[Captain_Howdy]

Transmission shops are going to be sad to see the Taurus/Sable at it's end.
Other then the transmission problems and head gasket problems on the 3.8L
engines that were never addressed since 1986, along with the DPFE problems
with the 1996+ models the Taurus/Sable were great cars.




63Avanti wrote:
NO,
the Taurus was not junk, but neither was it a Toyota or Honda. It was
credited, rightfully, with the recovery of Ford in the 80s. The story
in the financial and automotive press is how Ford p****ed away its
advantage, not "refreshing" the design like its Oriental competitors,
but spent the $$$$ chasing overpriced foreign makers, and the
(temporarily) high return Trucks and SUVs. With petro prices
uncertain, though temporarily down, a little, Ford did not have the
cash on hand to refresh the more than 10 year old design. very sad.
the same pox can be laid on GM, Chrysler. Spending cash flow on the
new and flashy and not on the cash cows, like certain oriental
companies.

we will all be driving non american cars at this rate....


Dwain G. wrote:
A news article the other day said Ford was halting production of the Taurus
after 21 years (Wow!) and closing the 59 year old Atlanta plant.
My first thought was that a 59 year old plant would have been a 'modern,
up-to-date facility' to Studebaker.
Next I thought of a quote that Avanti owner Steve Blake was fond of
repeating. "We are putting a 20-year-old body on a 30-year-old chassis.
It's being done by 70-year-old workers in a 100-year-old plant."