[Shotimes] Sorta OT: Ford to replace Taurus with Futura

Bruce Malachuk bmalach1@nycap.rr.com
Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:18:45 -0400


To me the 6 feels a little smaller than my Gen II. Though after driving it
around a little, I notice the extra arm/shoulder room I have in my SHO. I
dunno the specs of a Gen I comapred to a Gen II, but the 6 only feels a
little smaller, but legroom front and back seems nicer.

Bruce
94 Opal Frost MTX
94 Deep Emerald Green ATX - w/90k gonna be parted

----- Original Message -----
From: <mkelley1@gt.rr.com>
To: <krazgeo@jps.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sorta OT: Ford to replace Taurus with Futura


> According to the dimensional specs, the 6 is very close to a Gen I except
> for front and rear overhang.  I haven't sat in a 6 so I don't have first
> hand experience.  Does it feel smaller than the Gen I?
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: George Fourchy krazgeo@jps.net
> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 08:53:17 -0700
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Sorta OT: Ford to replace Taurus with Futura
>
>
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:30:54 -0400, mkelley1@gt.rr.com wrote:
>
> >I'd have to see the actual car and not an artists rendition but it
doesn't
> >look bad:
>
> I don't know about the front end.  The rest of it looks OK for a drawing.
> Those
> Ford retro front ends haven't done much for me since the current batch of
> Lincolns
> came out.  Thank goodness they've left the CV alone.
>
> Hopefully it's a little bigger than the Mazda 6.  I like that car a lot,
> but it's
> too small, like the IS300, which I might have gotten otherwise (a year ago
> or more),
> since it has a stick.  I like the SHO's cabin size just fine.
>
> George
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