DrivingEnthusiast.net Prior Blog Posts by Date DRIVING: that's what it's ALL ABOUT! A blog and website for automotive driving enthusiasts, featuring my interests as I see them: news and opinion about manufacturers of interest, significant enthusiast cars, and driving them hard and well. April 2008 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30       Mar   May RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net Index of prior posts by title Use this calendar to navigate thru prior blog postings by date. Friday, April 11, 2008    Duh! Future Ford Taurus - clay buck   Well, the secret is out, and Ford has done all but admit it by going after websites who published the picture. Yes, the glove fits, and he did it. But lets stay real here... this is obviously just a clay styling buck - so it does not mean that this *is* the final appearance of the upcoming "new" Ford Taurus.  Do note that the roofline is very similar, if not the same. And the overall proportions of the car are the same. And of course a this point in time an all-new Taurus is an impossibility given Ford's financial crisis. So if this is it then it's just a "top hat" restyle (like the new F-150). The good news is that we know the Taurus will receive the EcoBoost engine - that's already been revealed. But then so will everything built on this platform (Flex, MKS, MKT) as well as the new F-150 and very likely the 2010 Mustang as well. The April 7, 2008 Automotive News notes that the Taurus and Mustang will both go into productioin in "early 2009". I interpret that as meaning that the model year 2010 will be a long one. View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Ford Motor Corporation | Ford - Taurus SHO Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net  Meet the new Ford Ecoboost twin-turbo V-6   Meet the new Ford EcoBoost twin-turbo DOHC V-6 engine. Follow the link in the title of this post above and select the "EcoBoost" section. Press releases, and several technical high-res images are available. Note the EcoBoost blog category I've set up to highlight EcoBoost topics. Click on the image to the right for just one of several high-res images showing parts of the engine in great detail. This interesting new engine will be available in 2009 in the Lincoln MKS and MKT, the Ford Flex, the new F-150, and the 2010 Taurus (SHO?).  It only makes 340-350 HP, and it's not intercooled. But it does make ~340 torque and the torque curve is very flat. It's been shown and discussed only with a 6-speed automatic at this point, although further transmissions are a possibility. Although Ford is not talking any further details, it's interesting to note that Ford has started to use a new automated manual dual-clutch 6-speed transmission in Europe behind a meager 4-cylinder engine. An advanced and much higher capacity version of that same type of transmission (although from Getrag) is used in the new Mitsubisho Evo X MR - and it's rated there at 340 torque. That'd make a nice SHO transmission! View and add comments: Trackback: Trackback Link and count:;[] Permalink for this post:  See similar posts in these categories: Technology - Turbo & Supercharging | Ford Motor Corporation | Ford - Engine - EcoBoost Family | Ford - Taurus SHO Search for similar posts on the web: Google It! RSS Feed for DrivingEnthusiast.net About DrivingEnthusiast.net
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