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 A good thing, too, because
this "new" midsize sedan was already familiar, amounting to a
slightly enlarged Mazda 6 without the "zoom zoom" pretensions.
Taurus, too, seemed increasingly passé as the new century progressed, the basic
1995 design being left to soldier on while the Honda Accord and Toyota
Camry enticed buyers with three clean-sheet makeovers.
J Mays had succeeded Jack Telnack as Ford design chief
in 1997, and Mays had helped shape the Passat in his previous job at VW/Audi.
Ford used this to elevate seating some four inches above that
in most other cars. The Five Hundred could have replaced the Crown Victoria:
over a foot shorter overall and some 500 pounds lighter, yet no
less spacious on a wheelbase just 1.8 inches trimmer.
The Five Hundred fared better at more than 122,000 sales for the same period,
but that didn't help Ford's bottom line very much.
Taxi and law-enforcement fleets were its main buyers as the century turned, sister Mercury Grand Marquis having
taken the lead in retail sales.
The AWD/CVT combination was unique among family cars and thus somewhat
risky, but many buyers took a liking to Five Hundreds
so equipped for their all-weather traction and promise of
good fuel economy. Dearborn must have rejoiced, because upscale Fusions with different styling
and feature mixes would have the daunting task of luring new buyers to Lincoln and Mercury,
nameplates already given up for dead in many quarters.
Cooler heads prevailed, however, and the twenty-first-century Country Squire
was given an indefinite reprieve. One type of cooler uses a thermoelectric
system to control the temperature while the other type uses
a compressor system. In most cases, if your refrigerator door gasket is damaged, it should
be replaced with a new one. Devoid of time one would not go for the laundromat.
The big joke is that this relatively tiny device can generate the awesome power -- 1.21 gigawatts' worth -- that the flux
capacitor needs in order to make time travel possible. Sitting in front of your computer, you click "Buy Now." Making
sure the correct selection is in your online basket before you check out, you notice the order total.
Edge faced those class favorites with bold styling on a 111.2-inch wheelbase, making it larger
than the Japanese-brand duo and close in size to the
Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent. It was certainly hard to miss with its bold three-bar grille, a signature destined for future Ford cars (plus an early Five Hundred facelift) and a
dim nod to 1966 Galaxies. Most all the above also applied to Freestyle, essentially a Five Hundred wagon marketed as a "crossover" SUV in a market where "station wagon" rivaled "minivan" as
a kiss of death for sales. Taurus was supposed to depart after 2005, when just
two varieties of sedan and wagon appeared as a transition to all-new replacements.
Not that Taurus was entirely neglected. The secret was
high-profile styling with an overall height of 61.5 inches, up 3.2 inches on Crown Vic and 5.4
on Taurus. It also claimed more rear-seat room,
thanks to an extra 2.1 inches in wheelbase.
To adjust the height of the pilot flame, turn the flame
adjustment screw until the flame is from 11/2 to 2 inches high.
If you have a gas dryer be sure that the pilot light is
lit and that you have an adequate supply of gas if the dryer is fueled with liquid propane.
Getting your timing light ready for action is breathtakingly simple.
You either have the lid open or the lid switch is
probably bad. A redesigned frame, altered suspension geometry, and a
switch from recirculating-ball to rack-and-pinion steering all aimed
to improve ride and handling, which they did -- a little.
The Ford also had somewhat softer suspension tuning because it wasn't trying to be
as sporty as the Mazda. This offered a nostalgic buckets-and-console interior with
floorshifter, a dual-exhaust V-8 pumped up to 235
bhp, and the firmer-handling suspension available for the mom-and-pop
LX. The Mazda, for example, offered both engines with manual
and automatic transmissions, while V-6 Fusions were confined
to automatic.
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