Advertised as a “shape and feel we’ve never seen before,” the aerodynamic 1986 Ford Taurus immediately appealed to the driving public. Ford sold more than 200,000 in its first year and more than a ...

Taurus became to Ford what the minivan was to Chrysler.” By 1992, the Taurus had beat the Honda Accord to become America’s best-selling car, but the oval-themed second generation that debuted ...

Ford design had been loosening up before that, according to Telnack. The 1979 Mustang, with a slanting front end, broke the mold of older Ford products. And European automakers were moving in the ...

DETROIT (AP) -- With car buyers in a bearish mood, Ford Motor Co. is revamping its bull.The Dearborn automaker is set to debut it 2010 Ford Taurus this week at the North American International ...

Telnack, then chief design executive for Ford North American Automotive Operations, chose the design team for the Taurus and Sable. Early in the process, Caldwell grilled Telnack about the new ...

Aerodynamics is a huge deal in vehicle manufacturing today. Slipping through the air as easily as possible helps EVs attain high range and aids small cars in helping score incredible fuel economy ...

Still, the vehicle that Ford settled on pushed domestic design far enough forward that the Taurus stood in as a futuristic car in RoboCop and Back to the Future Part II. It also aged relatively ...

A new Ford Taurus has debuted ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, and although the model shown was specific to the Chinese market, it signals a clear design departure for the nameplate going forward ...

DETROIT – Belittling your product probably isn’t a great marketing tool, but two top Ford Motor executives recently criticized the looks of the new Taurus sedan, with one comparing it to ...

Ford built the new Taurus on its global product development platform, relying on computer-aided design tools instead of life-size models to bring the car to market a year sooner.

An interview with the design manager of the 2010 Ford SHO In our recent report from the Atlanta Auto Show, we promised more about the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. Well, we're finally making good on that ...

Ford Taurus. What we loved: ... With a catchy design, the car debuted in 2006 and helped attract new buyers to a company that needed all the help it could get to avoid bankruptcy at the time.