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Report: Ford feels Japan quake effect with shortage of red, black paint

admin — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:49:08 +0000

Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Ford 2010 Ford Taurus SHO – Click above for high-res image gallery Due to a pigment shortage stemming from the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Ford has had to stop taking new orders for cars in Tuxedo Black, and is limiting orders of three shades of red. Officials from Ford say they’re working on another source for the pigment as you read this, and have enough cars in each color to satisfy demand until production resumes. The paint shortage affects the F-150 and Super Duty lines of pickups, as well as the Explorer , the Expedition , Focus , Taurus and the Lincoln MKS and Navigator .

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Charting the Five-Ohs: Next-gen Cop Car Comparo

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:54:50 +0000

Filed under: Sedan , Chevrolet , Chrysler , Dodge , Ford , GM , Police/Emergency It used to be that every full-line American automaker offered a version of its mainstream full-size sedan to make it appropriate for police duty. By the time 1996 rolled around, the Chevrolet Caprice, which was the last would-be competitor to the standard-setting Ford Crown Victoria, was discontinued, leaving the lucrative police market to the Blue Oval Boys. The automotive industry took notice, and plans began in corporate board rooms to remedy that situation, and even a few new entrants – most notably Carbon Motors – sprung up with promising designs that eschewed the mainstream production-based sedan design. In 2005, Dodge rolled out a factory police package for its full-size Charger sedan, and for the first time in a decade the Crown Victoria faced some stiff V8-powered, rear-wheel-drive competition.

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DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:04:06 +0000

Filed under: Concept Cars , Sedan , Work , Ford , Specialty Will the new Police Interceptor be a toughened Taurus SHO? – click above for high-res image gallery Just a quick note: The Detroit News is reporting that the next Ford Police Interceptor will be based on the same platform as the Taurus . For you platform geeks out there, that’s the Ford D3 chassis that underpins everything from the the Lincoln MKS to the Volvo XC90 to the Ford Flex (though the Flex and the Lincoln MKT ride on a lengthened version called D4 ).

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Time Waster of the Day: Ford Taurus stars in online game "White Collar: Chasing the Shadow"

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:52:09 +0000

Filed under: Sedan , Ford , Toys/Games About a year ago, Saab got 500,000 eyeballs on its 9-3 Convertible using an online game tied to the show “Burn Notice” . Ford is now doing the online game dance with the USA Network – the very same channel that aired “Burn Notice” – this time based on its new show “White Collar.” The vehicle of choice: the Taurus . You’ll be using that Taurus – which is actually black, not red – to chase The White Shadow, the evilest white collar criminal around. And you’ll need a suite of Ford features to do it: SYNC, SecuriCode, Collision Warning and Adaptive Cruise Control, among others

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