The Ford Taurus was the first Ford model resulting from this statistical approach to manufacture. Ford also adopted a quality culture employing statistical process control across all aspects of automobile design and manufacture. Based on Deming's advice, Ford management was charged with primary responsibility for automobile quality. Deming told Ford that management actions were responsible for 85% of all problems in developing better cars. Edwards Deming to help jump-start a quality movement at Ford. Ford's newly appointed Corporate Quality Director, Larry Moore, was charged with recruiting the famous statistician, W. Peterson initiated a new "team" approach to the design and manufacture of automobiles at Ford, that eventually resulted in the creation of the Ford Taurus. In the Spring of 1980, Ford Chairman Donald E. Between 19, Ford had incurred $3 billion in losses. The Taurus was the first car resulting from introduction of a new quality culture at Ford. 1 Taurus and the quality culture at Ford.Between 19, the Taurus was the best-selling car nameplate in the United States, overtaken by the current title holder in 1997, the Toyota Camry. The fifth best-selling Ford nameplate in North America, the Taurus has been surpassed only by the F-Series, Escort, Model T, and Mustang. From its 1985 launch to its initial withdrawal following the 2007 model year, Ford assembled 7,519,919 examples of the Taurus. Prior to its 2006 closure, Atlanta Assembly also produced both the Taurus and Sable. The Taurus was produced as a four-door sedan through its entire production, with a five-door station wagon offered from 1986 to 2005.Īll generations of the Taurus were assembled by Chicago Assembly on Chicago's South Side. Initially built on the DN5 platform (renamed the DN101 platform in 1995 and the D186 platform in 1999), the Taurus became a full-size car in 2007, adopting the Volvo-derived D3 platform, offering front or all-wheel drive. For the 2010 model year, Ford introduced the sixth-generation Taurus, marking a more substantial model update, alongside the revival of the Taurus SHO in 2013, the Ford Police Interceptor Sedan was introduced as a successor for its long-running Crown Victoria counterpart.įrom 1985 to 2007, the Taurus was a mid-size car, offering front-wheel drive. The Freestyle was renamed the Ford Taurus X. During the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, the nameplates of the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable were revived, intended as 2008 mid-cycle revisions of the Ford Five Hundred. As part of a model line revision, the Taurus and the larger Ford Crown Victoria were to be replaced with the full-size Five Hundred and mid-size Fusion sedans the Taurus station wagon would be replaced with the Ford Freestyle wagon, branded as a crossover SUV. The Taurus was withdrawn after the 2007 model year, with production ending on October 27, 2006. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, sales of the Taurus declined as it lost market share to Japanese midsize sedans and as Ford shifted resources towards developing SUVs. The Taurus had an influential design that brought many new features and innovations to the marketplace. Edwards Deming, a prominent statistician consulted by Ford to bring a "culture of quality" to the enterprise.
The original Taurus was a milestone for Ford and the entire American automotive industry, being the first automobile at Ford designed and manufactured using the statistical process control ideas brought to Ford by W. The Taurus also served as the basis for the first-ever front-wheel drive Lincoln Continental (1988–2002). From the 1986 to 2009 model years, the Taurus was sold alongside its near-twin, the Mercury Sable four generations of the high-performance Ford Taurus SHO were produced (1989–1999 2010–2019). Introduced in late 1985 for the 1986 model year, six generations were produced over 34 years a brief hiatus was undertaken between 20. The Ford Taurus is an automobile that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from the 1986 to 2019 model years. Transverse Front-engine, all-wheel drive (2007–2019)įord Fusion and Ford Five Hundred (sedan for the fourth generation) Transverse Front-engine, front-wheel drive
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