that will be nice and it cant come soon enough!

Hopefully they’ll do the right thing and offer it with a manual transmission.

Direly needed, and welcome.

Who needs rwd, when they have a twin turbo V6 3.5

Better have a transmission that lasts.
FoMoCo better get it right, people hate dropping 3 grand on a 4 year old car.

Since the car is getting a massive redesign, I do not think it will not be a 4 year old car.

By the next year gas will be $5/gallon. It matters very little if it is V6 or V8 with 350HP, those horsies are generated by burning fuel. Another year of $4 to $5/gallon gas bill, which one will have enough scratch for this? We just started $4/gallon economy, wait to see affects it takes. Marketing should start working on rebates package or gas plan similar to Chrysler’s to time it for the production date.

Why xyunya, did you not hear what George Soros said, he said gas prices will go down when we go into a recession.

Performance AWD is not quite as stupid as performance FWD but is still plenty stupid, with its dual-transmission weight penalty and extra maintenance.

howsmydriving, you ever driven the Mazdaspeed3, it may be fwd but that car is still an amazing drive.

the aussies have a turbo I6 4.0 in the Falcon making 416hp:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/2008/top-2008-Ford-Australia-FPV-F6.htm

NamelessDenton, I don’t believe in what Soros says. He promised to sack economy using his billions if GWB wins past election. He did not part with his cash. Soros is rich, was bright investor/speculator, but I don’t think he has brains, teeth or balls any longer. I could be wrong: he is billionaire on Forbes list and I post here.

Personally I agree with you, I just wanted to hear what you made of his comment.

I had a ‘99 Taurus LX with the 24v 3.0 Duratech. Once you stopped laughing every time you sat down in front of that plastic fantastic dash, it wasn’t a bad driving car. It handled very well at high speeds (rev limiter unfortunately kicked in at 175kph), had surprising acceleration and was quite comfortable on long trips. I can honestly say I miss that car. The driving dynamics were that good. If I can have that car back with a better interior and another 150 horse, I’m sold.

FORD: (from a long-time european and japenese car- only fan) FINALLY!! This idea is the first from ford that i can recall made me look bright-eyed as i read. Sounds promising. Please only do AWD, though. On the flipside, unfortunately once you consider today’s much (and very increasingly) environmentally and effeciency concerned market, you really could be half a decade or so too late, such a delicious formula, executed properly (tastefully), will still be feasible, even if only in a somewhat limited volume

johnnycanuck, I haven’t driven Taurus in your configuration, but I drove enough of Hertz configured to agree with you that later in life it wasn’t bad car. It was not Accord either (no I could never rent Accord), but it wasn’t Camry as well. In defense of older generation Camry’s they did with 4 cylinders of Hertz configuration what Taurus did with 6 (better mileage of course, but it was purely academic endeavor since gas was cheap and my clients payed for it). I recall first generation Taurus: and you had to love Ford to buy it. 4 cylinder Accord was living it in the dust every time. I never believed Ford advertised horsepower figures or their transmission was transforming all horsepower into heat or something (it wasn’t moving car).

nickkop, if Ford could execute, couple article back we wouldn’t be reading about dying Mercury, would we?

NoNameDenton1, I think Soros has few contracts for expensive oil and he is trying to soften the market, in case someone is still listening. Demand for oil is function of growing population, improving living standards in Asia and their thirst for goods, cars, energy. As long as it trend continues, oil will go up. Like any commodity it will seesaw a little, but I wouldn’t bet my plans on it getting much cheaper any time soon.

furthermore, for a more future – market conscious sibling, I think Ford should most definitly consider either borrowing one of Ford of europe’s clean biturbo diesel V6′ and even turbodiesel I-4, or developing one for this package (as well as other applications), yielding a similar yet more subtle and more fuel-conscious sibling. These varitions could be very necessary for higher-volume sales of such a car, and give potential for a close-performing, similarly attractive alternative.

This could really put you guys on the right track to streamline your product family, and closer to retaining #3 of the largest automakers, where GM still mosty is dwelling on yesterday’s market or is in sad denial of the future automotive industry’s sales environment, and Chrysler, while they may have the resources, prefers to resort to the INGENIOUS idea of BADGE ENGINEERING!

I just hope it is not a total let down. FORD tends to do that a lot.

But AWD with the hot motor would be nice.

Now, how about those Hybrids? FORD put together a nice Plug-in Hybrid Escape that got no less that 45mpg and could easily cap 100mpg. I want a date on that.

I think this shows promise. Remember the old Buick Grand National 6 cylinder turbo? (I know that was a different manufacturer) Those could make insane HP with a little massaging.

I think the same will be true of this echotech 6. The 4 cyl echotechs, while not very refined have proven to be quite durable when pushed to big HP.

I predict that we will see a Taurus ST with well north of 400 HP within weeks of release. That should be possible with programming and boost management.

Ford was also smart to make this only available with AWD. 350 to 400 HP is way too much for any FWD platform. Now, if they can offer it with a decent manual transmission.

A 350hp Twin Turbo AWD Ford Taurus??? Wait a minute did I read that right?? Holy crap I did!

“Ford should most definitly consider either borrowing one of Ford of europe’s clean biturbo diesel V6″

Please, Oh please tell me what Euro Ford CAR has the “V6 diesel”???

“Now, how about those Hybrids? FORD put together a nice Plug-in Hybrid Escape that got no less that 45mpg and could easily cap 100mpg. I want a date on that.”

OK, like I asked the lady who was ragging on about “electric cars”, where will the electricity come from? Her reply, why from the plug in my garage! People, there ain’t no free lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys forgot this is coming from Ford. They may develop “it” but not next year and not for our market. We are talking gang who definitely proved that they can’t shoot straight, hell, they shoot from the wrong end of the rifle! Afterwards they complain that because of government and unfair competition they lost testis.

The twin turbo V6 Mustang should be interesting next to this

I have seen pictures of the 2010 Taurus (Not ST) and it is a jawdropper. One question. Why do you people keep insisting Ford develop a diesel for cars. I don’t care what kind of mileage they get, have you noticed that Diesel is almost $5.50 per gallon in California and it supposed to be $6.00 by Labor Day. Demand for Diesels is in the crapper folks. Open your eyes.

JIMMY8 AND ARSBITER: THE FUEL COST IS MORE THEN OFFSET BY THE ENGINES EFFICIENCY AND LONGEVITY. DIESEL ENGINES LAST FOR AT LEAST 250,000 TO 300,000 MILES, AND IF FORD’S PREVIOUS GASOLINE ENGINES ARE ANY INDICATION, THIS WOULD BE A KNOCK-OUT ACHIEVEMENT. SO IF A DIESEL CAR CAN AVERAGE 30-40 MPG AND STICK AROUND FOR SAY 250,000 MILES (MUCH MORE IF WELL MAINTAINED), WHILE ITS GASOLINE SIBLING ONLY AVERAGES 25 MPG LASTS FOR 100,000 TO 150,000 MILES, WHILE POSSIBLY POLLUTING LESS, YES EVEN POLLUTING LESS WITH GOOD CONTROLS, THEN WHERE IS THERE EVEN A QUESTION, OH YEAH AND TO BOOT, THE DIESEL MOTOR WOULD BE 50-100 LB/FT MORE TORQUE THAN ANY COMPARABLE GAS ENGINE. BY THE WAY HAS ANYONE HERE DRIVEN A HYBRID? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? THEY SUCK ASS

*** THE DIESEL ENGINE WOULD BE 50-100 LB-FT TORQUIER ***

I disagree. The fuel cost is not offset, because in addition to paying a lot more for fuel, you are also paying a lot more for the engine. Take Ford’s Super Duty (Insert Joke Here), To upgrade to the 6.4L diesel will cost you around $6000 more than the V-10, and will net you only about a 2-mpg gain in economy. You do gain in torque, but on the flipside you lose hp. At 2-mpg better economy and $1.50 more per gallon gas it is going to take you a VERY long time to recoup your $6000. Another thing to consider is that 90% of the general public don’t own a vehicle past 100,000 miles. Now it would change my argument completely if we only paying $2.39 per gallon (Yes not Liter) for Pemex diesel like our neighbors to the south.

I wish they would bring the Euro diesels here to steal sales from people who would buy the Jetta TDI, bigger car, great milage and torque.

Jimmy: we’re not talking about a diesel engine that is illogically(expensively) externally sourced, nor a 6.4 liter V8 for that matter, were talking about a 2.0-2.5 liter 4-cylinder or a 2.5-3.0 liter 6-cylinder

Those diesels get in the 40’s-close to the 60’s in Europe, so would do well here.

I think the tell tale sign is going to be how well the domestics do with the small diesel in the half tons. If they sell well you may see more diesels. If sales are flat, it will never happen.