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#51 of 3617 by regfootball Apr 14, 2002 (3:26 pm)
Ford was looking to emulate the molded look of the Aurora, but could not directly copy the character lines of the Aurora. Somehow the oval window theme got worked in there as well. And, the Taurus itself was smaller in wheelbase than the Aurora, therefore its proportioning is not the same.
#52 of 3617 by regfootball Apr 14, 2002 (3:34 pm)
nothing particularly wrong with this i don't think...... what Ford was trying to copy off the Aurora was the rounded look, grilleless front and dropping tail. Also the fender flaring, except Ford tied the fender flaring together across the entire length of the car with a rounded character shape that goes through the door handles.
#54 of 3617 by rea98d Apr 16, 2002 (3:02 pm)
Reg, geocities doesn't allow linking pictures to outside sites. We can't see your picture.
#55 of 3617 by fwatson Apr 16, 2002 (5:54 pm)
Quote: "geocities doesn't allow linking pictures to outside sites. We can't see your picture"   Right click on the red x. Click on "Properties.   Copy the URL and paste it to your URL address line.   Hit Enter.
#56 of 3617 by regfootball Apr 16, 2002 (6:14 pm)
sorry about the screw up guys.....   i did finally see that after much cursing about how geocities doesn't let you link.   I did have it working for awhile.....nothing major, just a picture of my SHO after a wash job. Kinda irrelevent to the discussion, kinda sho-ing off a bit.
#57 of 3617 Well, by rea98d Apr 16, 2002 (6:56 pm)
Since we're showing off,
#58 of 3617 that's a good point actually by regfootball Apr 16, 2002 (8:38 pm)
nice Tbird BTW....I had a 95 Tbird, it was a nice car.   My point from the last photo is that even though Ford had many design successes in the late 80's and through the 90's, one could argue that the original Taurus was to an extent a knockoff of the Audi 5000, and the 89 Tbird was an interpretation of the BMW 6 coupe.   So I don't think that necessarily means any sort of A6 knockoff for the 500 would be bad. The Tbird and Taurus still maintained a unique identity while drawing some on the cars its emulated.
#59 of 3617 by tomcat630 Apr 17, 2002 (7:23 am)
Ford let some "artsy-frtsy" lady design the dash for the 1996 Taurus. Her insperation was old TV found at garage sales. One doesn't design cars from TVs!   The messy dash was one of the worst looking ever. The 2000 was what the 96 should have been, 2 years later it's already outdated.
#60 of 3617 by regfootball Apr 17, 2002 (2:34 pm)
there are two separate but similar dash layouts for the 96-99 Taurus. The floor shift models is a slightly different look, but is nicer and sportier. The basic models with the column shift are quite yucky.   The dash colors used in the 96, 97, and 98 models were also quite dreary. My 99 with the floor shift and tan colored dash is a big improvement in looks over a 96 with bench seats, column shifter, and wierd plastic color.   I only bring it up because I don't think most people have seen a 96-99 Taurus dash with the floor shifter.

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