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The 2011 Ford Explorer will likely be built in Chicago at the same factory currently producing the Taurus X, supporting the conventional wisdom that the new Explorer is going car-based. More »
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After we called it first, It’s now official. After speculation by numerous suppliers and industry analysts, Ford's Mark Schirmer has announced Ford will be discontinuing both the Ford Taurus X and the Mercury Sable in Spring of 2009. More »
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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. More »
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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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=350438&view=rss&microfeed=true Autoblog likes to live live on the Dave-engineered Freestyle Taurus X-uh! Our verdict: My, what pretty teeth you have...and what an ugly rear-end. [Autoblog] More »
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Yup. The big product news from Dearborn will be FoMoCo flexing their minivan-muscle with the Flex. We've heard it's built on a stretched D3 chassis — the same one that underpins the Taurus and the Taurus X. We've also heard it's got standard doors (Hat tip to Grimace on that one!) It's actually the one part of the article battle royale between Bryce Hoffman of the Detroit News and John Stoll of Dow Jones that we forgot to tell you about yesterday. We must have been briefly blinded by all the industry navel-gazing — or by Bryce's terrific investigative journalism. Remember to follow all of our breaking apple-tastic news via our New York Auto Show mini-page and tag. – Ray Wert More »
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No more Five Hundred, sayonara Freestyle. Ford unveiled its new, three-row Taurus, Taurus X (nee Freestyle) and Mercury Sable models in Chicago. Master of ceremonies was none other thanFord's Cisco "Systems" Codina, group vice president North America sales and service ampersand spong whapcaplet looseliver vendetta and prang (brush up on your Monty Python, children). The new models will hit dealerships this summer, ahead of several more years of snide comments from automotive enthusiasts. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Aww, that's just adorable. Car and Driver added their "watermark" to one of their photos. Our little baby's becoming all grown up and stuff. – Ray Wert More »
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Yup folks, it's now official. We sent our intrepid young Chi-town connection, Matt Hardigree down to snap some pictures of Mark Fields dropping a load of bull on the crowd. And hey, this time it's actually appropriate to say that — go, us! That gallery's below. There's nothing much more to say other than what the headline on the press release says, so here it is — digest at your own risk. – Ray Wert More »
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Well, when you hear it on BlueOvalNews it must be true. According to the fan site all about FoMoCo, they've got the press release before the press conference — the five hundred will be no more for 2008. Instead, the Dearborn, MI based automaker will be bringin' FleetSalesBack (yeah!), and bringing back the Taurus nameplate. But it won't be just the five hundred that'll be getting the name, the Ford Freestyle will also be re-badged as the "Taurus X" and the Mercury Montego will be re-born as the "Sable." Officially official word's expected at either this morning's 8:00 AM CST breakfast, or at the 10:45 AM CST FoMoCo press conference. Full "press release" after the jump along with a picture of the Taurus X and the Sable. Call us when there's news on a SHO Taurus X. – Ray Wert More »
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