Taurus, For Us!

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

The previous post reminded me of this gem. My first car was a 1993 Mercury Sable Wagon LT that had seen better days by the time 2006 rolled around. Last year the Kidney Foundation came and took him - I was kind of sad to give away Remy. He was awesome and bouncy, but getting pretty unsafe to drive. We never did take that trip to IKEA that I promised him. Mercury Sable was the Canadian version of the Taurus wagon.

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[misstia]

i approved you for unmoderated posted---i had forgotten to hit this one button!! sorry it took a few extra moderated posts for you!!

[noluck-boston.livejournal.com]

They sold those sables here too. I have a 2000 Ford Taurus Wagon. I love wagons so much!

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

We rented a 90s Taurus once, the later generation that looks more like a fish or a deflated football, was quite nice otherwise

The Taurus (sedan anyway) was also so futuristic in the 80s it served as Robocop's car:

http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/all-robocops-rides

[dandyads]

In the U.S. Mercury was the slightly fancier sister brand of Ford - a little nicer and a little more expensive, but essentially the same cars. They were for people who couldn't quite afford a Lincoln but wanted more luxury than Ford. My parents always bought them but their Sable was a sedan.

[dan4behr.livejournal.com]

It blows my mind when I look at this ad and see how revolutionary the Taurus' design was, wow, nearly 30 years ago. The original, first generation cars still look good today and will go down as one of the most significant designs in American automotive manufacture.
It's generally considered the car that really 'saved' Ford from it's 70's and early 80's reputation and set the company on a path of success that continues today.