Working from Connecticut today, it seemed appropriate to write up this nicely preserved 1994 Ford Taurus that’s for sale in Stamford. The Taurus is worth a look, as it appears to belong to an owner who loves this car far more than most Taurus owners do. You see, the ad itself is half the fun, as he waxes poetic about the virtues of the bland-mobile, not to mention how the 3.8L six-cylinder has been freshly rebuilt. Find what is quite possibly the most-loved Taurus ever here on Hemmings with an $8,770 asking price.
The seller says he is an automotive reviewer, and given Consumer Reports is headquartered in the Nutmeg State, it wouldn’t surprise me to learn he works for the storied publication. Regardless of employment, the Taurus has been loved, and the owner knows its history. He casually name-drops the Taurus’ designer, Jack Telnack, and how he changed America’s perception of what a mid-size sedan should be with this generation of the Taurus – which was the last year an American passenger car was a best seller.
The first owner was a librarian who used the car gently, according to the seller. The Taurus has been garaged until just recently, and the underside reveals a car that hasn’t been ruthlessly exposed to sand and salt. The Taurus is perhaps the most Taurus color ever, with a combination of tan on beige. Mileage is under 100,000 and the seller claims that its unique combination of options make it a collectible future classic; however, in reviewing said option list, I see little more than “Presidential Window Tint” to set this one apart. It doesn’t even appear to have a CD player.
I wanted to believe the entire listing was written in jest. The brakes and suspension are original – and the seller lists these areas of neglect as if it’s a good thing. The air pressure in the tires has been “…maintained meticulously.” OK, you got me – well done, seller. But then the details of the engine rebuild are spelled out and I’m less certain this is a post for our amusement and instead just an impassioned used car owner: “All major engine components were given a hot bath and de-carbonized. Intake and exhaust ports polished.” The list of improvements goes on, but will it be enough to put you behind the wheel of the world’s cleanest 1994 Ford Taurus?
A guess the seller has never had to work on one of these pieces of crap. These were a $h!t box from the word go and you couldn’t give me this car. Good luck to the seller and maybe he will be less delusional on his next car.
I agree with you. Almost 9000 for a 900 dollars piece of scrap.just shows the world is still full of dreamers. I realize that more since I started reading Barn Finds.
I’d own this Taurus over a brand new car. These were only “crap” because most people never took care of these cars and drove them into the ground.
Had one of these in wagon form in the
late ’90’s and loved it. You couldn’t beat
it for comfort, ride, and relianility. Makes
me want to go to Connecticut and bring
this one back to my house! Looks
mighty damned good for a 100K mile
car. Most of the older Tauruses you find
here in Florida are ragged out jolopies
that aren’t worth saving. Most of them
are sitting in people’s yards in non-running condition just waiting to be
picked up and scrapped. The nicest
one I’ve found is a 2000 model with
190K miles on it. The body and interior
are in good shape for the car’s age. I
can get it dirt cheap provided the elderly
owner can wait ’til I get paid again. He
just bought a new truck and wants it gone. Sure wish it was a ’94 instead.
Did I say OMG!!! I WANT THIS CAR!!??
The Taurus/Sable is iconic. Very nice feature. I’ll never forget the first time I saw one in 1986.
The family 2002 Mercury Sable lives on. My brother bought it new, i got it with 180K, took it to 210 and gave it to my wifes teenage nephew last february. 3.0 duratec motor. Has always been reliable and solid. Just did regular maintenance. Only issue that was a pain was rusted heater tubes between the firewall and engine. Had to get them from the dealer, pull the intake to get at it. Also had to replace the A/C clutch .Nothing unreasonable for a 15 year old 200k car.
#FordTaurusMatters
#MyTaurus
#PrettyInBeige
But in all seriousness, I need to know how the Taurus got it’s name. Please.
The Vulcan engines were ok, more power than you’d think, just watch out for corroding freeze plugs. The early trannys pooped the bed due to nylon gear(s) and if you ever had to change one of their heater cores…well…
Just did one a few weeks ago in our ’03. To quote the Youtube guy, “It isn’t that bad”. Not fun, mind you, but not bad enough to pay the garage to do it.
Vulcans were great very durable.
The car is not the top of the line, has after market wheels on it, and has a ton of miles.
Where on earth does the guy get this price from?
If he is going to say all the maintenence is worth all that money, I will tell him what I was told when I traded in a 1982 Plymouth Champ that I had just replaced the automatic transmission in.
I got $500.00 in trade and obviously paid much more for the transmission.
The sales man told me the new transmission is what made it worth the $500.00 they paid me.
The work on this car is what would make it worth the $500.00 or $1000.00 it is really worth.
3.8 blew head gaskets all the time, probably same here, I rather have the 3.0. Way too much money,
In reality it wasn’t the head gaskets that failed, but litetally the blocks twisting that caused the failures. I was a Ford Parts Manager as well as the owner of a ’93 Taurus who’s ‘gaskets failed. Upon deep inspection due to our high rate of these repairs, there was an obviuos wear pattern on the main bearings showing the twist.
Passon any fwd 3.8ltr.
This guy is a dreamer asking almost $9k for a mundane Taurus, no matter how well kept. Here on Earth, that’s a $1,500, maybe $2,000 car given it’s very clean, well-kept and has a re-built motor. I’ve had three and all were good cars; dependable, comfortable and handy in wagon form. I liked them all but not enough to way over pay to have one again .
The seller claims to be an automotive reviewer? Bullsh*t. Anyone who knows anything about cars knows this Taurus is way over-priced. Even my pump jockey knows that and he’s not too bright. My guess is that if this guy works for Consumer Reports, he reviews the latest can-openers or table lamps; definitely not cars.
Is this a joke?
Reminded me of this:
https://youtu.be/YBFsNnwKe9o
My wife and I had a ’95 model very similar to this. Ours was a medium blue color and we did tint the windows to limo tint level, though it was a nicer metallic tint and it did not look quite as dark, good for not drawing attention of law enforcement. :) Our Taurus was a very solid car actually and we never had any mechanical issues. Kept it to around 70k when we needed a minivan to haul our soccer daughter and team mates around. I know these cars did not have a great reputation, but ours was very solid, rode well, got decent gas mileage, and other than routine maintenance was a cheap car to own. Too many of these were long-term fleet cars, so when they would hit the used market they would have tons of miles, so they were sold cheap. People that buy cheap cars generally don’t maintain them well, so neglected maintenance lead to problems and a somewhat undeserved bad reputation.
Most people never took care of these cars. it sounds like you took care of your Taurus.
Nice car. Always liked these years, especially in that ice blue metallic. There’s likely another 100k in this car, well cared for, but a more reasonable price would be $2500 to $3000. Yeah, it’s almost 25 years old but the what’s left in it for me factor says it’s worth more than a few hundred measly bucks.
OMW, it’s just a Taurus? I don’t get the guys selling approach at all? A little over the top!
I would give anything to know what this seller bought to replace this with.
The only good one was the sho otherwise they were all junk ,this guys on crack with his bs and price ! Original brakes at 100k ,i have a bridge for sale !
Some Ford Tauruses were plagued with faulty transmissions. While Ford Motor Company was unwilling to acknowledge a faulty transmission design and played ignorant of the matter, their official “Fred Jones Remanufacturing Division” out in OK could not keep up with the dealers’ demands for warranty replacements. We went through the Ford dealer where we had purchased the car and paid $2,300.00 out of pocket for a transmission replacement from Fred Jones after two earlier failed attempts. A neighbor of mine purchased a Taurus new and he received information from Ford that I didn’t since I purchased our Taurus used. Imagine the joy I felt one day when my neighbor was driving by stopped and rolled down his window and hollered “Greg, I received a notice that Ford was replacing the transmissions due to a Class Action Lawsuit filed by Lincoln/Mercury owners.” I hunted down my receipt and waited to go to the dealer until I verified the same service writer was working and walked up to his desk and said, “Remember me”? He said “Yeah” to which I replied “Remember this”? and placed the receipt down on his desk. He said he remembered it. I said, “Good because I expect a full refund for this repair”. It took a while, but we received a refund for the full amount we paid for the repair. We were so fortunate because had our neighbor not taken the time to tell me about the class action lawsuit, I never would have known about the transmission replacement/refund recall. We never owned another Ford product although I would not hesitate to own a Mustang GT.
I’ve talked to people who’ve owned G1 Taurus’s and they changed the trans fluid every 25,000 miles and they’ve never had problems.
Cool! But I prefer the Generation 1 Ford Taurus’s.