Yeah but why was Aaron Burr shot? I can't remember if the commercial made it clear or not. All I remember is someone who really needed a glass of milk.
I got a 2006 one thats been abused in Long island NY. I put 20,000 since ive had it since 141000 miles. For my first car, its the best first car I could ever want. Spent a grand on it.
Anyone who is not moved with excitement and wonder over this commercial is missing something. This is one of the greatest commercials Ford ever made! What a great way to introduce a new car. It makes you feel so great to be a part of this new era. The lyrics and the singer is awesome. I miss commercials that moved and rocked the senses and that made you really LISTEN to what they were saying!
@@lindaeasley5606 Jason Cammisa from Hagerty Media put it best. "Its normalness today is a function of its INCOMPREHINSIBLE success back in the 1980s."
@@lindaeasley5606 Cars have always looked alike, with the occasional exceptions in styling leaders like this. Look at the stuff Ford was putting out before the Taurus in the late 70’s and 80’s, looks pretty much like any GM product, that’s why the Taurus was a massive success in the first place.
Lyrics: TAURUS Now there is a personal car That has exactly what We've been looking for TAURUS How there's an American car with a shape and a feel we've never seen before For all of us, who demand excellence and design and function, for all of us who will not compromise, Ford listened, Ford created Taurus, for us. TAURUS Now there's an American car that has exactly what we've been looking for TAURUS Now there's an American car with a shape and a feel we've never seen before Ford has seen where we're going Ford heard us loud and clear Ford has seen the future and now the future is here TAURUS TAURUS FOR US TAURUS FOR US Have you driven a Ford lately?
TAURUS!! NOW THERES AN A MERICAN CAR THAT HAS EXACTLY WE'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR!! TAURUS!! NOW THERE'S AN A MERICAN CAR THAT HS THE SHAPE AND THE FEEL WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, FOWARD TO SEE WHERE WERE GOING, FORD HAS HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR!! FORD HAS SEEN THE FUTURE, AND NOW THE FUTURE IS HEEEERREAA!! TAURUS!!! TAURUS!! HAHAHAHAAA OMG IM CRYING!!!! I CANT TYPE NO MORE!!
@@aidaaliten8817I had to look up this ad to make sure my memory was accurate... It was, down to the key of the melody. Ad must have been in heavy rotation!!
so true - and GM employees made fun of it from what I read. The article then said: And now GM is making jelly beans - GM - copies everything Ford does - GM is so pathetic.
My plan for this weekend: Step 1. Record this song to cassette. Step 2. go to craigslist and find the first old Taurus. Step 3. Go see car. Step 4. Start car, insert cassette Step 5. Listen to this commercial Step 6. Press rewind Step 7. hand over asking price in cash, press play, and drive off with windows down and volume up! Step 8. Mark off life goal #80
For once, a car's commercial isn't lying. The Taurus was a true revolution and shaped car design in America forever. Ford did see where we were going, Ford did see the future
LOL! I remember when the Taurus/Sable came out, they looked like *spaceships* compared to every other vehicle on the road! The first time I ever saw one, I literally thought it was powered by *dilithium* crystals or something! It was that revolutionary for the time period! Every other vehicle from the 1970's and 1980's looked like a square box, and then all of a sudden, this sleek, egg-shaped cocoon star-cruiser came onto the market, and everything changed!
this and the Granada/Scorpio that came out in Europe/UK in 1985 made the xd/xe/xf Falcons that existed in the Australasian regions look old overnight.The EA of 1988 could not have come soon enough(Problems with build quality aside).
That's the late Ernie Anderson doing the VO for this ad. :D Hard to believe it's been 25 years since this car first graced Ford showrooms.... it was revolutionary, in so many ways.
What a great ad and a great song! The singer is really into it. I especially like the part when he sings "...Ford has seen where we're going, Ford has heard us loud and clear. Ford has seen the future and now the future is hereeeeeeeee!!!" I practically want to jump out of my seat and scream YES!! What exhilaration and excitement! It just shows the real power of advertising and how it can move people! And those big companies KNOW THAT!
that car is a future classic, the car that not only saved a nearly bankrupt Ford Motor Company and brought a breath of fresh air to Detroit but also was was a design revolution
I would gladly pay to be a fly in that board room when they first made that jingle. Pure entertainment. It's scary how different American society has become.
it`s 2019. The part at 0:41 have an incredible hype that somehow is missing nowadays. Those 7 seconds are the spirit of the 80`s condensed in audio form
Google 1986 Caprice Classic Wagon to compare what GM's equivalent offering was, and you'll see why the Taurus was jaw-dropping in the weird days of the mid 1980s.
There's something that actually makes my brain twitch when it goes "Have you drive a Ford---" and it cuts off before "lately!" It's like an OCD thing where it NEEDS to finish the jingle!
I remember this commercial very well. Like it or not, everyone copied the basic design of the original Taurus for 30 years. They called it the jellybean car but next to most other 86 models, the others looked old. This was a huge gamble but it was also a huge success.
LOVE my Ford Taurus - we have 3 - the oldest is a 2000 - been in the shop ONCE and my husband drives it all the time - no car better than a Ford Taurus. So sad to see it go - maybe Ford will bring it back some day soon. My 2015 Taurus Limited AWD is absolutely wonderful!
Well that's what automation and self driving cars are all about. You can't expect everyone to be smart, highly responsive and intuitive people. Think about the elders whose responses has deteriorated over time. How do you make sure they can get to wherever they want safely? Automation isn't bad. It only increases accessibility for driving and lowers accident rates. It's like getting seatbelts and airbags; its only safer, not in any way worse.
We used to own a white '86 wagon as a winter car, complete with the digital dashboard. It was actually the first car I drove, in and around my old high school parking lot when I was 15. Pretty good car, and IMO better than the 2008 Chevy truck we have now, lol
glad we don't use that logic anymore. if I heard a poorly written jingle I would be less inclined to buy a product. even a good jingle wouldn't sway me
+MonsterSandwich99 Have you ever seen teh BelVita Morning Win commercial? That's got a jingle but it's so funny, I can't imagine not buying their cookies if I ever see them in a store.
i was around in the 80's and yes to see these now they do seem pretty cheesy, but they did not seem cheesy at the time this was the world as it was in the pre computer /internet era i am sure that it took many people many hours to hand assemble these video clips into a commercial and edit in all the captions using computers that would make an old intel 386 look like a super computer,(an intel 386 usually ran DOS or windows 3.1 that predated windows 95) in reality they were well done for the time
No no, I mean THE Taurus. The car that started it all, which ran from 1986-2007. It was the same unibody frame, transmission, and Vulcan 3.0L V6 for 21yrs.
I own a 2017 Taurus I bought new to ride to work mostly because of the V6 engine that you can’t get in most sedans anymore. Hands down the most comfortable car ever.
People don’t realize this car changed sedans forever it was the first roundish looking car and many claimed it to be the car of the future even featured in the movie robocop
The Ford Taurus truly revolutionized the American car industry forever, it's such a shame that the 86 models are rare to find nowadays despite over 2 million models made.
@@doug5441 Looks wise, yeah, I've seen worse. But, the 1996 Taurus was the beginning of the end of the Taurus' dominance, and that by itself makes it a bad car.
I wouldn't mind having one of the new Taurus's they are really good cars if you take care of them right we had 2 2002 models both were good cars but quality has also improved a lot since 02
People today (2023) would look at this commercial and likely call it silly or cheesy but they dont understand that in 1986, this was like a spaceship with rounded styling, flush headlights, doors and door handles.
Yeah those flush headlights were a huge deal the department of transportation mandated the terrible sealed beam headlights in the 1940s and no amount of arguing would persuade them to allow the clearly superior headlights that were on cars everywhere else to be on cars sold in America until the Taurus team realized the same Government morons responsible for lighting were also responsible for fuel economy regulations and Ford argued without the aerodynamic advantage of flush headlights they would never be able to achieve their mpg goals and Ford got the last laugh, and the Taurus team created the Taurus with a budget of 3 billion dollars adjust for inflation that's 7 billion dollars today which is Ford's entire R&D budget
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And the car has such an "American" feel to it. The advertisement isn't even overtly patriotic, but the constant allusions to how Ford is an American company and how Taurus is an American car make me feel like they were really trying to hit home with the idea of the car being American. First time watching this commercial put this in my head: It may be an econobox, but it's an American econobox, and I'm going to be proud of it. (not so proud of it anymore now that its been shipped off to China and sold only there)
We've owned 3. 1987 LX Wagon, 95 SE Sedan and now we're on a 2005 SEL Sedan. Solid cars, only weak point is the Transmission. I've had that many Explorers.. 01 Sport, 99 Limited, and now a 2002 XLT. Again, weak link: Trans. I've been wondering where I'd find the original Ad. Thanks for posting!
The trannsmissions and the crappy 3.8 essex V6 were the only bad things about the Taurus. get one with the Vulcan engine and you should be fine with regular maintenance.
I was 10 years old when this commercial came out and we can remember my Aunts friend was looking at a brand new fully loaded Taurus LX Wagon. She bought the car and she drove it for 12 years, also my cousin and his girlfriend who just got married bought a brand new 1989 Taurus LX wagon. We had quite a few Fords in our family. My grandfather drove F150s, Rangers and Aerostars. I have a 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis and my other cousin drives Crown Vics and my other cousin has 2 Town Cars.
Don't forget that about the same time the Taurus was introduced the Aerostar minivan was as well. That was ahead of its time, too, with the style, trying to one-up Chrysler and GM.
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like if this song triggers a massive dopamine release
It stimulates my prostate
Gives me Zumba class vibes
I listen to in the mornings sometimes for that reason
It's like the intro to one of the 80's cartoons!
i have a ford Taurus, and i play this song everytime i get in it
time*
Joe Bellic thats how good your brain is
If there was a Ford Escape Jingle, I would play that everytime I get in
Fawaz Baasem have you driven a ford lately?
CubyDoesStuff yes.....yes i have....
This is the most 80's thing EVER. Wow. The song, the shiny chrome illustrated text logo. It's got it all!
The narrator is the same guy who use to be the ABC announcer back in the 80's. That really adds to the 80's feel to the commerical
Berkana 80sgasm
And even the car with the Digital Display!
Even the token black family that doesn't know why they're being filmed! LOL!
LOL Yeah!!! Great times lol!
80's commercials had better music than today's clubs.
Yeah but why was Aaron Burr shot? I can't remember if the commercial made it clear or not. All I remember is someone who really needed a glass of milk.
Ford has seen the future.
I miss the good times 😢
'ford know where we're going'
ok cool!
'ford knows where you've been'
uh...
'ford knows where you sleep'
...
'ford knows'
*ford is watching you from the window*
*ford knows what you did*
*ford knows what you eat*
So does your phone 📱
Underrated coment
Dude I wanted to hear them say ".......lately"
A.Yo.Boston me too!
THIS! I feel robbed!
You can hear it here (albeit with a small female chorus). ruclips.net/video/cAeV4Fvj_jw/видео.html
Thank you.
I know right?! Where is the best part of the commercial!!!
Well, the Taurus is gone.
But it's legacy will never die.
@Numbered hey at least it’s still alive somewhere
The cars never die
I've got a 2001 ford taurus
Thing still runs despite the absolute abuse it's been put through on Midwestern roads
@@cykad.blyatman5202 yes, Midwestern roads are total crap, cars are doomed driving on them.
The Explorer basically became a larger version of it.
I got a 2006 one thats been abused in Long island NY. I put 20,000 since ive had it since 141000 miles. For my first car, its the best first car I could ever want. Spent a grand on it.
Anyone who is not moved with excitement and wonder over this commercial is missing something. This is one of the greatest commercials Ford ever made! What a great way to introduce a new car. It makes you feel so great to be a part of this new era. The lyrics and the singer is awesome. I miss commercials that moved and rocked the senses and that made you really LISTEN to what they were saying!
Still looks good today.
I still love those curvy sedans.
I hate the new Ford Taurus this one I like
Hard to believe that this car was so radical looking back in '86
And then in 1996 they made it radical again, too radical.
It’s still radical. There’s occasionally one parked down the street from me in blue. Soooo sexy. It makes me want to buy one
It was the first aerodynamically designed American car ( rounded/oval shape)
And every car manufacturer copied it. Now all cars look alike
@@lindaeasley5606 Jason Cammisa from Hagerty Media put it best.
"Its normalness today is a function of its INCOMPREHINSIBLE success back in the 1980s."
@@lindaeasley5606 Cars have always looked alike, with the occasional exceptions in styling leaders like this. Look at the stuff Ford was putting out before the Taurus in the late 70’s and 80’s, looks pretty much like any GM product, that’s why the Taurus was a massive success in the first place.
Lyrics:
TAURUS
Now there is a personal car
That has exactly what
We've been looking for
TAURUS
How there's an American car
with a shape and a feel
we've never seen before
For all of us, who demand excellence and design and function, for all of us who will not compromise, Ford listened, Ford created Taurus, for us.
TAURUS
Now there's an American car
that has exactly what
we've been looking for
TAURUS
Now there's an American car
with a shape and a feel
we've never seen before
Ford has seen where we're going
Ford heard us loud and clear
Ford has seen the future
and now the future is here
TAURUS
TAURUS FOR US
TAURUS FOR US
Have you driven a Ford lately?
You cut off the "lately" part of the jingle! That's the best part!
That's what I'm saying!!
What the hell... they 80's were so happy. Such a happy time.
They weren't. But they put a heckuva effort selling that to us.
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TAURUS!! NOW THERES AN A MERICAN CAR THAT HAS EXACTLY WE'VE BEEN LOOKIN FOR!! TAURUS!! NOW THERE'S AN A MERICAN CAR THAT HS THE SHAPE AND THE FEEL WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, FOWARD TO SEE WHERE WERE GOING, FORD HAS HEARD US LOUD AND CLEAR!! FORD HAS SEEN THE FUTURE, AND NOW THE FUTURE IS HEEEERREAA!! TAURUS!!! TAURUS!! HAHAHAHAAA OMG IM CRYING!!!! I CANT TYPE NO MORE!!
Classier than a lot of other car commercials we have these days. Those GM/Chevrolet commercials show how really sad and pathetic GM is.
@@rockandroll4689 this Ford Taurus is Car of The Year in Motor Trend in 1986
It's not "TAURUS!!" It's "For Us" nor "forward to see where" it's "Ford has seen where we're going"
That theme song light weight got me wanting to buy one.
They still make them, I think.
Its 2012 and this jingle is still stuck in my head every time I see a Taurus :)
2022
@@aidaaliten8817I had to look up this ad to make sure my memory was accurate... It was, down to the key of the melody. Ad must have been in heavy rotation!!
Say what you will, Ford bet the house on this car and it was a success.
so true - and GM employees made fun of it from what I read. The article then said: And now GM is making jelly beans - GM - copies everything Ford does - GM is so pathetic.
It brought Ford back from the brink.
@@rockandroll4689 GM arrived several years late to the party. Ford grabbed the advantage in this segment and capitalized on it.
@@texan903They could literally do that again; the 2024 Taurus sold overseas isn't being sold in the US and I don't understand why.
My plan for this weekend:
Step 1. Record this song to cassette.
Step 2. go to craigslist and find the first old Taurus.
Step 3. Go see car.
Step 4. Start car, insert cassette
Step 5. Listen to this commercial
Step 6. Press rewind
Step 7. hand over asking price in cash, press play, and drive off with windows down and volume up!
Step 8. Mark off life goal #80
For once, a car's commercial isn't lying. The Taurus was a true revolution and shaped car design in America forever. Ford did see where we were going, Ford did see the future
It felt like a spaceship.
I'm a Chevy man , but I will admit , Ford did see the future .
Yea my dad has 09 trailblazer and he got me liking Chevy
And now the future is here.
FORD HAS SEEN WHERE WE'RE GOING! FORD HAS HEARD US, LOUD AND CLEAR! FORD HAS SEEN THE FUTURE, AND NOW THE FUTURE IS HERE!!!!!
OmG. Thank you
I'm stunned by the sudden glee in the commercial not even a second in the showing
LOL! I remember when the Taurus/Sable came out, they looked like *spaceships* compared to every other vehicle on the road! The first time I ever saw one, I literally thought it was powered by *dilithium* crystals or something! It was that revolutionary for the time period! Every other vehicle from the 1970's and 1980's looked like a square box, and then all of a sudden, this sleek, egg-shaped cocoon star-cruiser came onto the market, and everything changed!
this and the Granada/Scorpio that came out in Europe/UK in 1985 made the xd/xe/xf Falcons that existed in the Australasian regions look old overnight.The EA of 1988 could not have come soon enough(Problems with build quality aside).
That's the late Ernie Anderson doing the VO for this ad. :D Hard to believe it's been 25 years since this car first graced Ford showrooms.... it was revolutionary, in so many ways.
What a great ad and a great song! The singer is really into it. I especially like the part when he sings "...Ford has seen where we're going, Ford has heard us loud and clear. Ford has seen the future and now the future is hereeeeeeeee!!!" I practically want to jump out of my seat and scream YES!! What exhilaration and excitement! It just shows the real power of advertising and how it can move people! And those big companies KNOW THAT!
calvin777100 Legendary announcer Ernie Anderson doing the voice over.
They just don't do commercials like this anymore... this has way too much personality for a commercial made after 2000.
Taurus FOR US!
Have you driven a Foooorrrddddd!!!
Lately@@squidiskool
The song is catchy to me
I like it too
This was stuck in my head for 3 days once
that car is a future classic, the car that not only saved a nearly bankrupt Ford Motor Company and brought a breath of fresh air to Detroit but also was was a design revolution
When commercials really excited you in buying something new!
I would gladly pay to be a fly in that board room when they first made that jingle. Pure entertainment. It's scary how different American society has become.
it wasn't made in a board room it was made by a marketing team (probably contracted).
OnlineBackupServices ..who then probably made the jingle in a meeting room. Why comment with irrelevant speculation?
Jgizzy -redacted-
Most likely a sound studio, definitely not a board room.
OnlineBackupServices the ideas aren't introduced in a sound studio. That comes later.
they probably made more $$ with that jingle than 99% of Spotify tunes .
it`s 2019. The part at 0:41 have an incredible hype that somehow is missing nowadays. Those 7 seconds are the spirit of the 80`s condensed in audio form
Taurus FOR US!!!!!!
Sounds like a South Park song.
I was thinking the same thing, for some reason it sounds like Trey Parker’s voice…maybe he got inspiration. 😂 Great car though.
Great singer. Love his voice!!
I remember when I first saw this car, I honestly never thought it would catch on.
Now my wife just recently bought one of the last ones made.
Google 1986 Caprice Classic Wagon to compare what GM's equivalent offering was, and you'll see why the Taurus was jaw-dropping in the weird days of the mid 1980s.
Yep. It was a very advanced car. The Taurus could have easily been a mid 90s.
Message to automakers...bring back wagons..fun to drive and hauling capacity!
Ford Taurus was launched in 1986 with a V6 engine! Available on sedan and station wagon!
my first car is a 1999 ford taurus i just love all the ford taurus's as it is
WOW! That guy who did the singing was A-ONE! What a great job he did on this song!!! Wish I knew who he was!
That announcer could sell me some swamp land in the Sahara. His voice is so commanding and convincing!
Now i have that Taurus jingle in my head..
The new Ford police interceptors are basically Tauruses rather than the discontinued Crown Victorias.
DredWolfster They are tauri (taurses)
Anyone else here from NPR’s pop culture happy hour? Hahaha thank you Stephen Thompson, good choice!!!
Taurus seems a lot more like a 90s car design than an 80s car design
Yep this car was way ahead of its time.
"Ford has seen the future and the future is here"
“Ford sees the future”
“Ford knows when you’re sleeping, knows when you’re awake...”
Thats the point
Not a coincidence, as the Taurus became the basis for 90s car design.
Anyone here after Stephen said that this was his "What's Making Us Happy" on PCHH?
I was in 7th grade when these cars hit the market. Even us kids loved these things, and were wowed by them..
There's something that actually makes my brain twitch when it goes "Have you drive a Ford---" and it cuts off before "lately!" It's like an OCD thing where it NEEDS to finish the jingle!
That singer! I wonder what other works he's done
SO PASSIONATE
you really gotta listen to this with headphones for the true effect imo
Ford's were so awesome looking back then, wish they still made Station Wagons and had commercials like this today!
Love the announcer's voice, has to be the late great Ernie Anderson.
Best known for his VO work on ABC.
I remember this commercial very well. Like it or not, everyone copied the basic design of the original Taurus for 30 years. They called it the jellybean car but next to most other 86 models, the others looked old. This was a huge gamble but it was also a huge success.
LOVE my Ford Taurus - we have 3 - the oldest is a 2000 - been in the shop ONCE and my husband drives it all the time - no car better than a Ford Taurus. So sad to see it go - maybe Ford will bring it back some day soon. My 2015 Taurus Limited AWD is absolutely wonderful!
I want Ford Taurus wagon
Now, there is no Taurus after 2019...
Yeah, I was similarly saddened, myself. At least we'll always have the Mustang.
@@TurnAGundam me too - and the Explorer and the F-series Trucks and everything else Ford makes - which is the only brand I will ever buy!
Can we talk about the second narrator's voice at 0:13? That man could sell me tap water with that voice.
It would be awesome if every time you started the car it went "TAURUS!". Owners of such a car would be a little happier than everyone else.
I wanna put this on my Spotify playlist
back when they could sing about a car instead of putting idiots behind the wheel that can't hit the brakes by themselves
Well that's what automation and self driving cars are all about.
You can't expect everyone to be smart, highly responsive and intuitive people. Think about the elders whose responses has deteriorated over time. How do you make sure they can get to wherever they want safely?
Automation isn't bad. It only increases accessibility for driving and lowers accident rates. It's like getting seatbelts and airbags; its only safer, not in any way worse.
Such triggeredness
ROBOCOP ENTERS THE SCENE
Ford Taurus Police Car of Robocop in movie in 1987
Road Trip has also entered the chat
Play this on repeat in a locked room and I doubt anyone in the room would make it a day before hanging themselves.
Karen and Chris’ influence. Everyone listen to Do You Need a Ride podcast lmao
Best anime ever
I drive a Taurus and I programmed this to play every time the car starts.
Holy crap I actually remember this commercial. I was 5 at the time.
The song is stuck in my head
To whoever uploaded this great commercial: WHY COULDN'T YOU INCLUDE THE VERY ENDING?? "....have you driven a Ford, driven a Ford LATELY."
Dat song tho...
Ikr
glad i got this instead of the 6000 SUX
Cause the 6000 *SUX* (sucks)
I LIKE IT!
I am so nostalgic for the passion and earnestness of these 80s commercial jingles. Thumbs up if you also looked this up because of DYNAR 😁
We used to own a white '86 wagon as a winter car, complete with the digital dashboard. It was actually the first car I drove, in and around my old high school parking lot when I was 15. Pretty good car, and IMO better than the 2008 Chevy truck we have now, lol
Drinking With Goosebumps
Retro Oasis :)
Best ad to ever exist
Sorry I just had to find this god damn commercial that the podcast “Do you Need a Ride?” continues to bring up. wow. it was worth it.
why did they sing everything in the 80s? Like every commercial has really weird songs in it
glad we don't use that logic anymore. if I heard a poorly written jingle I would be less inclined to buy a product. even a good jingle wouldn't sway me
i disagree, this is awsome
+MonsterSandwich99 Have you ever seen teh BelVita Morning Win commercial? That's got a jingle but it's so funny, I can't imagine not buying their cookies if I ever see them in a store.
MonsterSandwich99
I disagree, I remember commercials with great songs (i.e., Little Caesar's) better than the hundreds that don't.
It's not "weird". It's happy and joyful. Something people don't know shit about these days.
i was around in the 80's and yes to see these now they do seem pretty cheesy, but they did not seem cheesy at the time this was the world as it was in the pre computer /internet era i am sure that it took many people many hours to hand assemble these video clips into a commercial and edit in all the captions using computers that would make an old intel 386 look like a super computer,(an intel 386 usually ran DOS or windows 3.1 that predated windows 95) in reality they were well done for the time
No no, I mean THE Taurus. The car that started it all, which ran from 1986-2007. It was the same unibody frame, transmission, and Vulcan 3.0L V6 for 21yrs.
I own a 2017 Taurus I bought new to ride to work mostly because of the V6 engine that you can’t get in most sedans anymore. Hands down the most comfortable car ever.
Do you still have it?
@@texan903 No. I got a job closer to home after I wrote that. I didn’t need a car to commute in. I’ll always remember how great it was.
and the most dependable and BEST car ever made!
People don’t realize this car changed sedans forever it was the first roundish looking car and many claimed it to be the car of the future even featured in the movie robocop
The Ford Taurus truly revolutionized the American car industry forever, it's such a shame that the 86 models are rare to find nowadays despite over 2 million models made.
Yeah but those cars weren't preserved, those things were used and used hard
@@shovelheadedmonster And not to mention, had faulty transmissions.
Makes me miss my 06 taurus.
Shame that 1996 happened.
It's not THAT bad...
Yea the 96 Ford Taurus sucks
@@DemondudeDemondude why???
This Ford Taurus 1996-1999 is bizarre design
@@doug5441 Looks wise, yeah, I've seen worse. But, the 1996 Taurus was the beginning of the end of the Taurus' dominance, and that by itself makes it a bad car.
I wouldn't mind having one of the new Taurus's they are really good cars if you take care of them right we had 2 2002 models both were good cars but quality has also improved a lot since 02
People today (2023) would look at this commercial and likely call it silly or cheesy but they dont understand that in 1986, this was like a spaceship with rounded styling, flush headlights, doors and door handles.
Yeah those flush headlights were a huge deal the department of transportation mandated the terrible sealed beam headlights in the 1940s and no amount of arguing would persuade them to allow the clearly superior headlights that were on cars everywhere else to be on cars sold in America until the Taurus team realized the same Government morons responsible for lighting were also responsible for fuel economy regulations and Ford argued without the aerodynamic advantage of flush headlights they would never be able to achieve their mpg goals and Ford got the last laugh, and the Taurus team created the Taurus with a budget of 3 billion dollars adjust for inflation that's 7 billion dollars today which is Ford's entire R&D budget
Go Taurus go go!
I'd buy that for a dollar.
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+Randy Marsh
You're really an idiot...
f1ck u
F*** you
Shut up it cost more than your life btw
I would get more enjoyment driving this than an '86 Corvette because it's just so revolutionary for its time
And the car has such an "American" feel to it.
The advertisement isn't even overtly patriotic, but the constant allusions to how Ford is an American company and how Taurus is an American car make me feel like they were really trying to hit home with the idea of the car being American.
First time watching this commercial put this in my head:
It may be an econobox, but it's an American econobox, and I'm going to be proud of it.
(not so proud of it anymore now that its been shipped off to China and sold only there)
Look how far the Ford Taurus has come so far!
We've owned 3. 1987 LX Wagon, 95 SE Sedan and now we're on a 2005 SEL Sedan. Solid cars, only weak point is the Transmission. I've had that many Explorers.. 01 Sport, 99 Limited, and now a 2002 XLT. Again, weak link: Trans. I've been wondering where I'd find the original Ad. Thanks for posting!
The trannsmissions and the crappy 3.8 essex V6 were the only bad things about the Taurus. get one with the Vulcan engine and you should be fine with regular maintenance.
I like this energetic song so much
I was 10 years old when this commercial came out and we can remember my Aunts friend was looking at a brand new fully loaded Taurus LX Wagon. She bought the car and she drove it for 12 years, also my cousin and his girlfriend who just got married bought a brand new 1989 Taurus LX wagon. We had quite a few Fords in our family. My grandfather drove F150s, Rangers and Aerostars. I have a 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis and my other cousin drives Crown Vics and my other cousin has 2 Town Cars.
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I can't get this out of my head
Still looks pretty modern for a 34 year old design.
LATELY! Sorry the ad cut off just a second too early and I couldn't leave it hanging...
I saw this the first time for the commercial. I came back several more times for the song.
still waiting for a song about the damn MAP sensor that was always faulty
we have never had this issue and we own 3 Tauruses.
These cars were a BIG deal when they came out
lol the song is great
Ford has seen the future, and how the future is here! Have an all electric four door Mustang inspired minivan!
Don't forget that about the same time the Taurus was introduced the Aerostar minivan was as well. That was ahead of its time, too, with the style, trying to one-up Chrysler and GM.
Saw a Taurus parked on the street, in good condition. This jingle immediately came to mind. We had two Tauruses in the family and both were good cars.
"Taurus!... now there's an American car...with the shape and the space to haul all of that cheese this cheesy song provided us...Taurus!"