Just seen a Taurus Commerical V6 365hp WTF

[rd-camaro]

Originally Posted by daphatgrant

Not sure why they didn't put that in the new V6 mustang but the price starts at $37,770 .

really? who in their right minds would pay that much for a ford taurus?

[snakekiller]

Originally Posted by rd-camaro

really? who in their right minds would pay that much for a ford taurus?

apparently Ford is selling more ecoboost's than expected.
the engine will become cheaper, once it arrives in the F150.
also the engine alone in the taurus cost 3k, ad to that almost every
option on the book and AWD. the list justifies the price.

[emin7]

Originally Posted by spyderbuddy

Y'all got to remember one thing FORD has there problem circled

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by rd-camaro

really? who in their right minds would pay that much for a ford taurus?

The new Taurus IS pretty sharp imho. I would hope that eco-boost package would come with all the other bells and whistles too for that price though.

[Unfair]

Last time I was in school we circled the answers lol, who came up with that genius quote, and what kind of school did they go to?

[ssump29]

Originally Posted by Maurdib

That's not completly accurate, you have to take into consideration the weight of the Taurus

What the numbers are what they are. How is that not accurate. They don't say in the commerical it would get V6 mileage if it was lighter. You make no sense here. It's accurate homie.

[shank0668]

Ever look how much the car costs?

[meanmike]

Originally Posted by ssump29

What the numbers are what they are. How is that not accurate. They don't say in the commerical it would get V6 mileage if it was lighter. You make no sense here. It's accurate homie.

What he said makes perfect sense. If that engine was in a lighter car such as the Camaro the number's would be better than what they are now. Seem's pretty simple to me.

[Legend]

Originally Posted by ssump29

What the numbers are what they are. How is that not accurate. They don't say in the commerical it would get V6 mileage if it was lighter. You make no sense here. It's accurate homie.

Actually it does say that in the commercial...V8 power with V6 gas milage!

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by rolnslo

The 365hp Ecoboost V6 gets 17/25mpg.

The 400hp L99 V8 gets 16/25mpg.

So much for V8 power with V6 fuel economy.

Originally Posted by Maurdib

That's not completly accurate, you have to take into consideration the weight of the Taurus

Originally Posted by meanmike

What he said makes perfect sense. If that engine was in a lighter car such as the Camaro the number's would be better than what they are now. Seem's pretty simple to me.

Ok, so to be clear, rolnslo was referring to the V6 eco-boost IN the taurus, and the 400 hp L99 IN the Camaro. So no, the eco-boost doesn't really offer impressive gas-mileage when compared to a V8

[BigRigMike]

Originally Posted by ssump29

What the numbers are what they are. How is that not accurate. They don't say in the commerical it would get V6 mileage if it was lighter. You make no sense here. It's accurate homie.

You need to compare the mileage to similar cars. All mpg are combined.

G8 V6 No AWD - 20mpg 256 hp
Charger AWD V6 - 19 mpg 250 hp
Taurus SHO AWD - 20 mpg 365 hp

[1bad65]

Originally Posted by rd-camaro

really? who in their right minds would pay that much for a ford taurus?

You do realize the SHO is the top-of-the-line Taurus, right?

The base model starts at $25,170. If history repeats itself they will sell a ton of them.

[ssump29]

Originally Posted by Legend

Actually it does say that in the commercial...V8 power with V6 gas milage!

Legend you didn't read that right, i know it says that. I said it doesn't say in the commerical that "you would get better mileage if the car was lighter".

The point I was making is that they are bragging about V6 mileage but the listed mileage is nowhere near top standards for a V6, when the V8 in the Camaro and Mustang are getting the same mileage as the suppose V6 mileage taurus

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by BigRigMike

You need to compare the mileage to similar cars. All mpg are combined.

G8 V6 No AWD - 20mpg 256 hp
Charger AWD V6 - 19 mpg 250 hp
Taurus SHO AWD - 20 mpg 365 hp

Taurus weighs about as much as the Camaro does. So for comparison:

Camaro LS/LT Rwd - 23 mpg 304 hp