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    It's 1989, and Japan Needs Tauruses!

    This ad makes us wonder: is having a Taurus in Japan today something like having a Citröen in the United States? Perhaps Japanese fans of the film "Robocop" were so taken with the then-futuristic Taurus that Ford felt compelled to import them in large numbers in the following years.


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