09q3/2010_ford_taurus_sho-road_test>
>>
>
> Not even a closely related car. Ford came out with a new sedan in 2005
> called the 500. Larger than the then Taurus, all it managed to do was
> join with several years of letting the Taurus languish without
> freshening to slow Taurus sales and lead Ford to drop it.
>
> Great misstep, as there was no 500 loyalty, but a great deal of Taurus
> loyalty. So they "dropped" the 500 and introduced a "new" Taurus, which
> was a rebadged, visually repackaged 500. I guess it worked?
>
> I rented a Fusion for a month last fall and had rented one of the later
> 'old' Tauri maybe 3 years before and driven it in the same area.
> Although a very different car, I'd say the Fusion is closer to the size
> of the old Taurus. I liked the Fusion a lot, but for the odd drivers
> seat adjustments.
>
> Just almost finished up my taxes. I made a "little" error in my
> estimating a few months ago. Oooops, guess we'll be driving the old
> 92-96 cars and I'll be using the old 5D a while longer. No great
> hardship in that and a little belt tightening, I suppose.
>
> Moose
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