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The Ford Tempo is an front-engine, front-drive, five passenger, two- or four-door sedan manufactured and marketed by Ford for model years 1984-1994, over a single generation. The successor of the Ford Fairmont , the Tempo marked both the downsizing of the Ford compact car line and its adoption of front-wheel drive .
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The first-generation Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable are automobiles produced by Ford as the first of six generations of the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable.Launched on December 26, 1985, as a 1986 model, [4] the front-wheel-drive Taurus was a very influential design that is credited with saving Ford from bankruptcy, [4] bringing many innovations to the marketplace [4] and starting the trend ...
Subcompact car, rebadged Ford Pinto. Sold in Canada since 1974, and in the United States since 1975 Grand Marquis: 1975 2011 3 Top-tier full-size car Monarch: 1975 1980 1 Compact near-luxury car Zephyr: 1978 1983 1 Compact car Topaz: 1984 1994 2 Compact, rebadged Ford Tempo: Sable: 1986 2009 5 Mid-size (1986–2005), full-size (2008–2009 ...
The Ford Taurus is an automobile that was manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1985-2019. From 1985-2005; 2007-2009, Ford marketed the Taurus alongside its rebadged variant, the Mercury Sable.
The Tempo was designed to use a four-cylinder engine, but all production of Ford's 2.3 L Lima OHC four was committed to other product lines. [2] At the same time, the 1983 end of life of Ford's 200 cubic inch Thriftpower Six inline six left unused capacity at the Lima Engine plant. [3]
This is a list of models of the Ford Taurus. The Taurus has been in production since the 1986 model year; its first run was as a mid-size sedan on the Ford DN5 platform , and its second and current production run has been as a full-size sedan on the Ford D3 platform .
Ford had hoped the radical redesign would lead to the same success it had with the 1986 Taurus, and went as far as predicting that the new Taurus would continue the outgoing model's record of selling over 400,000 units a year. [12] Sales were somewhat slow at first, prompting Ford to add a low priced "G" model mid-year 1996. [18]