![]() ![]() It might have some appeal in the Mid-West – or Middle East – where the roads are open and sweeping and fuel is relatively cheap. ![]() A European Mondeo is far superior and a vanilla Skoda Superb would knock it into a cocked hat, in terms of internal packaging as well as chassis poise. The double-sided dash design basically pretty good, but the mainstream quality and profusion of wildly different switchgear undermine the Taurus’s flagship status. The cockpit is extremely spacious and the boot absolutely vast, but the rear legroom isn’t brilliant. It can’t decide whether it wants to be one of those early 1990s all-weather executive express cars (remember the Renault Safrane Bi-Turbo?) or a big, long-distance loafer. Overall, this is a nice engine struggling in a loose-limbed and unfocused big saloon. There was too much travel before the brakes really bit and not enough under-foot feedback. The steering is too detached, the ride compromised, the body control too marginal.ĭespite the promise of performance brake pads, these anchors were hopeless compared to the Ford Mustang GT’s optional Brembos we tried on the same day. It can haul itself along with some vigour on the backroads, but it just hasn’t got the chassis sophistication needed. On the broken concrete road surfaces of Sunset Boulevard, the Taurus SHO thumped and banged its way along, only getting a grip, so to speak, when the road surfaces were much better. ![]()
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