Ford Taurus

A blue-oval sport sedan with street cred There's something about sliding behind the wheel of a full-size car that brings back memories of my youth. I'm sure I'm not alone amongst boomers. Big American sedans were as common back in the '60s and '70s as compact and midsize models are today (and today's midsize cars were the size of domestic compacts ...

Ford has revealed that it is updating the base powerplant on its 2013 Police Interceptor sedan. Ford's 3.7-litre Ti-VCT V6 engine will replace the naturally aspirated 3.5-litre V6 engine in its Taurus cop car, and the new engine will slot under the optional twin-turbo 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6. The V6 offered is a version of the powerplant found in the base ...

Smaller with engines, bigger with fuel economy. That's what Ford is doing by adding its 2.0-litre EcoBoost four-cylinder to its Taurus lineup that the automaker says will give the model the best highway mileage of any large sedan. On the strength of its EPA ratings, the new turbo four will beat out the Chevrolet Impala, Chrysler 300 and Toyota Avalon ...

The Men in Black duo have upgraded their machinery for the third installment of the franchise, adding traffic-crushing monocycles, jet packs and a blacked-out Ford Taurus SHO to their transportation arsenal. Ford is making the most of its hottest full-size sedan joining one of the summer's hottest blockbusters, airing a 30-second spot with footage from ...

Ford has made a Performance Package available for the the 2013 Taurus SHO, promising "uncompromised response, road-holding and durability." There's no extra horsepower added to proceedings, but parts like the firmer suspension springs and dampers, upgraded cooling system, high-performance brake pads and stability control that can be turned completely off ...

The Most Fun You Can Have In A Full-Size, All-Weather Domestic The Domestic full-size segment isn't an overly welcoming place for those of us who worship at the altar of left-pedal antics. While European automakers are happy to deliver their customers a raft of monolithic luxury barges with Saturn V levels of thrust, the masses have been largely left ...

According to Reuters, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has trained its gaze on nearly two million million Ford Taurus and the U.S.-only Mercury Sable over a potential stuck throttle issue. This past Sunday, March 11, NHTSA announced it would investigate 360,000 Taurus sedans from the 2005 and 2006 model years after the government ...

A few months back, Ford told us that it had listened to consumers and wanted to cure the ills of the first generation MyFord Touch. Starting today, the Blue Oval will begin shipping out USB drives to owners of 2013 Ford Taurus and Flex models, allowing them to install the latest version of the software from the comfort of their garages. The update ...

Ford has begun producing the company's two new Police Interceptor models. According to Ward's Auto, both the Taurus and Explorer-based cruisers are rolling off of the line at the automaker's Chicago Assembly Plant. All told, the sedan variant has accounted for around 60 per cent of orders so far. Currently, the law enforcement market is Ford's to lose: ...

Ford's hourly workforce is having a tough time ratifying the tentative agreement struck between the Blue Oval and United Auto Workers union last week, despite that deal being the most generous among those made this year between the Big 3 automakers and their respective unions. For example, Ford workers will receive a US$6,000 signing bonus if the contract ...