Mainstream Large Sedans Comparison

Replying to: allmet33 (Apr 16, 2008 10:28 am)

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Replying to: allmet33 (Apr 16, 2008 12:20 pm)

And on that note, let's head back to the subject, 'kay?

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Replying to: pat (Apr 16, 2008 12:38 pm)

Pat, I have a suggestion, why don't we turn this place into "Large Sedan Lounge" so the regulars here can talk about anything that's interesting in the large sedan market without a strict boundary? I have faith in the regulars here that we all respect each other (to a degree ) so we are fully capable of taking care ourselves without much of the "baby sitting" just like in the Luxury Lounge.
 
What do you think?

Replying to: allmet33 (Apr 16, 2008 10:44 am)

Ford messed up when they changed the name to the 500 and folks weren't buying, so they changed it back to Taurus to give buyers something to recognize.
Some of us are old enough to remember Galaxy 500s , not that I can recall anything remarkable about that particular car.
 
but no matter
 
they changed it back to Taurus to give buyers something to recognize.
 
and then to their amazement they discovered that they had ruined that name as well - and it still doesn't sell. The Taurus was a pretty contemporary (and successful) car 20 years ago or so.

Replying to: allmet33 (Apr 16, 2008 10:44 am)

BTW, I think you'll find that the current 500/Taurus isn't really related to the previous generations of Tauri at all (except for possibly that wonderful DT 3.0 that (unfortunately) was reused). The current Taurus coming instead courtesy of a Volvo S80- perhaps the reason for the car's height, boxier proportions, and generally good safety ratings.

Replying to: allmet33 (Apr 16, 2008 10:26 am)

If you noticed they also said direct injection to be used to increase power to equal the power of a V-8,
 
Maybe their V8, not a BMW V8.

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Replying to: tonycd (Apr 16, 2008 7:06 am)

Thanks,
 
That's a good analysis of what happened. Trying to make Fords out of Jaguar.