Blue Oval Staff Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 ARTICLE LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sixcav Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 The very last one will be sold to the founder of Atlanta based Chik-Fil-A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I wonder where the last LTD, Escort, Contour, Tempo, Fairmont, MN12 T-Bird, Cougar, Pinto, Torino, Maverick, Comet, Monarch, Granada, Galaxie 500, Edsel, Mark III-VII,.... etc are??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I wonder where the last LTD, Escort, Contour, Tempo, Fairmont, MN12 T-Bird, Cougar, Pinto, Torino, Maverick, Comet, Monarch, Granada, Galaxie 500, Edsel, Mark III-VII,.... etc are??? They were probably left abandoned on the side of a freeway somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondhead Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 They were probably left abandoned on the side of a freeway somewhere. fuck this little prick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I wonder where the last LTD, Escort, Contour, Tempo, Fairmont, MN12 T-Bird, Cougar, Pinto, Torino, Maverick, Comet, Monarch, Granada, Galaxie 500, Edsel, Mark III-VII,.... etc are??? Who knows? None of those cars had the impact on the auto industry the way the Taurus did. The Taurus changed the way cars look. Also when the other cars ended production, it wasn't under the dramatic circumstances that we face today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embalmers Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I know the last MN-12 Thunderbird is in a classic Thunderbird museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I know the last MN-12 Thunderbird is in a classic Thunderbird museum. The first '55 T-Bird and the 1,000,000th 1972 were both owned by the same collector in California. Motor Trend did a story about the guy many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Rabbit Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 fuck this little prick Hey Dave, tell this son of a bitch to jump up on a stump and kiss you're ASS.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgey Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Ford originally planned to sell the last batch of Tauruses, include the last car, to a large fleet contract. They had no intention of preserving it. Ford is growing so stingy that they won't even give the last Taurus away, they are selling it to a guy who is putting it into a museum. At least Ford could have donated the car for the museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 (edited) fuck this little prick Hey Dave, tell this son of a bitch to jump up on a stump and kiss you're ASS.. No more of this crap. If you're going to swear, put it in context :P Like Sixcav. Edited October 27, 2006 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sixcav Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Yeah dammit!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Ford originally planned to sell the last batch of Tauruses, include the last car, to a large fleet contract. They had no intention of preserving it. Ford is growing so stingy that they won't even give the last Taurus away, they are selling it to a guy who is putting it into a museum. At least Ford could have donated the car for the museum. The guy who bought it owns Chik-Fil-A so I think he can afford it for his museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 The guy who bought it owns Chik-Fil-A so I think he can afford it for his museum Yeah. Like if this guy calls you up and says, "I'd like to buy the last Taurus", you're gonna say, "What? I insist that we give it to you for free!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman100 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Ford would have given it to him if he was a homosexual. Since he's just another straight white guy, screw him (figuratively). This is the new Ford Motor Company - you white guys are too cheap and won't buy fashion statement vehicles - we'll let the Japanese sell to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) Yeah cuz other car companys dont sell to gays, 'skirts', and those dark people right? Umm, no! Looks like you will have to ban all car makers. GM and DCX have domestic partner benefits too. Get a clue and go back to the caves. BAck when 'good old solid citizen [white] boys' ran Detroit, we got the 1970's and the beginning of the slow painful job losses! Also, some should stick to cars and not politics in a CAR forum. Edited October 28, 2006 by 630land Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F250 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Get a clue and go back to the caves. BAck when 'good old solid citizen [white] boys' ran Detroit, we got the 1970's and the beginning of the slow painful job losses! Also, some should stick to cars and not politics in a CAR forum. The '70s WTF?!?! Right now it's 2006 and an estimated 35,000 Ford (not including GM) jobs are being lost and 14 plants closed so explain how the current crew of idiots is doing a better job than when the 'good old solid citizen [white] boys' ran things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F250 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I wonder where the last LTD, Escort, Contour, Tempo, Fairmont, MN12 T-Bird, Cougar, Pinto, Torino, Maverick, Comet, Monarch, Granada, Galaxie 500, Edsel, Mark III-VII,.... etc are??? Here's a few. Galaxie 500/LTD were renamed Crown Victoria (this name dates back to the '50s) and is still in production. Maverick/Comet were replaced by the Granada which was replaced by the Fairmont which was replaced by the Tempo which was replaced by the Contour. Pinto was replaced by the Escort which was replaced by Focus of course instead if simply keeping the Escort name for the re-design. All car companies change names for marketing reasons, like when Toyota dropped the Tercel name and replaced it with Echo, then dropped that and now it's the Yaris. Then there it the Taurus which more than any other car saved Ford Motor Co in the 1980's. In 1985 when it was introduced the Taurus was a radical new sedan that changed the entire segment, that cannot be said of it's replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F250 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Ford originally planned to sell the last batch of Tauruses, include the last car, to a large fleet contract. They had no intention of preserving it. Ford is growing so stingy that they won't even give the last Taurus away, they are selling it to a guy who is putting it into a museum. At least Ford could have donated the car for the museum. I guess that's because it wasn't built at the precious Rouge plant. The milestone 100,000,000th Ford was a Rogue Fairmont that was preserved. There was a big deal here on BON when the last Rouge built Mustang was saved and put on display at Ford. But the very last Taurus, no that's not from Rouge so I guess it's nothing special, just send it to a rental fleet. Interresting how someone outside of Ford Motor Company saw the value of preserving the last Taurus. Does anyone know if the first Taurus is in Ford's museum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius1701 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Does anyone know if the first Taurus is in Ford's museum? Possibly Greenleaf has it? Arreviderci Taurus-you were a fine car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 But the very last Taurus, no that's not from Rouge so I guess it's nothing special, just send it to a rental fleet. Because that's what Ford wants to do. They want to commemorate how BADLY they SCREWED up the Taurus. They should've taken the last Taurus on a world tour, held festivities at the various Ford facilities and dealerships and said, "THIS CAR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REPRESENTS ALL THAT WE FAILED TO DO, ALL THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE, AND WE WANT TO COMMEMORATE IT!!!!" If the Chick-fil-A guy wants to do something with the Taurus, let him. Ford should take a lesson from its failure and move on. Ford doesn't have the last T-bird either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC-MAN Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 I agree. The Taurus propelled Ford from tailing GM to killing it in the 80's. GM, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and VW had to change their products to make them more like the Taurus to hope to compete. One of the biggest things that killed Chrysler's sales in the late eighties was Iacocca's failure to allow stylists to move from a square conservative style to a Fordesque Aero style. Ford drove the mid-sized market in 1990, ten years later they had destroyed their premier car with psycotic styling and then left it out there to flap in the breeze while they re-did the Explorer every 90 days. How did they respond to questions about allowing Honda adn Toyota take over the car market? By stating that SUV's were the new sedans of course. When the shudder the HQ and erect a big T on the wall, there'll still be some jackassed corperate suit setting their insisting Ford has not made stupid decisions for the last 15 years. Consider this. The Five Hundred has the potential to be very competitive. It has one weakness that has been pointed out since it started production. Too little motor. How has Ford reponded? They haven't. Just likewith the Taurus, they've let it set around, getting a bad rep, when they know how to fix the problem! :slap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 (edited) It has one weakness that has been pointed out since it started production. Actually it has two weaknesses. And if you expect faster turn around than 2-1/2 years for an all new interior, new front and rear fascias, new motor and new transmission, well, good luck with that. Edited October 28, 2006 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F250 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 Because that's what Ford wants to do. They want to commemorate how BADLY they SCREWED up the Taurus. They should've taken the last Taurus on a world tour, held festivities at the various Ford facilities and dealerships and said, "THIS CAR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REPRESENTS ALL THAT WE FAILED TO DO, ALL THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE, AND WE WANT TO COMMEMORATE IT!!!!" If the Chick-fil-A guy wants to do something with the Taurus, let him. Ford should take a lesson from its failure and move on. Ford doesn't have the last T-bird either. Don't send the last Taurus on tours for customers to see. No, park that car right at the front door of the World Headquarters building and make every executive look at it on the way in to work every day. See if it will remind them of their failures you stated above. No, then again they are so arrogant they would probably miss the point. The same fate happened to the Model T. In production nearly unchanged for 19 years it established Ford Motor co. But old Henry waited too long to update it and it nearly killed the company. That last 15,000,000th Model T was commemorated when T production ended. Oh, that's right we already established that history means nothing today and the company can't learn valuable lessons from it's own history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgun Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Don't send the last Taurus on tours for customers to see. No, park that car right at the front door of the World Headquarters building and make every executive look at it on the way in to work every day. See if it will remind them of their failures you stated above. No, then again they are so arrogant they would probably miss the point. The same fate happened to the Model T. In production nearly unchanged for 19 years it established Ford Motor co. But old Henry waited too long to update it and it nearly killed the company. That last 15,000,000th Model T was commemorated when T production ended. Oh, that's right we already established that history means nothing today and the company can't learn valuable lessons from it's own history. Plain and simple.....Well said...period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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