• showagon

    Jalopnik Commenter Savant Buys SHOwagon

    The moment the Ford Taurus SHOwagon listed on eBay was posted here the bidding for the rare item suddenly jumped up. We thought this was because we're awesome and moved tons of traffic in the power-wagon's direction. No. In fact, the real culprit was our very own Commenter Admin / Cotomer Sevis Rep Pete Gaines. Not only did he drive the price up past its low reserve, he was able to purchase the car for the steal-of-a-deal price of just $3,000. His plans for the sweet new ride?

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    3:30 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    5,641 views, 111 comments

    Most discussed c0de: why ?! why waste money in such difficult economic times. more »

  • found on ebay

    Ford Taurus SHO Wagon Pops Up On eBay

    As if we're not already overly inclined towards the first or second generation Ford Taurus SHO, an audio company made a rare SHO Wagon and that vehicle is now for sale on eBay. Rather than dropping the SHO 3.0-liter Yamaha V6 and manual transmission into a donor wagon body, this is an original SHO with the wagon body dropped onto it. Stacked with audio equipment and for sale with bids in the low $2,000-range, this could be a steal for someone in the Midwest area. Of course, it needs new paint, has hail damage and was probably driven like a company car. But SHO Wagon! Seller description below.

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    1:00 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    3,443 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed Pete Gaines: I've made a huge mistake. more »

  • ad watch

    Ford Vehicles Star In Movies, Just Not Like Reese's Pieces

    The boys over at the blue oval are beating their chests after a successful summer of blockbuster product placements. But, we can’t help but detect a bit of desperation in their release. After all, if the product placements, which they undoubtedly paid big bucks for, had been successful, would they really have felt the need to remind us of them? Ford starts by explaining the basic premise of product placement, “Think of what the 1982 film, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, did for Reese’s pieces.” But the X-Files wasn’t E.T. and the vehicles we remember from The Dark Knight were either exotic and Italian or capable of crashing through walls. Don't worry though, because right after explaining the Reese's pieces analogy, Ford is clear their product placement is nothing like that.

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    12:45 PM on Wed Sep 3 2008
    By Wes Siler
    1,710 views, 47 comments

    Most discussed SwatLax: This reminds me of "Dan in Real Life" where Juliette Binoche drove a Chevy Malibu Maxx. There are so more »

  • jalopnik automotive amerigasm

    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 »
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    12:30 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
    By Mark Arnold
    7,315 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 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
    8,050 views, 51 comments

    Latest by campionelancia: It's design design design! 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 »
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    2:00 PM on Wed Apr 9 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    54,509 views, 112 comments

    Latest by edwin-a-link: if they make a taurus look this fun, my mother and grandparents will never buy it! and they pick up 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
    5,440 views, 38 comments

    Latest by Ben Wojdyla: @orangeroller: shush, Japanese somehow replaced "Imports" 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
    2,321 views, 13 comments

    Latest by Shadowguitar: @ranwhenparked: Same here. I really, really like the new Taurus. I know I'll take some flak for this, 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
    3,496 views, 39 comments

    Latest by boognish: When I was a teen and some time after... I could identify the make, model and year of the headlights 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
    5,360 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 more »