I know Mulally hinted of a new better looking Taurus sometime in the future and that the new design was what it originally should have looked. I thought it was sort of an odd moment since it seemed like a thinly veiled criticism of the current car's styling. I agree with you on the current grille thing Ford has going, I like my car to look like a car not a razor blade.

 

That car still has the three bar grilled.... Its just not as... chromey...

 

It looks decent from what I can tell. it doesn't look as big as the current one though, I don't know if it's going to be smaller or it just looks that way.

Grill does look a lot better, the current grill's seemed cool for about a month and then they got old.

I think the whole SYNC idea from Ford is a good idea, espeically for only $400, if I thought the quality was there that would be a feature that would possibly sway me from another brand.

 

This is a hot car and something I wouldn't have expected from Ford, seeing that their current line up is crap. I'm really glad to see they did away with the 3 bar grill, it was overdone and not that good looking to begin with.

From another recent thread:

Ford has lost their #2 spot, sales are down, stock is way down, and they are still unprofitable, so what exactly is Ford doing right? Besides the Edge their line up sucks, they have no interesting products in the pipeline. Their will be no turnaround for Ford

Want to revise your "no turnaround" comment?

It's ok, you're still young grasshopper

Personally.... GREAT looking car. Good job Ford. :thumbup:

 

From another recent thread:



Want to revise your "no turnaround" comment?

It's ok, you're still young grasshopper

Personally.... GREAT looking car. Good job Ford. :thumbup:

This car is nice I will take back the boring product comment, however I still think Ford's future is pretty bleak.

 

Car looks pretty good (compared to old Tauruses :barf: ). The wheels though...:disappoin. (Though that is true for pretty much all concepts).

 

Looks similar to the new accord.

 

I think it looks a lot better than ANY tauras I've ever seen before. lol

 

Wonder if its based on the European Mondeo (sp?) platform and design wise. Which is a great looking car. The front reminds me of the Hyundai Sonata or it looks similar Regardless one of the best looking Ford's in a long time and that is saying a lot.

 

Seems rather tall? Like an Outback sedan?

Just bring over the Mondeo already! GM brought the Astra over!

 

Seems rather tall?

I thought the same thing...

 

Mondeo is crap, wtf are all you people smoking.

 

Some odd responses so far. To me it looks the same size as the 500 (which they recently renamed "Taurus"). I wouldn't doubt if it's not "all new", my guess is a highly refreshed 500 makes this the new Taurus.

But then again, it's a crappy picture, and there's too much to speculate!

 

If any of the Detroit automakers pull it back together it's going to be Ford. Unless GM starts taking things seriously I think they are the ones with a bleak future. Chrysler was a lost cause for me years ago...

 

Looks nice. And blurry unfortunately....

 

I would like to see ford make a comeback just for variety's sake.

 

I think there is still quiet a bit of variety on the road, but I am actually about sick of looking at sky-jacked F250's and Chevy 2500's. Although I think you are right that it wouldn't really be much fun if the auto industry had no competition. Just as long as Toyota stays on top. :naughty: I think it is not that far in the future until the price of fuel starts to seriously change the market.

 

Good looking car.. I definitely like it. I'm really curious to see the interior, though...