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This is how the second-gen Taurus became the best-selling car in America | The Ford Taurus Part II
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2022
- Welcome to part 2 of the Ford Taurus series, where we will take a closer look at the second-gen Ford Taurus.
With the new second-gen Ford Taurus, the familiar trim levels returned to the lineup. The base model L, the mid-range GL and the highest trim level, the LX. Each trim level for the 1992 model year had its own distinguishing features. For instance, the L model sported light grey plastic mirrors and window trim, and the bumpers and side trim were light grey in color as well. The GL came with chrome window trim and body-colored mirrors, however it kept the grey bumpers and side trim. The LX had body-colored bumpers, and also sported body-colored side cladding.
For the 1992 Ford Taurus, L and GL trim levels could also be spec’d with a two-tone paint job. So rather than being grey in color, the bumpers and side trim could be painted a slightly darker shade of the car’s body color as an option. This option was also available for the Sable GS models. But in an attempt to reduce costs, all of this went away for the 1993 model year and all second-generation models got color-matched trim and bumpers for the rest of its production.
The L trim level itself also went away after the 1992 model year due to lagging sales. This ultimately positioned the GL as the base model.
All in all, much of the exterior of the second-generation Ford Taurus resembled that of the first generation. Because of this, many prospective buyers were convinced the new Ford Taurus was merely a facelift of the first-generation and not a thorough redesign.
Despite these false beliefs, the second-generation Ford Taurus was well received just as much-if not more-than its first iteration.
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Good work as always. So basically this second generation and the first generation were both designed in the 1980s? Interesting fact, definitely didn’t know that!
Yes the first gen was designed in the early 80s, and as you learned in this video, the second gen was designed in the late 80s. Typically, car manufacturers require about 3-4 years from the designing process to production of the vehicle. Thanks for tuning in.
These cars don’t get talked about much anymore so thanks for showcasing it & big ups to your production quality!👍🏿
Anytime dude.
I turned 16 in '95. My parents were going to get me a brand new Explorer Limited Edition. By the end of the day, they bought me a brand new Taurus SHO literally taken off of the showroom floor for me. It was emerald green w/ all of the boxes checked for options. Very shortly after, my cousin got it into an accident. It cost my father $15k and several months to fix. Just as my SHO was going in, my father gave me a brand new Land Cruiser before soon after replacing it with the new for '96 Lexus LX450 SUV. After the '95 Taurus SHO, my like of that model has been gone for good!
Thank you for bringing the sable and continental in on the video too
Indeed!
Love your channel! Great research, explanation, and I like the use of text / sub captions.
Awesome. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.
As usual Great job on some of these cars from the past . I hope you also do one on the GM A bodies and Chrysler K cars . The 2nd generation Taurus and Sable certainly sold very well .
Yep a Chrysler K car episode is in queue. The 2nd gen Taurus sold well but we very seldom see any on the road nowadays.
Always great info
More to come.
Great stuff! Do the 1990-97 ford thunderbird and mercury cougar
It’s in the works!
20 years ago i had a 3rd gen with the vulcan motor. it was still one of the best most durable cars i ever owned, i beat the living trash out of it, it would sit an idle like a cop car for hours in the drive way, put 100k miles on it in 2.5 years, and it was wrecked in that time. only failures i had were belt tensioner throwing a belt at 90k, water pump at similar time, oil pan gasket spewing oil, and cat converters failing at 160k miles. i was young and dumb and didnt take care of this car very well and it was super reliable considering my lack of care for it. only constant issue i had was i used to trash motor mounts a lot, but i think that was my driving more than anything else. oddly enough, i never went thru a set of brakes at all, but i did a ton of highway too.
Cool story. Thanks for sharing it. Too bad these cars are out of production and didn’t see a more modern iteration. I like the new “Taurus” (really just a Chinese Ford Mondeo) that’s sold in the Middle East. Would’ve been nice had we got it in the U.S. market.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon not to mention i drove it from NYC to tampa 3x a year for almost 3 years, it went from NYC to FL to LV, then back to FL once, TPA to ohio, TPA to ohio then to NYC then to TPA. i absolutely drove the ever living hell out of that car, and as poorly as i cared for it, it always got at least 30mpg on the highway, and often on some legs of the trips 33mpg. it was always comfortable, smooth, and survived my torture. only other car that held up to my abuse was a ford Crown vic. im much nicer on cars now, but back then...i didnt care about them one bit. people picked on fords, but all my fords did me well, except my explorer. but some models did to better than others.
on a funnier note, i used the cooling fan from a essex motor 2nd gen taurus as an Electric fan conversion for my BMW 7 series. it was nearly a direct fit with some modification and looked damn near oem when blended with the BMW shroud.
Nice. At least it had the Vulcan engine. Heard those were more solid and reliable than the other options.
Superb-as-usual research and presentation - in your inimitable voice and quality of speech. 💥Bravo!💥
Thanks for your continued support. It’s greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your efforts. I liked the fact you covered everything I was thinking about. I liked the info as well. Quite interesting. That platform covered three brands. I liked that side info about the headlights and the light bar also. I thought it was interesting how that car managed to appeal to so many. I still would take a loaded Mercury Sable LS with digital gauges. I liked the info shared about Lincoln too. The Continental was nice, but I was not a fan of the headlight design at all. Great effort and great work with the video.
Hey thanks for stopping by again. Yeah I actually like this generation Taurus/Sable especially the SHO. I didn’t mind the lightbar but a lot of people thought it was kinda far-flung for it’s time…guess that’s why it wasn’t as popular. See you in the next episode.
I always thought they should’ve just skipped the 96-99 model and put the 2000 model into production in 1996.
Yeah it played out the way it did because consumers deemed the 96-99 model as “polarizing” and so for the 2000 model, they significantly toned down the stying and made it more conservative. Had the 96-99 sold well, who knows, we might’ve gotten a more radically styled 2000 model than the bland, rental-grade sedan that we did receive.
@@MotorMaster_Stunticon I thought the 2000 model was a good looking car at the time but they kept it in production for too long. By 2005 it was getting dated.
Agreed. I owned an 04. Although the styling was a bit restrained, I agree it was dated by the mid-00s.
if it works dont change it
Nós tivemos a segunda e terceira gerações do Ford Taurus sedan aqui no Brasil, particularmente gosto mais da segunda geração, foi considerado um carro de luxo em sua época, para os padrões brasileiros, ainda temos alguns sobreviventes em bom estado por aqui.
Awesome. Thanks for watching. I’m glad to hear you guys still have some in good condition in Brazil.
I had an 07 Taurus... It ran like a top at 165 k when I traded it in due to rust...
This design certainly struck me as 2nd Gen back then. Like Tempo-Topaz, Focus - also 1980 big Chevs - this 2nd Gen disappointed me: less dramatic, more 'polite' - kind of blah.
Agreed. The second-gen was more conservative because Ford didn’t want to create a polarizing design that would potentially turn-away prospective buyers (just like what happened with the polarizing 3rd generation model).
Thanks this is an awesome video I really appreciate the hard work on getting all this information
No problem, glad you enjoyed the video.
Technically NOT a second-generation Taurus. It was more like a heavy overhaul of the 1st gen Taurus, not unlike the refresh of the 9th generation T-bird (1983 - 1988) for the 1987 and 1988 model years. Very similar physical dimensions, particularly with respect to the wheelbase, which stayed the same. Doors, windshield, roof, and floorpan all remained the same.
Agreed. That’s why most people back in 1992 thought it was merely a “facelift”. But Ford insisted otherwise and promoted it as a second-generation.
"Over-the-borderline" case: far beyond your cited T-Bird refresh qualifies it as 2nd Gen; the extensive research so clearly showing in this post supports it.
My cuzzin has a 1999 ford taurus and how come the 1999 ford taurus is faster than the first generation ford taurus i know it changed nasscar for ever but how come its faster
Idk. Maybe because the 1999 SHO had the Yamaha V8…?
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Is the 1999 ford taurus more reliable
Yeah the ‘99s are more reliable.
I dont care what anyone says. The so called 2nd gen Taurus WAS NOT NEW. How can you possibly say that? It looks exactly the same. Its is very very good looking. And the Tylenol they replaced it with was AWFUL.