designeraccd

Having owned 3 Taurus (Taurii??) + briefly a 500 AWD I find this renaming of young Mr. Mays bloated, last gen Audi/VW design quite interesting. The original Taurus (3L V6)was visually striking, but even then my wife's 4 cylinder Accord would easily out perform it by any measurement one could use. Jack Telnack's original Taurus was stunning, visually and adequate functionally plus comparable pricewise. So the car's "styling" really vaulted it above anything else out there at the time. This is far from the case with the 500/Taurus of 07/08. The 500 I had was, to me, only impressive during bad Winter weather. With its very capable AWD the car was exceptionally good then, but under normal driving it was a total snooozurr and ate gas; the car was traded after @ 5-6 months for a Mazda 3S which lasted @ 8 months and was then traded for my latest '05 Accord EX, V6 coupe. Looks wise the Accord is ok, but certainly not striking like the early Taurus, but dynamically the car is only let down by the o.e. tires. Would I rather have another Ford? Yes...IF they had a product that at least MATCHED the Accord, but to me that certainly isn't the 500...oops, Taurus '08. I hope Ford's new management finds a "star" like Jack Telnack was who can create a stunning new design; without that Ford will continue its dive. Product, DESIREABLE product is everything...look at the 64 1/2 Mustang and original Taurus for historical proof. DFO