Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Crossovers/CUVs, Ford Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Ford Taurus X When the Freestyle failed to capture the attention of the crossover-buying public, Ford took action. Designers slapped a three bar grille on the front end, got creative with the headlights and upped the power with a Duratec 3.5L V6 engine. And they changed the Freestyle's name to the Taurus X. Well, either nobody noticed or they just didn't give a damn. Ford is finally set to end the roomy crossover's misery in February 2009 when the last model is built at Ford's Chicago plant. Ford cited in a brief release that ditching the Taurus X will enable the Dearborn-based automaker to focus its attention on the seven-passenger Flex. Since the Flex is both cooler and better than the Taurus X in every way, we'd say that was a good call. Farewell, Taurus X. We'll miss your, uh...13 cup holders. Gallery: 2008 Ford Taurus X [Source: Ford]Ford Taurus X to ride off into the sunset in February originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments More...
