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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / January 2009New Ford Taurus
Has anyone seen pics of the interior of the New 2010 Ford Taurus ? Can anyone tell me why they made some ridiculous design on the passenger dashboard. Here is how Ford describes it. "Mustang which inspired the double arched "eyebrow" shape of the dashboard." I'm shocked they did that. Its really ugly and will turn many people off completely from this vehicle. It frankly looks ridiculous. > Has anyone seen pics of the interior of the New 2010 Ford Taurus ? > Can anyone tell me why they made some ridiculous design on the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > people > off completely from this vehicle. It frankly looks ridiculous. Industrial Designers are a strange bunch. I have not seen the pictures so I can't comment on the 2010 Taurus directly. However given the weird crap the Japanese seem to sell with great success, I can't imagine it can be that bad. Surely it can't be as bad a the current Toyota RAV4s or the prior generation Accords (vehicles I am very familiar with). Ed OK, I found a few "official" pictures at http://www.fordvehicles.com/2010taurus/?searchid=426441|28115800|205351739 / http://www.fordvehicles.com/2010taurus/?section=4&img=1 ). I don't see anything particularly ugly about the design. The interior look nice and the dashboard design is just fine. I have to ask have you been in A Toyota lately? For instance, do you think the 2010 Taurus interior looks any worse than the 2009 Venza interior (see http://www.toyota.com/img/vehicles/2009/venza/gallery/full/int_image_5.jpg) or the 2009 Accord (http://automobiles.honda.com/accord-sedan/interior.aspx)? Ed > Has anyone seen pics of the interior of the New 2010 Ford Taurus ? > Can anyone tell me why they made some ridiculous design on the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > people > off completely from this vehicle. It frankly looks ridiculous. I attended a preview showing of all of the Ford and Mercury vehicles last week at Dearborn with several of the partners from when I was in retail. The only Lincoln there was the MKR two door coupe that has already been at the various autos shows. The 2010 Mustang is a real beauty and has many more options than are currently available on the '09 models. I normally do two years but I will likely sell my '09 GT convertible and order a 2010. The Fusion looks much better than the '09, in my opinion, as well. We did have an opportunity to drive the hybrids but not any of the other 2010s, but we got to sit in them, I think they look great. I can not wait to drive the 2010 Taurus with the 330 HP V6, same HP as the 2010 Mustang V8s. From what I'm hearing in 2011 the Mustang will drop the V8 in the GT. I wonder how well a FWD car will handle the much HP. My guess is it will be like the Jap cars, with the engine spun up to get HP at the expense of torque at the proper RPMs > OK, I found a few "official" pictures at > http://www.fordvehicles.com/2010taurus/?searchid=426441|28115800|205351739 > / http://www.fordvehicles.com/2010taurus/?section=4&img=1 ). > I don't see anything particularly ugly about the design. The interior look > nice and the dashboard design is just fine. I have to ask have you been in [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> I'm shocked they did that. Its really ugly and will turn many people >> off completely from this vehicle. It frankly looks ridiculous. > I attended a preview showing of all of the Ford and Mercury vehicles last > week at Dearborn with several of the partners from when I was in retail. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >> I'm shocked they did that. Its really ugly and will turn many people > >> off completely from this vehicle. It frankly looks ridiculous. There's pictures from Ford here: <http://autoshows.ford.com/ 269/2009/01/11/ford-reignites-classic-sedan-2010/> You can't really see the interior well. The dash is different from the 2008 Focus dash, but it reminds me of it. It seems to have similar electronic controls, like for the Sync(R). got to laff that the original Mustang dash is called "iconic": the "twin eyebrows" of '64 were just a cheap way to disguise the Falcon dash......mold a different piece of padding rather than tool a new dash. So now they pay homage to it.....except when you pay more for the premium interior you get that cheezie reflective facing........and you can't read the gauges day or night, with or without MyColor. Don't much like the new, curved tail lights.......but glad to hear more options will be available, like maybe for another $1000 they'll put a light in the glove compartment!!!! That may be your personal opinion but apparently your opinion is that of a minority. Seems the majority of buyers like the Mustang interior better than ANY other. The Mustang far outsells all of its competitors sporty type vehicles. I own both a 2009 GT convertible and a 1964 and I thing both look great. ;) > got to laff that the original Mustang dash is called "iconic": the > "twin eyebrows" of '64 were just a cheap way to disguise the Falcon [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > options will be available, like maybe for another $1000 they'll put a > light in the glove compartment!!!! My "personal opinion" is based on having owned a lot of cars, including 4 Birds and 4 Mustangs and currently an '06 GT convert. (Vista blue/tan/tan.......all options but trunk woofers......1538 miles so far....don't want to get it dirty). Obviously I like Fords,, and Mustangs.....and I like the looks or wouldn't have bought the '06. But the interior is a great disappointment......especially in a $35,000 car. Like, for that much, how about an inside trunk release? I wanted MyColor and a couple other items of the Premium package, but also had to take that tackie silver dash cover (btw, don't use any kind of cleaner on all that "brushed aluminum look" trim on the door handles, shifter, etc.....it rubs off). I paid like $100 for the "smokers set" and got a plastic ashtray to put in the cup holder, and a lighter the dealer can't figure out how to install. They call that a "tilt" steering wheel? What's it got, an inch of adjustment? How about the interior lights....one lousy dim light on the windshield (even old Mustangs used to have dome lights, underdash lights, map lights and door lights). The gauges are barely visible with the top up, and you can't read them or the radio at all with the top down. While I'm raving, a couple other favorites: I paid $160 for the top boot.....have you ever seen one of those? It's a piece of nylon cloth that you tie-on with straps (and although they wouldn't let me order a black top with a tan interior, the boot is black....nice). And....the exhaust system is stainless front-to-back, but when it arrived I found that you have to pay the dealer another $150 to have the POLISHED ss tips as shown in the brochure. OK, just venting because I don't want you to think I'm a drive-by who doesn't own one. It's a pretty car, I like it.......but no value at $35,000 - which used to be part of the Mustang equation. And, gees, they used to restyle cars every year and get the details right......for as long as the new 'Stang was in development, you'd think they could have remembered the light in the glove compartment - or that it's helpful to see the gauges! Jim I get your point. I have 6,000 on my 09. How about a word of advice for the next time you buy a new car,...order what you want? Delivery time is only four to six weeks. Dealers do indeed tend to put all the goofy added trinkets, to up the gross. I always order my new cars, That way I get exactly what I want and nothing else. For instance my '05, '07 and the '09 GT convertibles ha(d)ve the Deluxe package rather than the Premier, because the only difference in the two on the GT is the leather gut and the supper sound system. Leather and the boot are free standing options. I order the engine dress-up, hood scope option for $200 and the leather for $500, without the $1,000 expense of the sound system or boot that I do not need or want, neither one of which adds to the resale value when one trades. The GT includes the shinny (not stainless steel) end tips.. As a result the MSRP on my '09 GT convertible was less than 33K and I paid far less. Note: If you shopped Chrysler or Toyota convertibles you discovered they run 5 to 6 thousands more, have only an anemic V6 six that is driving the wrong end for a sporty car ;) > My "personal opinion" is based on having owned a lot of cars, including > 4 Birds and 4 Mustangs and currently an '06 GT convert. (Vista [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Jim Mike: yeah, I always spec & order my cars.......which is dangerous because I end-up ordering everything! Sort of ticked-me-off: I wanted the Vista blue with black top and red interior (I never got over that combination on '55 ElDorados !!!!!).......was not allowed to have it although it was a cash-up-front order. Am soooooo tired of gray or black interiors, so settled for the tan......then was told I HAD to take a tan top. So wasn't happy when I saw that junkie top boot was black!!!!!! With all my carping, I should add that the car is perfect: perfect paint, panel fit, everything works and is adjusted right, nothing loose, etc., etc. I still think that a lot of the anti-American car crowd havn't had one since the days when you spent the first 6 months taking them back to the dealer for warranty work to make them right. My Taurus and previous 'Stangs were likewise "zero defects" when delivered. I'm nealy 83 and I have yet to see any import that was any better on average than any of the other seventy or so cars I have owned. My last import was a 1997 Lexus LS. Since then I have owned six Mustang GT converibles, as well as a 2000 Lincoln LS V8 that I bought along with the 1999 Mustang with the $25,000 I saved by NOT buying another Lexus LS. Since then I owed a 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and my currrent 2009 Mustang GT converible(s). In addition I owned an 2002 Lincoln LS V8, a 2004 and a 2005 that I bought becuase Linclon was droping that RWD model, that I keep at my home in Key West, as well as 2006 Lincoln Zepher and my current 2008 that they now call the MKZ. ALL of which were great cars. I buy a new car every year and either sell my two year old car to friends or sell, or give in some cases, to my children or grand children or relitives. All thoes cars are STILL around and running great. Not that the several Lexus I owned were not, but the import dealers expect me to spend too much money on cars that have shown to be no better than others on the market. I have several collector cars, amoung them is a 1971 Pinto that also still runs great, with nearly 300,000 miles on the original drive train. > Mike: yeah, I always spec & order my cars.......which is dangerous > because I end-up ordering everything! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > them back to the dealer for warranty work to make them right. My Taurus > and previous 'Stangs were likewise "zero defects" when delivered. |
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