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Sedans Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable 2010 Ford Taurus
273 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2009 at 4:06 PM
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 11, 2009 8:29 pm) And no, I do not own, or plan to own in the near future, a Ford, lest I be accused of being biased or even working for them.  I drive an import 30+ mpg 4-cylinder. 
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 11, 2009 8:29 pm) The game changer will be the 2.0L Ecoboost that will give 4 cylinder fuel economy with V6 power. It will debut next year in the new Explorer. |
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 11, 2009 8:29 pm) I can't think of any off the top of my head. The combination of the technologies in the kind of volume Ford will pump out is what has changed. Audi has had direct injection Turbo engines for a while but not many of them were twin turbo, none of them ran on regular gas and none of them were made in the massive Volume ford is going to be making ecoboost engines in. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Oct 12, 2009 1:24 pm)
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 18, 2009 8:20 pm) I understand that RWD is an superior setup in terms of overall performance, but this is mostly true only under conditions of extreme acceleration (off the line or turning while accelerating). Given that this type of driving is typically ill-advised in normal traffic conditions, I'll take the trade-off in performance to be able to get around reliably in the winter. |
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 18, 2009 8:20 pm) I don't know because the ecoboost Taurus is AWD, not FWD and it can send 100% of the torque to the rear wheels if necessary. |
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Replying to: mikemartin (Oct 18, 2009 8:20 pm) To answer your question though it is for packaging and economic reasons. You could never build a business case for the SHO unless it was based on the regular Taurus platform. You said twin turbo V6s have been around since the late 80s I said name one. You failed. Off the top of my head the Maserati Bi-Turbo was around in the 80s and everything else was single turbo. You had plenty of turbo SAABs but again single turbo only and 4 cylinders. The 911 was single turbo until the mid 90s. The first somewhat mass market Twin Turbo V6 I can think of was the Dodge Stealth RT Turbo/Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. They first came out in 1990 and got about 290 hp out of a 3.0 liter twin turbo V6 and AWD. They got that engine up to 320 hp by 1997. Power and features stayed the same till the model was discontinued around 2001. It was a heavy beast though with nearly 3,800 lbs of curb weight. That turns out to be about 400 lbs lighter then a SHO Taurus that has more power, granted out of a somewhat larger engine, can seat four or five comfortably and gets better mileage. Mileage on the 3000GT is 16/22 according to the new test and the SHO is 17/25. 3000GT Taurus SHO As for it being bloated compared to other sedans with similar equipment and features it weighs about the same. 2010 SHO Vs. A6 3.2 A6 4.2 and M45X Those cars are all smaller by seven to ten inches, all have less horse power and only one gets better mileage. They all weigh within 200 lbs of a SHO. |
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No one have mention the unique feature in the 2010 Taurus atleast with the nav system been able to read out your text messages when paired with certain phones. I have a motorola Z9 and I was able to have it read and reply to my messages. A good thing when you are alone but if you have company better to turn it off .
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Replying to: southman_70 (Oct 24, 2009 8:40 am)
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Replying to: akirby (Oct 24, 2009 9:29 am) |
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