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REPORT: Next-gen Taurus likely to move to common platform with Fusion/Mondeo

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2010 Ford Taurus – Click exceeding for high-res image gallery

The 2010 Ford Taurus is simply into its launch, but plans are already being laid for the next-gen model. In what should be a surprise to no one, the nearest Taurus is expected to exist smaller than the current car. According to The Detroit News, Ford is likely to move Taurus to a common platform shared with the Fusion and Mondeo. The combining of the Fusion and Mondeo has been planned in quest of some time even now and the Taurus will probably use a longer (and perhaps wider) variant of the sort C/D segment architecture. The current Taurus platform will still be around for at least four more years and it’ll also underpin the new Explorer that’s expected to attend by bows in 2010.

Similar plans are believed to be underway at General Motors for the Chevy Impala, whose next iteration will probably move to a stretched version of the Epsilon II platform along with the Buick LaCrosse and the next Malibu.

Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus

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[Source: The Detroit News]

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