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Sedans Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable What Are Your Thoughts on the Return of the Taurus/Sable?
530 messages, Last post on Aug 22, 2008 at 10:00 PM
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| Poor choice by Ford. 500 is a much better name than Taurus. I love the 500 dash, reminds me of '88 Audi 80 that I once owned. GM exterior designs remind me of my aunt. You know the one with too much cheap jewelry and dime store perfume and they're basically the same as 15 years ago with tweaking here and there. GM dashes must have been designed by Rubbermade, but have improved as of late. PS: the fix for GM brakes is called aftermarket parts. | |
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...fairly far afield here. Let's try to stick to opinions about the return of the names we all love or hate. If you're not a big fan, check out this carspace page: http://www.carspace.com/xcargrl for some rather humorous and musical videos. I quite like "the wreck of the Alan Mulally." |
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I don't think there is anything wrong with the 500 name - but the Taurus name has 20 years of recognition going for it, like Camry does, Malibu and Impala do, Grand Prix do. There has been a move currently by all domestics to dump their heritage names and move to numbers, yet the Standard of the World, Toyota, keeps making Camrys. wonder why they don't rename the Camry the 400? Must be a reason.... I would have prefered they name the Fusion the Taurus from the start - and keep the 500 name, but improve the looks of that car - but either way, the Taurus should live on. I'm glad it's back. I do think it'll help - may not be a grand slam, but it'll help. |
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Replying to: barnstormer64 (Feb 22, 2007 7:11 pm) THe good thing about the 300 is that aside from being a GREAT looking car, it's stayed that way for about 4 years. Few cars sell that hot 4 years straight. That's fresh. and the Five hu- don't make me spell it!- stale and boring. I can't stand to look at that. Ii look at it on the street and say "what was ford thinking?! no one want's this! They want good looking!!!" |
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This discussion is getting on my nerves. Let me put my $.02 in: Image means NOTHING. If it defines you, then you are SHALLOW!It's nice to have that Bimmer 5 (trust me!). And you should own a car you like, and like to look at. It's stupid to pay that much money for something you don't like. But-as Barn..whatever was saying earlier- THis is where people mke stupid investing mistakes. Spending all their money because they think they have to compete with the guy acrossed the street and his S-class. It's fine to want it 'cause you like it- but not 'cause everyone else has it. "If everyone else was jumping off a bridge..."
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Replying to: albook (Feb 23, 2007 2:24 pm) Now, for a time, I owned an 05 Taurus, that I originally bought for my drug-addicted daughter. She, however, abused the car, abused the privilege, so I repossessed the car, smashed up front end and all, had it fixed, and I drove it from time to time. My business car is a Lexus - but under the heading of what you say, it should not matter what I drive to work. However, drove it to work one day - my staff laughed at me, they told me I looked like a Democrat in it - I had a client I took to lunch in it ask me if I was doing ok, because the car didn't fit me. Quit driving it to work after that. Drove it to Church Sunday. As I was getting out, a fellow parishioner came running over to me yelling, "Oh no, this is just not right, you can't be driving this"....etc...etc. Sold the damn thing. Kind of liked it too. Too bad. Real world is, the Taurus was too pedestrian for my reputation, evidently, and didn't work for me. You may admire Donald Trump if he drove up in a 500, or a new renamed Taurus - think it was refreshing that he had gotten over himself - but it would actually be quite the joke. Just doesn't look right. And it's not just because I WANT to look prosperous, I HAVE to. Renaming the 500 the Taurus works for me. I may even buy one and get laughed at some more, just for fun.
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has lots of cool style to it, check out that new grille and healamps, also... and this is really cool, look at the crome on the sides, between the front doors and the front wheel well. This sort of stuff you see in more expensive BMW's and Cadillacs. Very nice touch. I don't think the new taurus would get knocked for poor styling, even though the front is a bit love it or hate it, and thats not ignore me lol. Sucks that taurus has a bad image, this new one should not, unless ford ignores it to buyout its competition like back some time ago... I don't like the fact that mullaly drives a lexus, bad image decision. |
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Replying to: nvbanker (Feb 23, 2007 4:23 pm) I prefer friends that want to get to know me. If they aren't willing to because of "image", then I simply consider that their loss. But then I've always been that way, and sort of a "rebel". Even went tie-less at a company that required coat and tie for several years. People were amazed that I pulled that one off . . actually, so am I. I look at things differently than a lot of people, I guess. When I see somebody in a nice suit and fancy car, I don't assume that they're successful. Instead, I wonder what they're trying to hide with all the fancy stuff. They remind me too much of fancy lawyers and scheisters. Then again, I live in a county where the local judge doesn't wear the traditional robe when he's on the bench. And I've seen guys show up in his courtroom in shorts and a T-shirt with a hunting vest over it. Without getting thrown out, I might add. Actually, he ended up on the jury. LOL. You may admire Donald Trump if he drove up in a 500, or a new renamed Taurus - think it was refreshing that he had gotten over himself - but it would actually be quite the joke. Just doesn't look right. And it's not just because I WANT to look prosperous, I HAVE to. I think of guys like Sam Walton (owner of Wal Mart). I believe he still drove his old beat-up F-150 pickup around even after he'd become rich. Or guys like billionaire investor Warren Buffet, who still lives in a modest home he had years ago. Anyway, back to the Taurus name . . I think it'll probably get more people to be AWARE of the vehicle . . . and that will probably at least get them to test drive it. And if they do, I think the vehicle sorta sells itself. PS: I should add one thing. It's not that I CAN'T afford to buy something like an Avalon. It's that I CHOOSE not to buy it. Both my salary and net worth are in the top 5% of the US when I checked a few months ago. So, while I don't consider myself "rich", I am extremely well-off.
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Replying to: barnstormer64 (Feb 23, 2007 5:29 pm) Anyway, watch it with the Schiester comments, alright??  So, Ross Perot drove an old Oldsmobile. Warren Buffet just sold his 00 Town Car. Sam Walton did drive his 79 F-150 until he could drive no more. I actually do admire these men for what they have accomplished - but a guy like you should disdain them for being moguls - fact of the matter is, they just are not car guys at all, and don't need an ego car. There is a point when you get rich enough, you don't give a crap anymore, I've been told. Wouldn't it be great if Warren and Ross would buy the new Taurus, and flaunt it? Could give it an image, do you think?
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Replying to: nvbanker (Feb 23, 2007 5:57 pm) LOL . . you couldn't be more wrong. Actually, I'm in the oil business and I'm in Texas. but a guy like you should disdain them for being moguls - fact of the matter is, they just are not car guys at all, and don't need an ego car. I don't disdain them at all. But neither do I idolize them. However, I do think they have the right attitude about cars . . though a pickup's never really been what I wanted. Which I suppose is strange, since I like country/western, love to take pictures of the rodeo, and have a general dislike of any kind of "pop music" other than country. Most would probably say I'm a yuppie, though I hate that term. I don't thik I'm classifiable. LOL. Perhaps a "redneck yuppie". Ever heard the George Jones song "High-tech Redneck"? LOL. I actually live in an area where the people are typically older than I am . . the median age is closer to retirement age. It's outside of the local "yuppie planned development community". And I like it that way. I wouldn't want to live in a really small town, but not in a really big town, either. But I have to live near a big city because of my work. But at least I can live out AWAY from it, and away from the typical yuppie planned development communities. Eeee-yuck! |
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