no it wasn't revolutionary just typical ford junk with ugly jelly bean body fucking junk

+Dan Bouchard you are wrong you ignorant Ford Taurus hater. That car was revolutionary and A DECADE AHEAD OF ITS TIME. Compared American and Japanese cars from the mid 80s to the Taurus. Compared to the Taurus those cars looked like outdated pieces of shit with their late 1970s looking interiors, cluny box shape giving the aerodynamics of a brick. The Taurus looked like a 90s car and it came out in 85.

Design-wise yes, but mechanically it was absolute junk with head gaskets prone to failure.

@@justenough730 Funny. The redesigned Taurus being a hot seller prompted everyone else to stop building cars that still looked like they were from 1982, and build a more modern, sleeker car.

@Mike DeMarco they are garbage just like you pinhead,they had shit transmissions and shit engine's

until it broke down

Best part of the car...I think the only one too, in it's time...or ANY time....the entire front end light bar actually lit up, when the headlights were on....but I don't know if it gave off more light for the driver.

Have you noticed manufacturers are installing lights that stretch the entire front end??

doesn't look much different than Volkswagen rabbit from 1975 but Volkswagen was a way better car

It looks nothing like a volkswsgen rabbit. You must be blind.

I was just thinking that seeing the crown Vic and town car.

lol it looks like shit

@@justenough730 HAHAHA

haha i remember that wagon and the fold down seat in the back was so cool!

Hey matt, i was born in 1981 too, neat huh. Hope u are doing well. Are you looking forward to 40 years old soon?

They are designed around aerodynamics but if you compare the mpg’s, today’s models don’t do much better than the ones from back then.

Have you driven a Ford lately?

I have one in my garage parked next to my Griswold Family Truckster . . . 2 more beautiful cars you will not find

Don't want to know. Thanks.

Sable. Coneheads.

Taurus Wagon.Child's Play 2

As soon as I first saw that Taurus I knew I had to pour gasoline all over the upholstery of my 6000SUX and lob a grenade into that piece of shit.

I'd buy that for a dollar

"Your move creep!"

@Katrina Cales Sorry the SHO would smoke that little fart. it was the business.

@@Justin-A-Carter can confirm.

That's cool. I have an '88 Sable. What color was yours, and what options did it have?

What options did it have and was it a GS or LS Sable.

That Taurus stays nice and flat in the slalom in comparison to a lot of other '80s cars.

@ The Vulcan V6 was not prone to head gasket failures. It was relatively uncommon in the later years of the engine. I own a 2006 Taurus with the Vulcan, it has 121,000 Miles and still has the same head gaskets, original transmission as well.

THM SGR what was your REAL CAREER that you were waiting for?? If you don't mind me asking

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That's for sure!

Ford for 86!!!

My dad told me that our family ford dealership sales they had to order in advance!!

The first and second-gen SHO with the Yamaha V6 are still amazing cars today.

And the valve covers look like a work of art

Joseph Rogers I remember when it first came out I was disgusted by it but it grew on me after a while.:D

Jay Santos Well it's still around today so it's not like it died

Joseph Rogers My uncle used to own the very first Ford Taurus sedan like the one shown here. He also used to own a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina LS until he experienced a whole lot of mechanical & air conditioning problems when he had the Lumina. Few years ago, he was pulling out of the driveway until of the tires & axles caught on fire as he was driving it.

Gotta get that manual.

The 1986 Taurus/Sable is the Bob Dylan of the automotive industry. Everyone will always know the Taurus/Sable, it was the inspiration of so many cars that followed, was a complete gamechanger, but the car itself wasn't quite as great as everyone was told it would be.

You must not know what most wagons looked like. The Taurus was a great looking car.

Yea, those wagons with the round back and cool tail lights looked real good for the time.

I think Mr. Regular from regular car reviews gets his impersonations from watching classic motorweek videos.

I thought the wagons looked cool.

This moron is comparing it to the cars of today lol

Carey Bird, Crown Vic 85-88, Mercury Grand Marquis 85-88, Mercury Colony Park wagon 85-88, Ford Country Square 85-88 is beautifulls cars. Mercury Sable is great car, revollutionary car from 1986, wagon is my favorite

Oh man that white escort gt was my first car 22 years ago, what a fun little car, loved it. It’s nice to see a small review after all these years

I Dig Ohio I always dreamed about buying one of these again to restore it just for fun since it was my first car... one day

I had a white one as well. Generally liked the way it looked... ran well enough... but wow, not sporty at all!

I had an 88 escort gt loved that little car

I had a friend that had one, back then I thought it was a really cool car.

Vermon Small this commercials Haven You Driven a Ford Lately? Mercury The Shape You Want To Be In is remember every todays. Mercury Sable wagon 86-88, Ford Taurus wagon 86-88, Ford Mustang SVO 85-86, Mustang GT 85-88. Mustang LX Coupe 85-88, Mustang Convertible 85-88, Ford Thunderbird 85-88, Bronco II 85-88, Aerostar 85-88 and, Crown Victoria LTD 85-88, Ford Ranger is my favorite

***** Ya my uncle had an EXP that he drove around for about 20yrs. Thing was an awesome little car.

***** Ya they're unicorns now. The 85 escort GT Turbo falls into that category as well as any turbo EXP. I'm still wondering what those little cars are capable of now that we have e85 and wideband tuners. lol. Detonation and tuning were the limiting factor back in those days. Now people are pushing 300whp with a lot of stock 4 bangers.

That was alot 💰then!

That would be a 20% down payment on a new Ranger....

Was it a good buy for you? I have no experience with Rangers....

@@quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996 most of those rangers were good but the cab was a little cramped if it wasn't an extended cab

Did you finance it or pay cash? Interest rates were around 12% back then.

...and mostly gone

+Paul Cyr Had an '87, but mine got hit by a bus in college back in 1995. It was a blue GT with grey trim. Great car, for an 80s car, it only left me on the side of the road once. That's pretty good.

i dont buy tires often but i hear its getting hard to find 15's anymore because everything is 16 or bigger

@@CamoShirt over here in mexico is still a pretty common size in small trucks and cars. Common sizes are 185/65 , 195/65 , 205/70, and 195r15 for ligh duty pick ups

He is comparing the "Big 15-inch wheels" with the former staple 13-inch wheels which is, almost exclusively, what compact 'econo-boxes' were equipped with back in the day. Nothing to giggle about, unless you're a little girl.

@@MrMenefrego1 I know, I was there "back in the day". Just laughing at the wheel sizes then when today we live in the era of 21" and 22" wagon wheels on land yachts.

You think the Lynx is a classic?

Says a Corvette guy, what looks like ya have for your profile circle 😉😉

@@Ithinkiwill66 he can't like more than one car? im a ford guy but i like a lot of diff cars except dodge. the always seemed the bottom of the barrel. the newer ones look good ill admit though

PhoeniX198877 0-60......yes

+Jonathan Altieri I see well whatever 2.3 it had I want to see it lol .

+Jonathan Altieri well whatever 2.3 it had I want to see it

100 Horsepower In A SUZUKI SWIFT GT Is Way Better! I'll Take THAT Over Any FORD ESCORT GT! But That's Me😀!

+vwestlife In England (UK) they were called the Siera (see-air-ahh).

The Merkurs were indeed sold at Lincoln-Mercury dealers.

GM had already trademarked the name Sierra, so Ford had to name it something else. It's the reason VW used the name Touareg instead of Colorado.

VWestlife I wamt that 92 HP 2md Engine.. Sounds,fun to drive

Funny to see you here

Good riddance

Are you ignorant? the Taurus was a decade ahead of its time. Compare it to other 80s cars and you will understand why they are praising the Taurus.

I second, the red svo for me too!

mark marshall I have a Silver 85 SVO as my weekend ride and love it!

mark marshall the SVO was a nice car. Ford could've built the Barchetta and the Vignale Mustang in the 80s but chose not to. Instead they went with the Probe and the Mercury Capri. A step down from the aforementioned cars.

James Bond Ford was reaching out globally at that time. Europeans wanted nothing to do with our heavy rwd cars. So, Ford came up with a solution. GM took the smarter direction, letting Opel & Vauxhall do the European market while keeping Chevys & Pontiacs in tune with American buyers.

I had a white '86 SVO a year ago. Very fun car when the boost kicked in at 3k. I traded it for a much better condition '88 supercharged MR2, but I very much miss the SVO. I'll probably never get another chance to buy one locally.

Especially one kept in pristine condition!

If they were anything like my ‘88 Escort Pony, stay away, far away, mine was an unreliable piece of shit

@z Maybe Toyota used a different head-gasket material? Something more resilient, and probably more expensive...

I miss the ford festiva

a lot of people laughed at me but an equal amount of people thought how fun it would be to drive, got a lot of thumbs up driving that little car. lol

Wasnt that a Mazda based car?

A Mazda-based car built by Kia before they were a thing in the US.

Same with its successor, the Aspire.

Because Cope is Awesome!

That's nice. Too bad lesser ones were crap

Most background music uses KPM/Bruton music library tracks.

My 1997 Grand Marquis was around that decade (1990s), and the one after that, and the one after that, and probably for another two more decades. Only has 84,xxx actual miles and still drives like it did on day one. The 1992-2011 Grand Marquis and 1998-2011 Crown Victoria are still the best highway sedans ever made.