صوره للجيل الجديد من فورد تورس 2010

This grainy, out of focus photo, which first appeared at the Taurus Club of America site and was later picked up — and then taken down after Ford came knocking – by multiple online outlets, is more than likely the first look at the 2010 Ford Taurus. It’s back up on the Net today, so we’ve decided to show it to you.

By the looks of it, the new Taurus takes its cues from Ford of Europe’s popular Mondeo sedan (pictured), with differences including a version of Ford’s U.S. three-bar grille among the front fascia changes. But the car’s overall shape is strikingly similar to that of the Mondeo, and that’s a good thing. Ford’s U.S. design house had been penning cars such as the Taurus, but clearly the European and U.S. teams have been getting together recently.
The new Taurus will more than likely come with at least one version Ford’s new turbocharged EcoBoost engines on board, with the V-6 probably the best bet as the base engine. Its platform may take longer to sort out. It could return on the D3 architecture or switch to the CD3 platform. If the Taurus abandons D3, however, that would leave only the Taurus X (which is rumored to be on the delete list) and Lincoln MKS on it, which is probably not enough volume to make it cost-effective.
Expect to see a concept version at least of the Taurus at the 2009 Detroit show, with a best guess of late 2009 for the production car to hit dealer showrooms.
We’ll be on the lookout for Taurus spy shots and more information as 2008 progresses.