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2011 Ford Taurus - 0% apr for 60 months PLUS $500 Bonus Cash or up to $3000 Customer Cash
2011 Taurus SEL (FWD) – Automatic, power windows & locks, SYNC voice activated system, MyKey, 60/40 split bench seat, CD/MP3, safety canopy, alarm, personal safety system, side air bags & more!
Athletic Appearance
With its assertive stance and sculpted lines, the new 2010 Taurus is a balance of beauty and strength. Taurus design features include: • Unique tri-bar grille • Jeweled projector beam headlamps • Power dome hood • Prominent wheel arches that house several all-new wheel designs • Incandescent taillamp
Beautiful Taurus Lines
The beautiful lines in Taurus speak volumes about this car. Almost anywhere you look, the exterior of Taurus features complementary lines that elevate the design of this car – from the tip of its power dome hood to its rear deck lid.
New Wheel Line Up
It doesn’t get any cooler than the available 20” premium painted luster nickel aluminum wheel on SHO (shown). Other wheel choices include: • 19” premium painted luster nickel-aluminum wheels, standard on SHO • 19” chrome-clad wheels, standard on Limited • 18” painted sparkle silver aluminum wheels, standard on SEL • 19” painted sparkle silver aluminum wheels, included in SEL 202A option group • 17” painted sparkle silver aluminum wheels, standard on SE
Sporting contemporary good looks and ample interior room, Taurus invites you in. Free from clutter, there is close attention to detail. High-quality, soft-to-the touch materials are used throughout – from the door and instrument panels to the console and seats. In the 2010 Taurus, everything just comes together, creating an environment that is comfortable, warm and accommodating.
Flowing 38º Center Stack
The interior is both attractive and intelligently designed. Featuring a clean and modern design, the console has a forward-leaning center stack that gently flows into a seamless center console to help maximize room and ergonomics.
Twin Chrome Exhaust Tips
Twin chrome exhaust tips accentuate the precision-engineered look of SE, SEL and Limited models. SHO features standard dual exhaust.
Intelligent Features. Smart Technology
This car has so many optional intelligent features, you almost expect it to tell you where to go and what to anticipate on the way. There’s a voice-activated Navigation System that provides you with current local gas prices on top of voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. Another feature warns you if it senses a potential collision and provides brake support. The invisible keypad and push button start makes locking yourself out of the car a thing of the past. Now that’s smart. Just like so many of the features on Taurus.
BLIS (Blind Spot Information System)
The available class-exclusive* BLIS® (Blind Spot Information System) with Cross Traffic Alert is yet another new innovation available on the 2010 Ford Taurus. When a vehicle enters the blind spot zone, an indicator light provides a warning in the outside mirror corresponding to the side from which the vehicle is approaching. The Cross Traffic Alert feature uses blind spot monitoring sensors to audibly and visually alert you to impending traffic while slowly backing out of a driveway/parking spot and another vehicle is approaching from either side. BLIS with Cross Traffic Alert is optional on Taurus Limited and SHO models.
Navigation System with SIRIUS Travel Link™
SIRIUS offers both SIRIUS Satellite Radio® with more than 130 channels of music, news, sports and more, and integrated SIRIUS Travel Link™ with the available voice-activated Navigation System. And right now, both come with an introductory six-month subscription. Travel Link provides real-time traffic information, current and forecast national weather information, gas prices and stations, live sports scores and schedules, and movie times with theater locations.* On top of all that, it has a 10GB hard drive so you can store approximately 2,400 songs. Browse your music with your fingertips on the touch screen or use voice activation to play back a track.
SYNC® In-car Connectivity System
Available SYNC allows you to easily operate most popular MP3 players and Bluetooth®-enabled phones with simple voice commands.27 SYNC even keeps you safe out on the road with 911 Assist™ and Vehicle Health Report. 911 Assist connects you to a 911 operator through your paired mobile phone after an accident in which an airbag deploys,28 while Vehicle Health Report allows you to create a personalized online report of your vehicles’ diagnostics. And now, SYNC adds Traffic, Directions and Info. Get real-time traffic updates, turn-by-turn navigation and business search right through your vehicle’s stereo. Plus, hear your favorite content anytime you want with personalized news, weather and sports. Access it all with either touch or voice commands.29
Adaptive Cruise Control
Active safety technology in Ford Taurus takes a giant step forward with the available new, class-exclusive* Adaptive Cruise Control and Collision Warning with Brake Support. Adaptive Cruise Control is a truly adaptable feature. Activate it and it functions just like normal cruise control -- with one exception. When adaptive cruise control sensors detect traffic slowing, your vehicle also slows down. When its sensors detect traffic has cleared, your vehicle resumes the set speed. Collision Warning with Brake Support helps in case an accident appears imminent. This function will alert you if it senses a potential collision with the car in front of you. A “heads-up” display, which simulates brake lights, flashes on the windshield. If you don't react and a collision is imminent, the brakes will precharge and increase brake assist sensitivity to provide full responsiveness when you brake. Adaptive Cruise Control and Collision Warning with Brake Support is available on 2010 Taurus Limited and SHO models.
MyKey
Help make driving safer for your young drivers. The standard class-exclusive* programmable MyKey™ provides a number of features to help you make driving safer for young drivers. Standard settings – These settings cannot be changed: • Belt-Minder® System cannot be disabled and will not expire (the stereo also gets muted until everyone buckles up)** • The audio system will be muted whenever Belt-Minder is activated • Low-fuel warnings are displayed in the message center followed by a chime when the Distance-to-Empty value reaches 75 miles (120 km) • If equipped, the parking aid, Blind Spot Information System (BLIS™) with cross-traffic alert and forward collision warning cannot be turned off Optional settings – These settings can be changed: • Vehicle speed is limited to 80 mph (130 kmh). Visual warnings and chimes are displayed: • At vehicle start to inform the driver that the vehicle speed is limited to 80 mph (130 kmh) • At 75 mph to warn the driver that the vehicle speed is near the top speed • At 80 mph to warn the driver that the vehicle has reached the top speed • The driver is encouraged to check his/her speed and drive safely via visual warnings and chimes when a preselected vehicle speed of 45, 55 or 65 mph (75, 90, or 105 kmh) is exceeded • The maximum volume of the audio system is limited to 45 percent. • The AdvanceTrac® System cannot be turned off. When this optional setting is on, the MyKey user will not be able to deactivate the system. This prevents the driver from burning the tires, performing doughnuts, etc.
Intelligent Access
Starting your Taurus is a breeze with the available Intelligent Access with push-button start. First, make sure the key fob is in your pocket or somewhere in the car (including the trunk). Next, press the brake pedal and then the start button. Just shift into gear and go.
SecuriCode™
Keys are so old-school. Thanks to the industry-exclusive SecuriCode™ keyless entry keypad, you don’t have to fumble with keys to lock or unlock your car doors. Simply touch the exterior keypad to illuminate, and enter the security code to unlock the doors.
Rear View Camera
Get a picture of what's behind you. When you select the new high-performance Taurus SHO, you can equip it with the available rear view camera. It provides a video image of the area behind your vehicle on the interior rearview mirror (or navigation screen, if the vehicle is equipped with the available Voice-activated Navigation System).
Step on it and your pulse accelerates.
What it’s like to drive the new Taurus: Power delivery is confident, not high-strung. Handling is crisp, not twitchy. If you want to take a more active role in where you’re headed, flick through the gears of the available six-speed Selectshift Automatic™ transmission with paddle activation. The available all-wheel drive will help you stick to the road when conditions get sloppy. And if you opt for the SHO model, you’ll get it all plus some. That major plus being the all-new 3.5L EcoBoost™ twin turbocharged direct injection V6 engine that delivers V6-like fuel economy* with V8-like performance – 365 horsepower and 350 lb. ft. of torque.
3.5L EcoBoost™ V6 engine
The 3.5L EcoBoost™ is the first North American production twin- turbocharged direct-injection V6 engine. And Taurus SHO is the first and only vehicle in its class to feature the EcoBoost engine.* This engine provides better fuel economy** and fewer emissions as compared to a V8. EcoBoost combines two different technologies – turbocharging and direct-injection – to deliver the performance of a much larger engine with the fuel economy of a smaller engine.** It churns out 365 horsepower and 350 lb.-ft. of torque across a wide 1,500 – 5,000 rpm range. And it does all that with an estimated 17 city/25 highway fuel economy.** Compared to a naturally aspirated engine, the 3.5L EcoBoost twin-turbocharged direct-injection V6 engine provides higher performance, better fuel economy** and fewer CO2 emissions: • Improved transient response enabled by the direct injector reduces “turbo lag,” overcoming the traditional disadvantage of downsizing and boosting • More efficient fuel consumption is the result of a high compression ratio enabled by direct injection, which provides air charge cooling
Six-Speed SelectShift Automatic™ Transmission
It’s an automatic transmission that delivers the sportiness of a manual. The fun-to-drive six-speed SelectShift Automatic™ transmission with paddle activation, standard on SEL, Limited and SHO models, gives you the performance feel of a manual transmission without the clutch. Using steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters, you can easily and quickly shift gears.
Unique Sport-Tuned Suspension
Taurus SHO features a sport-tuned suspension with unique shock absorbers, springs, stabilizer bars and strut mount bushings. These components were specifically developed to deliver impressive road holding, cornering agility and steering responsiveness. The rear suspension is a multilink SR1 design that increases suspension travel for enhanced dynamic control and ride quality.
Available SHO Performance Package
Enhance the performance of your SHO with the available all-new SHO Performance Package. It features: • Upgraded performance brake pads • Electric power assist steering (EPAS) • Higher rated springs, tuned shocks, stiffer stabilizer bars and new rear suspension to provide a more connected feel between the driver and the road • Standard AdvanceTrac® electronic stability control (ESC) features a “Sport Mode” setting that delivers a more spirited driving experience when AdvanceTrac is activated • 3.16 final drive ratio for off-the-line acceleration • 20-inch Premium Painted Luster Nickel Aluminum Wheels with Y-rated Goodyear Eagle F1 performance summer tire s • Tire mobility kit
Available All-Wheel Drive (AWD)
Get enhanced traction when you need it most. Whether the road is filled with gravel, covered with ice or soaked by rain, available AWD helps provide sure-footed traction. Because AWD is fully automatic, it instantly delivers traction to the wheels needing it the most when wheelslip is detected. AWD is standard on SHO, and optional on SEL and Limited models.
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You’ll notice the attention to detail the moment you get in. Available multi-contoured seats provide a therapeutic massage to help reduce driving fatigue. The center stack flows into the armrest console at a perfectly driver-oriented 38º angle, the controls illuminated by Ice Blue™ Lighting. While available leather-trimmed climate-controlled front seats and adjustable ambient lighting with seven colors and five dimmers let you get the environment just right . This was designed to be a driver’s car, from those lumbar-massaging, fatigue-reducing, nerve-stimulating seats on out.
Quiet Interior
Surround yourself with quiet. Taurus is designed with features that help make your ride a quiet one. So quiet that there is a single audio speaker in Taurus SHO whose sole job is to pull in the muscular music the engine revs provide. Highlights include: • Acoustic laminated glass combined with a soft instrument panel and expandable foam baffles in the pillars to help absorb noise and make the interior quiet • Three door seal levels for wind and traffic noise isolation • Acoustic headliner absorb to absorb sound • Reinforced decklid for increased stiffness and reduced squeak, rattle and road noise • New front inlet air induction system to improve linear sound quality
Ice Blue™ Lighting
The forward-leaning center control cluster features Ice Blue Lighting, as do the center stack and switches. Not only does Ice Blue Lighting create a cool interior mood, it helps make vital driving information, such as speed and fuel status, easy to view, especially at night.
Pointer Sweep Welcome
It’s as if Taurus is saying hello. The needles on the instrument panel gauges make one full sweep when you start your car. One more example of the attention to detail in the 2010 Taurus.
Ambient Lighting
Set the mood in your Taurus with a lighting hue to match you. Ambient lighting features light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that illuminate the front and rear footwells, door handles and two front cupholders. Scroll through and select the color you want – Ice Blue™, orange, soft blue, red, green, blue and purple. There are also five dimmer levels to adjust the intensity of the light. Available on Taurus SEL and standard on the Limited and SHO models.
Leather-Trimmed Heated Front Seats
These available seats will help keep you warm. To help keep you and your front-seat passenger comfortable when the mercury drops, opt for the available leather-trimmed heated front seats with three comfort settings in the Taurus SEL.
Available Climate-Controlled Front Seats
These seats keep you comfortable, no matter what the season. Taurus Limited and SHO models can be equipped with available heated and cooled front seats with three comfort settings. You can also add available second-row heated seats for your rear seat passengers on Limited and SHO models.
Multicontour Seats with Active Motion™
It’s a good bet you’ve never been in a car with seats that provide a massage. Until now. The available industry-exclusive multi-contour driver’s and front passenger seats in Taurus SEL, Limited and SHO models feature six-way lumbar and subtle rolling-pattern massage to help make your ride more relaxing and help reduce driver fatigue. The bottom cushion features Active Motion™, which provides a therapeutic massage, stirring a change of muscular activation to help you avoid back pain. It doesn't just rub your back – it keeps you on your toes