Ford Motor Company yesterday announced that it has hired Jim Farley, most recently the U.S. boss of Lexus and previously the marketing manager for
Toyota who supervised the launch of the
Scion line, as its new marketing manager. His title will be “Chief Marketing and Communications Officer.â
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History is replete with civilian Detroit cars that were upgraded to “performance” cars, wowed the folks at Car and Driver and Motor Trend, and then screwed everyone who bought one.
Exhibit A would be the
Ford Taurus SHO.
In 1989, Car and Driver put it on the cover and compared it favorably to German performance sedans.
Unfortunately for the owners, the clutch in the car was only good for 15,000 miles. It came out of an Escort. Eventually, Ford solved the problem by (...
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2008 Ford Taurus X was awarded today by IIHS a Top Safety Pick, after it has received the government’s highest five-star rash test ratings. The 2008 Taurus X will be available on showrooms starting this summer.
The IIHS Top Safety Pick rating can only be earned by vehicles that achieve the best-available safety performance in front, side and rear collisions and offer electronic stability control. In addition to its Top Safety Pick designation, Taurus X is among a small group of vehicles in (...)
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Ford has announced pricing for the 2008 Taurus X. Priced at $27,365, the crossover that replaces the Freestyle will be available on showrooms this summer.
In the change from the Freestyle to Taurus X, Ford has made several major upgrades. Among them:
A new 3.5-liter V-6 engine that makes 263 hp, 60 more than the Freestyle’s 3.0-liter. A new six-speed automatic transmission that replaces the continuously variable unit that is going out of production. A restyled front end (...)
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The 2008 Ford Taurus and
Mercury Sable will arrive in showrooms this summer bearing Top Safety Pick ratings by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the government’s highest available five-star ratings in all crash test categories.
The IIHS’ "Top Safety Pick" rating can only be earned by vehicles that achieve the best-available safety performance in frontal, side and rear collisions and offer electronic stability control. In addition to being the only (...
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