Ford Taurus (sixth generation)

Ford Taurus (sixth generation)
2010 Ford Taurus Limited
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford
Also called	Ford Police Interceptor Sedan (2013–2019) (VIN number variant P2M) Ford Special Service Police Sedan[1]
Production	June 2009 – March 2019
Model years	2010–2019
Assembly	Chicago, Illinois, U.S. (Chicago Assembly Plant)
Designer	Earl Lucas (2007)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	FF layout / F4 layout
Platform	Ford D3 platform
Related	Lincoln MKS Ford Taurus SHO Ford Police Interceptor Sedan
Powertrain
Engine	2.0 L EcoBoost I4-T 240 hp (2013–2017) 3.5 L Cyclone V6 263 hp (2010–2012) 3.5 L Cyclone V6 288 hp (2013–2019) 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 365 hp (2010–2019) 3.7 L Cyclone Ti-VCT FFV V6 305 hp (Police Interceptor Sedan, all-wheel drive only) (2013–2019)
Transmission	6F35 6-speed automatic (2.0T) 6F50 6-speed automatic (3.5L) 6F55 6-speed SelectShift® automatic (3.5TT) 6F55 6-speed SelectShift® automatic (3.7L FFV)
Dimensions
Wheelbase	112.9 in (2,868 mm)
Length	202.9 in (5,154 mm)
Width	76.2 in (1,935 mm)
Height	60.7 in (1,542 mm)
Curb weight	4,015 lb (1,821 kg)
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford Taurus (fifth generation) Ford Crown Victoria
Successor	Ford Taurus (China) (China and Middle East)

The sixth generation of the Ford Taurus is a full-size sedan that was manufactured by Ford for the 2010-2019 model years. While sharing the chassis underpinnings of the previous generation, the exterior and interior underwent a complete redesign. Replacing New Edge in North America, the sixth-generation Taurus revealed the Kinetic Design design language. The high-performance Ford Taurus SHO made its return, becoming the first turbocharged Taurus. Following the discontinuation of the long-running Crown Victoria Police Interceptor after 2011, Ford introduced a Taurus-based Police Interceptor Sedan for 2013.

In a significant first, this generation became the first version of the Taurus developed without a Mercury Sable counterpart (as Mercury began to pare down its model line). Though never branded as an official successor to the Mercury Grand Marquis, the sixth-generation Taurus superseded it as Ford matched it against the full-size competitors of its predecessors. Lincoln adopted the model line as the Lincoln MKS sedan (as the successor to both the Continental and the Town Car). The Taurus X wagon was replaced by the Ford Flex, adopting a separate variant of the chassis architecture (also adopted by the Ford Explorer).

As Ford moved its model line away from car-based vehicles to utility-type vehicles and other light trucks at the end of the 2010s, Ford discontinued the Taurus in North America after the 2019 model year (alongside the Fiesta, Focus, and Fusion). The Taurus nameplate remains in use by Changan Ford, marketing a rebranded Ford Mondeo for the Middle East (replacing a namesake model ^[2]).

Ford assembled the Taurus, Taurus SHO, and the Police Interceptor Sedan alongside the Ford Explorer and Lincoln MKS at its Chicago Assembly facility (Chicago, Illinois). On March 1, 2019, the final Ford Taurus was manufactured in the United States, ending its 34-year American production.^[3]