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Top Ten Best Real-Life Police Chases

After yesterday's top ten silver screen police car chases, we're continuing our week-long Amerigasm with the top ten real police car chases. Because whether you're rooting for the baddies to make a clean getaway, or for the long arm to catch 'em, there's nothing quite like a good ol' real-life American police chase. While other countries may think they can, we know we can do 'em better than anyone else, so to prove it, click "more" for our list of the top ten best cop car chases — and then vote for the one you think is the best. More »

Feature

12:30 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Mark Arnold
6,653 views, 101 comments

Latest by Before there were gold medals there were Blue Ribbons: @Steel_ETC: PATRIOT!?!?? Only in the broadest sense of the word. And as far as him being "...a man who didn't let his family's tragedy get the better of him" It so consumed him that he quit his job as more »

classic ad watch

For Those Who Will Not Compromise: 1986 Ford Taurus

Now there is a personal car that has exactly exactly what we've been looking for... and what a relief! Folks in the mid-80s were tired of impersonal cars- or at least ones with sharp angles- and so the "melted-bar-of-soap" styling of the first Taurus came to be the standard for just about everything to come out of Detroit for the next decade or two. Taurus!

11:20 AM on Fri May 23 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,628 views, 44 comments

2010 ford taurus sho

2010 Ford Taurus SHO Renderings Updated

BlackSHOv2.jpgYesterday we mentioned all the speculation regarding the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and a focus group that SHO owners participated in, at the behest of Ford engineers and planners. Using the leaked photos of what everyone suspects is the 2010 Ford Taurus, the excitable folks over at BringBackTheSHO.com put their steady hands to the task of giving us a peek at what they hope will be the next Taurus SHO.

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7:30 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,324 views, 51 comments

Latest by quayzar: US Ford designers it was a good run but when Europe hands you something you take it and run with it. Enough with fender vents. You haven't made a good one since the 60's. Ford US=Fail more »

2010 ford taurus sho

2010 Ford Taurus SHO Possibly In The Works, Ford SHOpping Idea To Focus Groups

According to an SHO Club member who posts at V8SHO.com, Ford has been contacting groups of past Taurus SHO owners to talk about the 2010 Ford Taurus and the possibility of an SHO performance version. Though no drawings, facts, figures or anything else concrete was shown, we can probably draw some inferences from the fact that they specifically asked SHO owners about their vehicles. Interestingly, they had a Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger and Chevy Impala on hand, all with the identifying marks taped over, and asked the SHO enthusiasts what they liked about the vehicles. Some of that discussion below: More »

12:30 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
5,672 views, 49 comments

Latest by Naturally Exasperated?: same goes for mk1 Explorer and Probe! more »

2010 ford taurus

2010 Ford Taurus Revealed Because Of Those Darn Meddling Kids?

We were a bit surprised when pictures of the 2010 Ford Taurus were revealed exceptionally early. Almost as surprised as Ford was. Though things will sneak out every time from time to time once embargoed pictures or press releases get sent to the press or when mules and testers begin to hit the streets, this was a rare leak from what looks like the design studio. Anyone who has been invited into a design studio knows there are serious rules about bringing in cameras and unusually tight scrutiny. You know who'd probably escape scrutiny? An employee's child. You know when there are lots of children showing up around the Ford design studiots? "Take Your Child To Work Day." More »

Spy Photos

8:40 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,185 views, 23 comments

Latest by Hyman Decent: @rlj676: The post says, "according to Brenda Priddy." more »

spy photos

2010 Ford Taurus, Redux

Well, it looks like Ford just got rolled by the 600 lb. gorilla of Edmunds on the spy photo of the 2010 Ford Taurus. They've decided to toss the Dearborn, MI-based automaker around like a toy doll, pasting the spy photo of the new Taurus we first showed you yesterday back up on top of the Inside Line, with not a care in the world for Ford's threats of lawsuit or a "changed relationship with Ford" PR. We're guessing... More »

Spy Photos

2:00 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
40,498 views, 111 comments

Latest by n/a: oh yeah here's that link:[www.ford.com.au] more »

future cars

Ford Synergy 2010: The 2010 Ford Taurus That Never Was Or Ever Will Be

The spy photo of the 2010 Ford Taurus which were so fleetingly displayed today (and which will live on in RSS readers everywhere) got the old gears turning back to memories of 1996. Ford made huge waves at the Detroit Auto Show that year with the Synergy 2010, a peek at the future of automobiles. It was "equipped" with a 1.0-liter diesel engine, advanced communication systems, super lightweight materials and state-of-the-art aerodynamics. The car was a design concept exploring ways to carry four passengers safely while returning an astonishing 80 MPG in the year 2010. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,463 views, 38 comments

Latest by Ben Wojdyla: @orangeroller: shush, Japanese somehow replaced "Imports" more »

spy photos

2010 Ford Taurus?

UPDATE #2: The 2010 Ford Taurus picture is back up! Check it out here. UPDATE: Ford's asked us to take down the spy photo of the 2010 Ford Taurus. Apparently we came too close for their comfort. The Ford forum fan-boys over at TaurusClub apparently snagged the above shot of what they're claiming is the next-generation 2010 Ford Taurus. We can't verify that or anything else about the spy photo, but it sure looks like an attempt at merging the US design philosophy of "Hi, My Name Is Dave" with the European design philosophy of "Attractive." We don't know much else at the moment as any other details on... More »

Spy Photos

12:25 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
47,201 views, 102 comments

Latest by n/a: @Rock517: Less a club, more a support group. I belong to one. more »

new york auto show

Ford Shows Off Demolished Taurus As Safety Movie Theater?

What to do with all of those cars smashed in federal and IIHS crash testing? In theory, you could take them back for further study to help improve safety for future vehicles. Of course, that would mean wasting an advertising opportunity. And while we prefer the RoboCop Taurus, we'll admit that showing a wrecked version of your car isn't the worst way to show off that the only major hazard that comes with driving a new Taurus is death-by-boredom. Press release after the jump.

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1:00 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,944 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: @ranwhenparked: Same here. I really, really like the new Taurus. I know I'll take some flak for this, but I like the styling. I'm a headlights and taillights guy, and I like these ones. Given the more »

industry news

Goodbye, Dave: Taurus X To Say Farewell By 2010

Some say he has a tattoo of an Saleen S7 on his rear end. Others tell us he was born with a penchant for oil rather than his mum's milk. All we know is he's called the Auto Insider and he's always ready to provide the scoop from the other side of Eight Mile.

If Wert wants to haul anything off to New Jersey, be they closet doors, furniture or the bodies of competing bloggers, he'll have to pick a new family truckster to do the deed. We've learned the 2009 model year should be the last for Ford's name-changing razor-bladed wagon. Taurus X, we hardly knew ya. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By The Auto Insider
3,463 views, 59 comments

Latest by dtremit: "So what Ford's done here is spend a few million bucks to refresh a vehicle only to cancel it a year into its life cycle." Er, there weren't many changes made to the Taurus X that weren't also made to the more »

movie cars

2008 Ford Taurus: Robocop Edition

We've been doing some traveling over the past week — running from one shining sea to the other. Rather than deal with the normal boring fare we're used to sampling via the wonders of bittorrent, we've been sampling iTunes newest movie rental feature. Specifically, we snagged a copy of RoboCop for a quick 24-hour rental. There's nothing like re-watching that Detroit blood-bath to get us thinking about our love of the SHO Taurus. We could snag ourselves a 1988 Ford Taurus from Robocop 3, but we'd prefer something like the SHO with a bit more "go." Unfortunately Ford ain't obliging that particular desire at the moment. But, it did get us wondering what it'd be like to have a new 2008 Ford Taurus set up OCP-style for running the streets of Old Detroit. The boys at the site all about News from the Blue Oval are one step ahead of us. More »

7:45 AM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Ray Wert
2,927 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: When I was a teen and some time after... I could identify the make, model and year of the headlights of the car behind me. I have slipped in this skill because of three reasons. 1. Car headlights are more »

found on craigslist

Baller Status: 1600 Bucks Worth of Taurus SHO

Having sold quite a few cars on Craigslist, I can say with some authority that there are no car buyers as flaky, confused, and generally maddening as Craigslist car shoppers. If you get 10 guys who want to come over to see the car, you might as well schedule them all for the same time and place, because only one will show up... if you're lucky. But maybe worst of all is the general cluelessness. If your ad features flashing bold 48-point text stating This car has a manual transmission. NOT AN AUTOMATIC!, complete with 50 photos of the gearshift, clutch pedal, throwout bearing, etc., the best you can hope for is that only 80% (instead of the usual 95%) of potential buyers will ask "hey is it a autamattick ur car?" Right. So, here's a seller of a $1,600 SHO who's seen a few of those guys as well, and he's making a valiant- yet doomed- effort to filter out the most crazy-making of car shoppers. We say he deserves Best of Craigslist status. Thanks to LTDScott for the tip! [Craigslist Western Maryland]

8:00 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Murilee Martin
3,002 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: One of my top 5 prettiest engine bays ever. Fark Ford for not bringing us the 1st gen Probe GT SHO. There were prototypes running around Dearborn. SHO V6 and AWD. more »

industry news

Ford Execs Compare Current Taurus To...Homer Simpson?!

It was almost a year ago today that we stood in a meeting room at McCormick Place in Chicago and listened to Mark Fields go on and on about how big of a deal renaming the Ford Five Hundred the Ford Taurus was going to be. And then they sold 20% less in 2007 than they did in 2006. But they're ready to admit they made a mistake. And what's the carefully orchestrated way that they share this information? In a big meeting CEO Alan Mullaly and product chief Derrick Kuzak compared the Five Hundred (which they're still going to be trying to sell for a while) to Homer Simpson and showed a slide of Homer Simpson over the the current generation Taurus. Unfortunately, they pulled the slide of Homer Simpson over the Taurus from their website. (ANYONE WHO HAS THE SLIDE AND EMAILS IT TO US GETS A PRIZE!) More »

11:00 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,855 views, 83 comments

Latest by bmoredlj: Switch the blue oval for a gold bowtie on the intercepter's grille, and you'll see...the previous generation Silverado! Chevy now has their looker family sedan; now one hopes Ford is inspired enough to bring out a stylish new sedan of their more »

day-to-day

2008 Ford Taurus X, Day Four

The Taurus X made us hope for a true alternative to an SUV or a minivan. Something that delivered their functionality without the image problems both other classes of vehicle suffer. Instead, it compromises on ability while carrying over too much height from an SUV and the family-man image of a minivan.


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12:15 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Wes Siler
1,980 views, 40 comments

day-to-day

2008 Ford Taurus X, Day Three

The Taurus X has an identity problem. By trying to be part station wagon, part SUV and part luxury car. It aims to draw from the best qualities of each, but so far, I'm afraid it might be doing the exact opposite. Take the economy for instance. Ideally, the Taurus X would provide SUV versatility with lower fuel consumption. At 18mpg combined and the inability to haul truly large loads, it does the reverse.

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12:00 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Wes Siler
2,798 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: @piththeelder: Oohh, I think you got me there. Maybe that is the marketing message just no one else has seen it. more »

new cars

EcoBoost is the New Turbo Boost? Prototype Taurus Drag Races BMW And Cadillac, Wins


Oh man, has Ford figured out a way to get us to post a long and boring video about their plans for creating a sustainable business with environmentally sustainable technology. They drag race the Taurus above against a DTS and 3-series Bimmer and manage to win (though, no word on what powerplants in either the BMW or DTS). (we hear from Ford PR the Bimmer is powered by the 300 hp 3.0L twin turbo inline six and the Caddy has the 320 horsepower 4.6L Northstar V8.) This Taurus mule is fitted with an EcoBoost twin-turbo V6 3.5L engine, which is the future Ford technology that reduces emissions and increases power with lower displacement via turboboosting and direct gasoline injection.
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5:30 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,856 views, 59 comments

Latest by n/a: @PortoRecto: On every posting of information about the 3.5 V6, Ford has stared that they are limiting the boost beceuse of the current FWD transaxel for this application and the upcoming MKS. Look at the output for the MKR, MKT more »

day-to-day

2008 Ford Taurus X, Day Two

Yesterday, we introduced the 2008 Taurus X — which is in Jalopnik's garage for a week — telling you it made us look like dads. Today the big Taurus gets a chance to shine, hauling unwanted doors from Ray's pied-à-terre to his glamorous storage facility in Jersey.

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12:00 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Wes Siler
3,565 views, 47 comments

classic ad watch

The 1989 Taurus SHO: Power In The Hands Of a Fortunate Few


Still one of the coolest-looking engines ever to come out of Detroit- well, the Yamaha V6s were installed in Detroit, anyway- Taurus SHO was quite the hot rod back in '89. This would have had the effect of making the non-SHO Taurus seem even more boring, had such a thing been possible. 220 horsepower doesn't seem like much these days, even in a front-driver, but that engine even looks good when it's sitting in the junkyard!

2:15 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,106 views, 33 comments

Latest by danio3834: Ive looked at an almost bought countless SHOs. Theyre a really attractive package, but unfortunately its really difficult to find one in decent shape for a decent price these days. more »

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