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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Taurus - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />The 2010 Ford Taurus is barely into its launch, but plans are already being laid for the next-gen model. In what should be a surprise to no one, the next Taurus is expected to be smaller than the current car. According to <em>The Detroit News</em>, 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 for some time already and the Taurus will probably use a longer (and perhaps wider) variant of the same 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 bow in 2010.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097464/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097465/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097468/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097483/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097466/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Chris Paukert / Weblogs, Inc.</small></strong></em><br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090711/AUTO01/907110398/1148/?source=nletter-business">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/">REPORT: Next-gen Taurus likely to move to common platform with Fusion/Mondeo</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:05:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19095367/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Taurus - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />The 2010 Ford Taurus is barely into its launch, but plans are already being laid for the next-gen model. In what should be a surprise to no one, the next Taurus is expected to be smaller than the current car. According to <em>The Detroit News</em>, 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 for some time already and the Taurus will probably use a longer (and perhaps wider) variant of the same 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 bow in 2010.<br /><br />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.<br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/">First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097464/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd000_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097465/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097468/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd001_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097483/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd002_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2010-ford-taurus/2097466/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/2010taurus_fd003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><em><strong><small>Photos Copyright (C)2009 Chris Paukert / Weblogs, Inc.</small></strong></em><br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090711/AUTO01/907110398/1148/?source=nletter-business">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/">REPORT: Next-gen Taurus likely to move to common platform with Fusion/Mondeo</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:05:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19095367/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/12/report-next-gen-taurus-likely-to-move-to-common-platform-with-f/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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