Meet the 2008 Ford Taurus Heritage Edition

[jcollins28]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/02/08taurus_tease2b1.jpg

PRESS RELEASE:

FORD STRENGTHENS RETRO-80s LEADERSHIP WITH INTRODUCTION OF NEW 2008 TAURUS HERITAGE EDITION

* New edition features more than 5 engineering changes, making it more retro
* 2.5-liter High Swirl Combustion I-4 delivers an estimated 90 horsepower and 130 ft-lbs of torque.
* Ford Sync™ (not sink) offers new levels of connection, control, simplicity and personalization with the well known relability of Microsoft
* Taurus Heritage Edition will reach showrooms this fall.

CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2007 - Ford Motor Company today announced it is bringing back the well-known Ford Taurus name, introducing a new special version – Heritage Edition – for its aging hipsters to go on sale this fall.

"Taurus has been an icon for rental sedans for more than two decades, and it's time to return this powerful name to where it belongs," said Mark Fields, Ford's President of The Americas, at the Chicago Auto Show. "Consumer awareness of the Taurus name is double the Five Hundred that it's replacing, and thats damn good enough for us to forget the latter altogether!.

"By giving these vehicles the bland looks of the 80's that consumers recognize at the same time we're making significant upgrades, we're confident that even more rental companies are going to be attracted to these great products in the future," Fields added.

The 2008-model Taurus Heritage Edition sedan will go on sale this fall, as an upgrade to the earth shattering ALL NEW Ford Taurus. The new Heritage Edition features a fully flush grille guard with peek-a-boo Ford emblem, a new dual color scheme, a new cornering light, more standard safety features – including dual airbags tuned to explode with that classic pop that made people file lawsuits in the early nineties– and other refinements to make it more retro, cheezier, mellower and homlier.

[Stu]

hopefully it comes with some Whitesnake albums. :rofl:

[SteveH]

You're shitting me. That's going to sell? Looks about like an old Ford Tempo.:thumdown:

[ferrarigod]

omfg. is that just a leftover?:laugh:

[Sean O'Gorman]

Well, thats two...

[Don Quixote]

Who is in charge over there? Welcome to the decade of the worst cars made in the USA. Nice paint, however. :p

[rabbit]

Well, thats two...

:laugh:

[Don Quixote]

Its high time for Dodge to bring out the Reliant K retro-80's K car. They can call it the "K2". So now they are touting "RETRO-80s LEADERSHIP"?

[Sean O'Gorman]

I always figured the K2 would be a motorcycle, or some sort of military vehicle.

http://www.cheappremiumtickets.com/images/articles/165.jpg

[Wally]

.....:yuck: ....:shakehead ....:laugh:

[G.]

90 HP?? WTF can you do with 90 HP???

[indyfan31]

Like shootin' fish in a barrel, eh jc? :rofl:

[Don Quixote]

90 HP?? WTF can you do with 90 HP???

Yes, but it has 130 ft-lbs of torque. :gomer:

[Don Quixote]

I always figured the K2 would be a motorcycle, or some sort of military vehicle.

http://www.cheappremiumtickets.com/images/articles/165.jpg

k2 be bad.

[G.]

I m pwnd :shakehead

Me look at pitchers, no read.

[devilmaster]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K8ngdnAbx0s

[Don Quixote]

Steve that is hilarious!

[rabbit]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K8ngdnAbx0s

That's been floating around the web for a few years, but it still brings a chuckle. :laugh:

[extramundane]

Yes, but it has 130 ft-lbs of torque. :gomer:

HP sells cars, but torque wins races.

:tony: :tony: :tony:

[oddlycalm]

"Over 85% of K car owners have a fixed address" :rofl:

Nice job on the Taurus Heritage copy as well. :thumbup:
What about it, can you handle 90hp of High Swirl Combustion power ? :rofl:

oc

[FTG]

No kidding: New Ford Taurus is really good

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0708/gallery.ford_taurus_review/index.html

[TrueBrit]

:rofl: :thumbup:

[opinionated ow]

No kidding: New Ford Taurus is really good

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0708/gallery.ford_taurus_review/index.html

i just think i vomited in my gob a little:yuck:

[extramundane]

I'm just happy they reanimated the Mercury Sable name too. Way to be, FoMoCo. :thumbup: :gomer:

[cameraman]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/02/08taurus_tease2b1.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/datkinso/.Pictures/gal_taurus_x.jpg

Truth is stranger than fiction...

[JohnHKart]

Unbelievable, it's not as ugly as dodges but it's so goofy it comes close in horror appeal.

John, swimming in my VW Golf memories from last week's Germany trip.

[Cam]

Lada reincarnated... :yuck:

[opinionated ow]

question of the day: do they believe americans only buy ugly cars or something?

[FTG]

http://i.cnn.net/money/galleries/2007/autos/0708/gallery.ford_taurus_review/images/gal_exterior_rear.jpg

I believe the Camry is the best selling car in America. Which looks better to you?

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/mytightride/2002Camrywing.gif

[opinionated ow]

bleugh to both! camry looks bad, aurion looks even worse!

[gjc2]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K8ngdnAbx0s

Ten or fifteen years ago I worked in a Chrysler dealership that was owned by the same family since 1931. When the third generation brothers who ran the store at the time saw an original generation K car or minivan come in for service it was like they were looking at some exotic car. In a very dark time for Chrysler dealers K cars and minivans were products they could sell. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

George

[gjc2]

For those of you who may not have realized, the picture and press release for the "'08 Heritage Edition" are a satire.


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/14/meet-the-2008-ford-taurus-heritage-edition/

[FTG]

camry looks bad, aurion looks even worse!

I wouldn't drive either, but I never understood the rave for Yoda and the jeers for the big three. The unionized guys can't afford to throw in all the goodies, but the Camry is hardly an example of inspired engineering. My 91 Cavalier was more powerful, and handled better, than a Camry.

[devilmaster]

For those of you who may not have realized, the picture and press release for the "'08 Heritage Edition" are a satire.

Killjoy.

;)

[Don Quixote]

For those of you who may not have realized, the picture and press release for the "'08 Heritage Edition" are a satire.

Yes, but the pictures of the Camry and Kellen Winslow are real. :gomer:

[opinionated ow]

For those of you who may not have realized, the picture and press release for the "'08 Heritage Edition" are a satire.


http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/14/meet-the-2008-ford-taurus-heritage-edition/

yes but the rebadged 500 is real

[ferrarigod]

Yes, but the pictures of the Camry and Kellen Winslow are real. :gomer:

Kellen Winslow is not real. oh wait, yea he is. Willis McGhee's leg however is now fake. :tony: