Word: tauruses
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...want to solve one of the central mysteries of today's auto business, consider this tale of two cars: the Ford Taurus, built at plants in Atlanta and Chicago, and the Nissan Altima, made in Smyrna, Tenn. Neither vehicle is fancy; they're mainstream sedans for buyers on a budget. Both sell well. But when you talk about profit, the Taurus wobbles off the road. Ford must entice Taurus buyers with rebate offers and financing deals that slice 13%, or roughly $3,000, off the sticker price. After allowing for dealer profits, that leaves a negative return for Ford...
...William Clay Ford Jr., the founder's great-grandson, is focused on cutting new-vehicle development time from the current three years (a full year longer than industry leader Toyota) and increasing parts-and-platform sharing. Ford's new Futura sedan, due in 2005 to replace the outgoing Taurus, will use a Mazda platform that Ford plans to leverage across 10 cars and crossover vehicles in its global lineup, including its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands. (Ford owns a controlling stake in Mazda.) But the core of Ford's global "product-led revival"--65 new models in the next five...
...death in a mobile home 10 miles away, allegedly by his baby-sitter, Richard Chouquer, 23, as punishment for soiling his pants. The child was then wrapped in a bedspread, one with characters from Disney's 101 Dalmatians, and allegedly thrown into the trunk of Chouquer's gray Ford Taurus. Police say that as Chouquer and his girlfriend, Amandy Lawrence, 22, drove off to find a spot to dump Alfredo's body, they took the little boy's sister Rheyna, 4, along for the ride. The caseworker knew nothing about that. She was nowhere near to stop...
...raced down the strip in Mintz’s car, I came to the realization that I was invincible. I could not wait to find a crowd of adolescents so I could offer them drugs. Suddenly I was at a stoplight and a brand new Ford Taurus pulled up next to me. Sure, I was already driving a Taurus, but, like, the other one had a CD player. I leapt out of my car and began forcing the driver out of the other Taurus. “This is a carjacking!” I yelled. “What...
...Research Institute of Electrical Power says the rapid-L, a 6-m by 2-m reactor designed for moon colonies, could eventually be used to light up individual office buildings and apartment blocks. Given Japan's nuclear safety record, that can only be considered a very hot appliance. TINY TAURUS Osaka University researchers have sculpted a plastic bull the size of a red blood cell, a laser technique that may lead to mite-sized machines. It's nice to see bullishness amid Japan's economic paralysis?even on a microscopic scale...