Taurus SHO in Sydney

[TC200six]

Ewww yuck it's a Taurus! Worst car ever made in history!

How do I know this? It weighs more than a Falcon and is smaller inside. That's all I know about them, so it must be a diabolical automobile.

[Polyal]

Originally Posted by TC200six

How do I know this? It weighs more than a Falcon and is smaller inside. That's all I know about them, so it must be a diabolical automobile.

Well its not a good start.

[Lardman]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

When you read up on the Ford USA website about the features they get in cars over there, people should be getting excited about it....stuff like SYNC, torque vectoring control, intelligent access and push start (like even cheap stuff has had here for years), multi-contour seating for fatigue management, and heaps of other things that we simply never even got offered in the Falcon.

The AWD SHO is an awesome car.

Sync is hardly used - Old man has a BMW, doesn't use any of the same feature set.

Torque Vectoring is simply a braking LSD - All modern Mercs and BMW's have this, and a number of other cars like the upcoming Clio RS.

Push start, oh wow.

Multi-contour seating - sit in a 320i. Those are properly good seats.

Originally Posted by dallasv8

would be interesting to see what FPV could do to one of these

The SHO is already a nice pumped up one. Odds are FPV won't touch it.

Originally Posted by madmelon

They're a barge ****- 1810kg for the base model 4 cylinder Ecoboost, 1830kg for the V6 and 1970kg for the AWD Ecoboost. Shocking.

1990KG Kerb weight. It's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by flappist

OMG you mean that due to them being AWD and therefore having almost double the drive line components they weigh 100kg more that an Ecoboost Falcon?

That is almost HALF of how much a FG Ecoboost weighs more than a AU Forte.......

The E63 AMG weighs 20kg less than the Taurus, is larger, has way more power, a V8 BiTurbo.

Even with AWD, it weighs 200kg more than the F6 - with a smaller engine!

How is this a step forwards, you tell me?

[flappist]

It's too heavy, it's too small, it's too big, it's too ugly.....
Don't buy one then.

The good news; there will still be plenty of clapped out 10 year old falcons to buy in 2026 so why are you all worried....

[TC200six]

Falcons were getting heavier by the generation too. If Ford were building a new generation Falcon instead of discontinuing them, they would've been catching onto the Taurus' weight.

[Lardman]

Originally Posted by TC200six

Falcons were getting heavier by the generation too. If Ford were building a new generation Falcon instead of discontinuing them, they would've been catching onto the Taurus' weight.

Did you miss the point where the Taurus is front wheel drive, dimensionally smaller with a less powerful powertrain and is still heavier than the FG2?

[FalconXV]

If they do press ahead with it, it won't be on the D3 platform, and next gen would be considerably lighter.

[ryeman]

Originally Posted by Motorbreath310

I'm glad I'm not the only who has had these thoughts. Started thinking I had soccer-mum syndrome.

Underground car parks are a problem for large sedans, the world is getting more cramped each year in large cities.

[LeadFoot81]

Yes, the current Taurus is a flawed design. However, its still an impressively specced car and in SHO form accelerates pretty quickly and has good (not great) handling (or so I've read) The next D3 Taurus will address the weight and packaging issues that beset the current model.

Personally I think Taurus' greatest enemy is its cousin, the Fusion.

[TheSneakiness]

Don't mind the styling...

[WPR1]

I would love a fat WRX (I can't fit my family of 5 in the current one)

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by Lardman

Did you miss the point where the Taurus is front wheel drive, dimensionally smaller with a less powerful powertrain and is still heavier than the FG2?

What about it?

[chevypower]

I really wish Ford could unleash the full potential of the 3.5 EcoBoost in the D3 vehicles (570Nm of torque @ 2000 rpm). Upgrade to the powertrain maybe? Make the AWD biased toward the rear?

[lowlux86]

It actually looks really nice in person! I would drive one!

[HullKR]

Is there a Ute variant?

[EASYBOSS]

Originally Posted by HullKR

Is there a Ute variant?

No, but they did have this back in the good old days

[Anchor]

Originally Posted by Lardman

Sync is hardly used - Old man has a BMW, doesn't use any of the same feature set.

Torque Vectoring is simply a braking LSD - All modern Mercs and BMW's have this, and a number of other cars like the upcoming Clio RS.

Push start, oh wow.

Multi-contour seating - sit in a 320i. Those are properly good seats.



The SHO is already a nice pumped up one. Odds are FPV won't touch it.



1990KG Kerb weight. It's ridiculous.



The E63 AMG weighs 20kg less than the Taurus, is larger, has way more power, a V8 BiTurbo.

Even with AWD, it weighs 200kg more than the F6 - with a smaller engine!

How is this a step forwards, you tell me?

You're comparing the Taurus to an AMG Merc and a BMW? Not sure if serious... Most features a vehicle manufacturer brings out have already been available in another vehicle.. Not rocket science to figure that one out.

You'll never please everyone. Perfect example - Falcons aren't selling.
Don't forget we probably won't get anything like this until 2015/16. Which by then, there'll be the usual updates. Weight cuts, more power, more tech.

I think they look quite good. Those wanting performance will just have to hope for the Mustang GT. There's no saying the SHO can't be tuned anyway.. Even from factory.

[Bossxr8]

Forget it fellas, Graziano basically wrote off any form of Falcon replacement today. Large cars only make up 3.7% of total vehicle sales and he even considers that will keep dropping. Its barely even worth playing in now.

Fords stance will be that if anyone wants a large-ish size car a Mondeo will have to do. He even said Holden will be basing their 2017 car on the Malibu. I don't know if he knows that as a fact or if thats his educated opinion though. But Taurus won't be made RHD anyway, thats already been confirmed out of the US.

[JPFS1]

Perhaps Taurus won't be made at all!

[Franco Cozzo]

Mondeo is a good car anyway, now we can have the full power 2L ecoboost, instead of the watered down one they have in it now because there will be no Falcon for it to compete with.

[SS_01]

Originally Posted by JPFS1

Perhaps Taurus won't be made at all!

You always seem to have the info JPFS1, perhaps a little further insight? Pretty Please haha.

[Nikked]

Taurus is heaps ugly hey...




I would have no problem owning this.

[Bossxr8]

Obvious photo chop is obvious.

[4.0i OHC]

Originally Posted by Nikked

Taurus is heaps ugly hey...


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I would have no problem owning this.

Neither would I. I would be owning it every day thanks to the effortless torque of my future 2016 XR6 turbo ute

[Road_Warrior]

The new CD4 platform is Ford's global large car, and this 'aint Toreass. Deal with it.

[Benjamin Smith]

Yer i may be happy with a cliTaurus they could make a uTuarus i would even happier

[tranquilized]

I thought everyone knew that the current generation Taurus will never be sold in Australia. Who cares how much it weighs, how big it is outside, how small it is inside - it will never be sold here anyway - common knowledge!!!

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by GQ_Smooth

Must be last minute, to airfreight a car is approximately 1000 more expensive than to sea freight one.

If you mean $1000 more I think you are way under... perhaps add a zero to that figure would be a bout right?

Happy to be told different of course.

[COOLHAND]

I'd be pretty bloody happy to own one. AWD? Yes friggin please!

FWD can stay over in the states though.

Yes I am gutted that the locally made Falcon will be no more.... but the possibility that the Taurus will fill the hole has made me feel a whole lot better about the future of Ford Australia.

No it's not perfect but what Falcon ever was?

For those of you whinging about power, weight, speed, etc.... based on the link below, I reckon a tuned SHO with zorst and air intake is pretty quick enough for me on the open streets..... 4.3 seconds 0-100 and a 12.8 quarter???? Holy crap!

I just hope the fuel consumption is reasonable. However do I really care about 1 or 2 or even 3 litres per 100k's.... definitely not.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/11304255...ord-taurus-sho

I wish Ford Australia the best of luck and hope that they have the vision to deliver the Australian public another era of great vehicles. I tell you what.... im actually looking forward to see what they deliver beyond 2016. Talk about exciting!!!!

[Lotte]

Originally Posted by ryeman

Underground car parks are a problem for large sedans, the world is getting more cramped each year in large cities.

It's not just the city, we got a new coles out our way. Dave parked, was convinced he had to have parked dodgily. Nope. half the bonnet of the xr8 ute hanging out the park. Then took a 3 point turn to get round the corner (reversed into the corner park of where we wanted to exit, never a smart move).
But yeah, the world is getting cramped. I don't like it. What happens when I get the '63 compact I'll never be able to park, anywhere, ever.