2005 Ford Taurus Review North Carolina

Ford Taurus -- 2005 Review: Twenty years ago, Michael J.

Local Companies

Central Ford Inc.
(252) 332-2133
711 East Memorial Drive
Ahoskie, NC
White Ford, LLC
(252) 537-6136
175 Old Farm Road
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Jones Ford
(910) 754-4341
2410 Ocean Highway West
Shallotte, NC
Sanders Ford Inc
(877) 715-8454
1135 Lejeune Blvd
Jacksonville, NC
Thomasville Ford
(800) 467-2497
1315 National Highway
Thomasville, NC
Beachum And Lee Ford, Inc.
(704) 694-4101
Highway 74 West
Wadesboro, NC
Scenic Motors Inc
(336) 789-9591
1992 Rockford Street
Mount Airy, NC
Lum's Ford, Inc.
(704) 982-1122
738 Highway 27 East
Albemarle, NC
Asheville Ford Lincoln Mercury
(828) 253-2731
325 Biltmore Ave.
Asheville, NC
Paramount Ford
(828) 874-2161
101 Malcolm Boulevard
Rutherford College, NC

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Introduction

Ford Taurus -- 2005 Review: Twenty years ago, Michael J. Fox and a pimped DeLorean struck box-office gold with "Back to the Future," a fantasy film about a 1980s kid who goes back in time to the 1950s, tickling that "what-if" itch we all want to scratch. By divine coincidence, the 1986 Ford Taurus arrived shortly thereafter, capitalizing on societal interest in time travel. A radically styled family car that looked like it had come from the future, that first Taurus redefined what the midsize sedan should be. Fast-forward to the future, circa 2006, and after a two-decade run that included at least one "best-selling car in America" title, the Ford Taurus meets the executioner. Consumer interest in this bread-and-butter sedan dropped off a cliff when the bulbous, fish-faced 1996 model debuted, and with buyers converting to the religions of Honda, Nissan and Toyota by the hundreds of thousands, the Taurus hasn't stood a chance since President Clinton was turning the Oval Office into the No-Tell Motel.

Despite huge cash-back incentives to both buyers and dealers, the Ford Taurus usually lands in American driveways only when out-of-town relatives visit with a rental or when salespeople get a free company car. But is this fleet-special status justified? Is the Taurus a victim of bad press, poor design, or both?

We rented one to find out, and as it turns out, it's mostly bad press.

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Featured Local Company

Central Ford Inc.

(252) 332-2133
711 East Memorial Drive
Ahoskie, NC

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