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VIDEO: Ford press conference yields surprise $650 car announcement

Between the hysteria of this week's SEMA Show and Chrysler's never-ending (and partially baffling) revelations yesterday, a shocking announcement by Ford Motor Company has been nearly drowned out. But rest assured, your Autoblog team never rests (even after huffing down 9,000 calories apiece at Vegas' Wynn Buffet!) and have tracked down this astounding piece of news. Ford has taken a long, hard look at the state of the American automotive scene and has decided to do the (almost) unthinkable – sell us a car for $650. Now, there are ... Read more →

SEMA 2009: Ford Taurus puts on a good SHO

We didn't expect much from Ford's new fulls-size four-door at this year's SEMA show, but the quartet of Taurus Concepts were actually pretty impressive. The design lends itself better to ...

VIDEO: SHO vs. SHO on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

As we reported yesterday, the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien last night. The comic host still owns and drives his beloved 1992 SHO, claiming ...

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien welcomes 2010 Taurus SHO tonight!

If Jay Leno were a Ferrari McLaren F1, Conan O'Brien would be a Ford Taurus SHO. Now hold on, that's not an insult to Conan, who just took over Jay's hosting duties on The Tonight Show. It's an ...

SEMA Preview: The rest of the best from Ford and Lincoln

In addition to the slew of Mustangs that will be at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas next week, Ford has well over a dozen more vehicles represented including perennial favorites like the Focus, ...

Commercial Success: The 1986 Ford Taur-US, For US! 1 month ago on Autoblog

The 1980s. The decade that gave us Knight Rider, Gobots, rolled jeans and poofy hair also produced a lot of lousy cars. There were a few good ones, too, and the 1986 Taurus is at the top of the list. The new-at-the-time Taurus was a near instant phenomenon as it garnered over 200,000 sales in its ...

2010 Ford Taurus reportedly enjoying strong early sales in California 1 month ago on Autoblog

We've already established that we feel the 2010 Ford Taurus is a lot more interesting than the boring and benign model it replaced, and sales totals are starting to reinforce our findings. September's sales tally revealed that the new Blue Oval flagship received a 60% sales increase versus ...

Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SEL stays big, goes upscale 1 month ago on Autoblog

In 1985, when few models really stood out from the midsize pack, Ford created one of the most influential vehicles of the late 20th century: the Taurus. Radically styled and intelligently packaged, the Taurus won the hearts and minds of millions of car buyers, and for over a decade, it was a ...

Review: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO gets measured against the original 2 months ago on Autoblog

There's a small group of enthusiasts who worship a car you just wouldn't expect: the original Ford Taurus SHO. And I'm one of them. After years of searching for an example in good shape, I bought my very first vintage SHO, a 1991 Ford Taurus SHO Plus model (we'll explain what the "Plus" means ...

REPORT: Ford to go after lux brands with new Taurus ads [w/VIDEO] 3 months ago on Autoblog

While the Taurus name still carries very strong awareness with customers, Ford needs to show the car-buying public that the 2010 model has an entirely new level of class and refinement. To accomplish its goal, the flagship sedan's new marketing campaign is ignoring competitors like the Honda ...

Inside Line pits Ford Taurus against Honda Accord. Who wins? 4 months ago on Autoblog

When Honda decided to grow its bread-and-butter Accord sedan in every dimension, it entered into the large car segment. The press has been pretty well split on whether or not that was a good idea, but the car buying public continues to vote favorably with its pocket books. Ford has had a large ...

Bigs n' Littles: Inside Line pits Ford's new Taurus SHO against Infiniti G37 4 months ago on Autoblog

Back when we gave you our first drive impressions of Ford's new Taurus and Taurus SHO, we expressed a measure of concern that it wasn't immediately clear as to which competitors Dearborn's new offerings might square off against. While carving out a new niche can sometimes mean that you can coerce ...

First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus - The once and future king? 5 months ago on Autoblog

Ford's marketers and PR types have a tremendous job ahead of them: Educating the American consumer on what company's new Taurus is all about. It's a Herculean task that amounts to nothing more than rebuilding a brand that was once broadly considered an icon – not just of the auto industry ...

What's New Is Old Again: 2010 Ford Taurus launching with incentives 5 months ago on Autoblog

The new 2010 Ford Taurus may share nothing mechanically with the model that ended production a few years ago, but it will launch this September with one thing in common: incentives. A poster car for rental fleets, the last-generation Taurus was being sold with rebates of between $3,000 and ...

2010 Ford Taurus SHO configurator comes online, many new pics 5 months ago on Autoblog

The 2010 Ford Taurus SHO is almost here, which is music to the ear of any SHO fan (*raises hand*). We'll be getting our first drive in one, along with the standard Taurus, later this week, but our appetites have been whetted thanks to a slew of new images released today and the launch of the ...

Esquire publishes first driving impressions of 2010 Ford Taurus SHO 5 months ago on Autoblog

Though Esquire isn't normally considered a car mag, it does have enough clout to get Ford to cough up the keys to a brand new 2010 Taurus SHO. The 365-hp sleeper sedan was named the magazine's first ever Car of the Year and had to be driven in order to be considered. Along with the award, ...

REPORT: Mercury Sable reaching the end of the line Thursday 6 months ago on Autoblog

Mercury's born-again Sable sedan is dead again – or, more accurately, it will be come so on Thursday. According to The Detroit News, Ford's gussied-up Taurus (itself a gussied-up Five Hundred) will expire later this week, leaving Mercury with just four models: the Milan, Mariner, ...

AOL Autos snags ride in 2010 Taurus SHO with Ford's only female dynamics engineer 6 months ago on Autoblog

Our lucky compatriots at AOL Autos had the chance to get some passenger-seat time in the all-new 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, along with a glimpse into the inner-workings of FoMoCo's engineering team. The story centers around Ford's only female Vehicle Dynamics Development Engineer, Christina "Crissy" ...

Hennessey Performance ready to tap 2010 Ford Taurus SHO's potential 9 months ago on Autoblog

Charles, one of our eagle-eyed readers, came across this page on the Hennessey website announcing plans to offer upgrades for the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. A quick email and a subsequent phone call from Mr. Hennessey himself confirmed that the power-obsessed tuner is hoping to exploit the new SHO's ...

Chicago 2009: SHO History - The real reason Ford had Yamaha's V6 lying around 9 months ago on Autoblog

In case you haven't noticed, there will always be a place in our hearts for the Taurus SHO, and news that the car is headed back to production has at least one staffer in something approaching a dream state. But if you ever really thought about it, it doesn''t really make too much sense that Ford ...

VIDEO: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO reveal video... revealed 9 months ago on Autoblog

Being that the biggest reveal of this year's Chicago Auto Show has been the new 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, we thought you might enjoy some video of it actually moving rather than just posing all pretty on a show stand. We found some B-roll footage of the new SHO being driven sans a soundtrack, but ...

Chicago 2009: SHO Starter - Ford Taurus SHO kicks off Chicago 9 months ago on Autoblog

We've just dashed back to the media center from the first press conference of the 2009 Chicago Auto Show where Ford unveiled the new 2010 Taurus SHO to the whoops and cries of SHO enthusiasts. We sat directly in front of a group of identically SHO-shirted "inner circle" faithful that Ford had ...

Officially Official: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO! 9 months ago on Autoblog

The SHO must go on. SHO me the money. It's SHO time! We've heard them all during the months of speculation leading up to this moment. Without further ado, we present to you the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. That's right, Ford has decided to revive the moniker once affixed to the sports sedan that ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO spotted without camo! 10 months ago on Autoblog

Thanks to our friends at BringBackTheSHO.com, we now have more evidence than ever that the SHO will rise again. These spy shots show a pair of serious looking Taurus sedans snapped along the I-75 corridor in Michigan Florida (the greenish grass and lack of snow suggest they weren't taken ...

2010 Ford Taurus SHO slated for Chicago debut? 10 months ago on Autoblog

Ford has launched its mini-site for the 2010 Taurus, and in addition to including images of its new flagship sedan in all available colors (see updated gallery below), a clue has been discovered that may shed some light on the rumored return of the much loved SHO model. Mousing over the word ...

Detroit 2009: Ford reveals 2010 Taurus, party like it's 1986 10 months ago on Autoblog

Last month, Ford's President of the Americas Mark Fields remarked that it was going to be like 1986 all over again when the 2010 Ford Taurus arrives. The original Taurus that debuted during the Reagan Era was certainly groundbreaking, not only for its aerodynamic design that was unique in the ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Taurus - Now with undisguised interior! 11 months ago on Autoblog

Late last week we clued you in to some spy shots of the 2010 Ford Taurus, and now that more mules are circulating frigid greater Detroit, we've got a whole set of even more revealing snaps. These KGP photos of a different prototype shed even more light on the Blue Oval's pivotal new sedan, ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Taurus 11 months ago on Autoblog

Although we were privy to a sneak-peek of the 2010 Ford Taurus ahead of its unveiling, we fear that frowning burly men in limo-tinted black Expeditions will appear in our driveways if we disclose anything. Thus, we present you with the next best thing: Spy shots. Espionage artists have captured our ...

Mercury Sable dies along with Taurus X 11 months ago on Autoblog

Next month Ford is expected to unveil the all new 2010 Ford Taurus at the Detroit Auto Show, but don't expect the large sedan to be accompanied by a new Mercury Sable. Ford spokesman Mark Schirmer told Automotive News that the spacious sedan will take a dirt nap in April, one month after the Taurus ...

Neff's Endgame: SHO monster on Craigslist 1 year ago on Autoblog

It is time for Neff to put up or shut up. There's a '93 Ford Taurus SHO on Craigslist that will provide him with both the car of his dreams and the ability to handle the extreme driving conditions he faces during Cleveland winters. It's been slightly modified by the current owner, who retained the ...

Rendered Speculation: Is it SHOtime for the next Ford Taurus? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the BringBacktheSHO Concept V2 We heard yesterday from a group of Ford Taurus SHO fans who were questioned in a focus group by Ford employees working on the next Taurus program, so we know that the Blue Oval is at least considering a high performance version of ...

Ford holds Taurus SHO focus group in Chicago... what does it mean??? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for gallery of more modern Taurus SHO renderings Being an avid Super High Output fan, any news of a Taurus SHO return gets my imagination going. Should it be FWD, AWD, or RWD? V8-powered or have a twin-turbo V6 underhood? Should it be light and handle well or compensate for its mass ...

Spy Shots: 2010 Ford Taurus... finally 1 year ago on Autoblog

Around 2 AM EST on Monday night, one of our readers sent us a tip about a photo making the rounds on two Taurus-specific forums. We followed both links and came across the spy shot you see above – now rumored to be the 2010 Ford Taurus. Big deal, right? It was, but not for the reasons you ...

Classified Find of the Day: Robocop 3 Ford Taurus cop car 1 year ago on Autoblog

There was a Robocop 3? Apparently so, it even had theatrical release, but it should have gone directly to video. The most memorable thing from the Robocop franchise, at least for us, were the Taurus police cars. They featured prominently in all of the installments, 3 included. Now for those of us ...

eBay Find of the Day: Topless Taurus makes us Neff swoon 2 years ago on Autoblog

Having healthy fascination with the SHO is one thing; that car was kick-ass, so the lust is understandable. This, on the otherhand, is just... wrong. Not even the novelty of a Taurus convertible can redeem this car from being anything more than a wrong-headed bucket of, um, fertilizer. Sawz-All ...

Ford Taurus goes abroad, on sale in Korea later this month 2 years ago on Autoblog

Ford is launching the Taurus in South Korea at the end of the month where it's expected to compete with locally manufactured sedans like Kia's Opirus, which we know in the U.S. as the Amanti. Korean versions of the Taurus will get the same 263-hp 3.6L V6 and six-speed auto as U.S. spec cars, ...








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