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Replying to: seloo (Jul 26, 2008 3:15 am)
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Replying to: coldcranker (Jul 28, 2008 3:39 pm) Ford's Website: Brought to you by: Atlanta District Ford Dealers Offer Details: With up to $5,000 Cash Back, Now's a Great Time to Get into the Safest Seven-Passenger Crossover in America!* 1 "$1,500 Customer Cash + $3,000 Owner Loyalty Cash + $500 Ford Credit Bonus Cash. Owner Loyalty Cash available to customers that currently own or lease a 1998 or newer Ford car, SUV, or truck through F-550 and purchase a new 2008 Taurus X. Offer not available on Red Carpet Lease or with Lease Renewal Cash. Proof of ownership required. Trade-in not required. Ford Credit Bonus Cash requires Ford Credit financing. Not all buyers will qualify. Residency restrictions apply. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 9/2/2008. See dealer for qualifications and complete details. *Based on both NHTSA five-star crash-test rating and, with optional electronic stability control, IIHS Top Safety Pick. Star ratings are part of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Safercar.gov Program (www.safercar.gov)." *2 Offer available to current owners of '98 or newer Ford vehicles with valid proof of ownership. Trade-in not required. Not available on Red Carpet Lease. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 7/31/2008. See dealer for complete details. Confirmed with the Ford dealer today $5K off! We were talking about at least $5.5K below the invoice price likey more, but a Ford Program Car maybe even a better deal. Prices are very soft on Ford Products! It was just extended to 9/2/08!
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Replying to: seloo (Jul 28, 2008 4:06 pm) This probably belongs in Prices TaurusX Forum Discussion click here |
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Replying to: coldcranker (Jul 28, 2008 5:28 pm) |
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) 
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) The electronics are super, as well as the car engineering. The Taurus really is a secret phenomena that's a super deal right now. See more details on my very extensive review of the Taurus X here. (PS. My Taurus X Limtied is Ice Metallic Blue, not red like in the pictures.) |
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Replying to: raezmom3 (Aug 06, 2008 5:35 pm) I also carry two big mountain bikes on the roof, along with four on the back hitch, to go with the six riders in the car. The only issue is getting cross bars to go on the back part of the rails that aren't raised. Ford's cross bars won't be out until the end of the year, if then. The solution I and others have used for the cross bars is discussed in detail here. |
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm)
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Replying to: seloo (Aug 06, 2008 1:20 pm) |
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Replying to: cmuniz (Aug 07, 2008 4:47 am) Under those same conditions, the Freestyle probably gives 27 MPG in my own experience and what others report, in addition to EPA MPG comparisons. I'll take the 3.0L with the CVT, especially in hilly or mountain driving here in the Rockies. That CVT is unbeatable when varying ratios like butter up and down hills. If Ford knew gas would be hovering near $4/gallon now, they would have reduced the bore in the new 3.5L V6 to make it around 3.0L, like the old V6, and made the TaurusX beat everything out there on fuel economy. Add direct injection and get another 1 MPG out of it (as Acadia/Outlook/Traverse are doing now) with more power. Then, the TaurusX could beat the old Freestyle on fuel economy. Discussing our experiences with the Freestyle/TaurusX's V6s, remember Ford plans to put something like the Mazda CX7 4-cylinder turbo 2.3L (or so, maybe a 2.0L) into the future CUVs in the Freestyle/TaurusX/Explorer class. Currently, the CX7, a smaller CUV, running direct injection, a turbo, and VVT, gets horrible fuel economy. I don't know how Ford will change that with the Ecoboost theme of putting 4-cylinders in where smoothe V6s used to be, but stay tuned. We may be telling youngsters in a few years that the glory days of smoothe V6s were better than the followong period of thrashy 4-cylinders, so enjoy your V6 while it lasts. |
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