After the styling of the prototype was seen worldwide, Ford contemplated legal action against web sites which posted the photo and Ford attorneys asked site owners to remove the photo. In April 2008, a photograph of a full-scale prototype mockup of the 2010 Ford Taurus was leaked onto the Internet. In January 2008, Alan Mulally revealed that a sixth generation of the Ford Taurus was in development as a planned 2010 model, calling it "the one we should have built originally". Although the Taurus gained 60 hp over the Five Hundred, most of its deficiences were related to its introduction essentially being a mid-cycle refresh of its predecessor under a new nameplate.
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A critic of the decision to end the usage of the Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable nameplates, Mullaly redesignated the 2008 model year update of the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego as the fifth-generation Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable before its release to the public the Ford Freestyle became the Ford Taurus X.Īlthough the change back to the Taurus addressed several major deficiencies of the Five Hundred (largely related to the powertrain), the vehicle itself still drew criticism for bland styling derived from its predecessor (one reviewer describing it as a "SUV shaped like a sedan") and handling rated behind its competitors. One of his first decisions was to abandon the unpopular "F" model naming scheme for Ford-division cars. In late 2006, Ford Motor Company named Boeing CEO Alan Mulally to replace William Clay Ford Jr. Pre-production 2008 Ford Five Hundred (on display at 2007 Detroit Auto Show), shown before renaming to 2008 Ford Taurus Assembly) in Chicago, Illinois alongside the Ford Explorer SUV during its production, the Lincoln MKS was assembled alongside the Taurus. The model line was assembled at Chicago Assembly (Torrence Ave. On March 1, 2019, the final Taurus built in the United States rolled off the Chicago assembly line, ending 34 years of the nameplate in North America (since the 2016 model year, Changan Ford has produced a namesake model as its flagship sedan specifically designed for China and exported to the Middle East following the discontinuation of the North American Taurus). The sixth-generation Taurus marked the return of the Taurus SHO (for the first time since 1999) and the introduction of the Police Interceptor Sedan (replacing the Crown Victoria Police Interceptor).Īs Ford expanded its model line of SUVs and CUVs, the Taurus sedan was discontinued following the 2019 model year.
While Ford has never officially announced it as a replacement for the Crown Victoria (or the Mercury Grand Marquis), the sixth generation Taurus was marketed in the full-size segment against many similar vehicles as the preceding sedans. From 2009 to 2017, Lincoln marketed a counterpart of the Taurus as the Lincoln MKS (functionally replacing the Lincoln Town Car). While sharing its D3 chassis underpinnings with the previous generation, the sixth generation marked the first North American use of Kinetic Design design language.Ĭoinciding with the withdrawal of the Mercury brand, the sixth-generation Taurus was developed without a Mercury Sable counterpart (for the first time). Introduced for the 2010 model year, the sixth-generation Taurus is the second generation of the model line produced as a full-size car it was the heaviest sedan sold under the Ford brand worldwide. The sixth generation of the Ford Taurus is the final generation of the model range manufactured by Ford (in markets outside of China and the Middle East). 6F55 6-speed SelectShift® automatic (3.7L FFV)įord Taurus (China) (China and Middle East).
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