A big reason for building small cars that look like undersized Ford Tauruses is that a greater number of older, more affluent Americans are buying them.

There were three Ford Tauruses parked outside the motel, all plain and identical apart from colour, and even then there wasn't much variation between them.

Anchored the Relays The team is now practicing in the garage, running their laps around Ford Tauruses and Chevy Cavaliers.

The main gallery display is a gasp-maker, a fantasy car bombing involving nine identical white Ford Tauruses and lines of flashing multicolored lights.

IN four years, the top-selling cars on the site have gone from vintage Mustangs and Corvettes to Honda Accords and Ford Tauruses.

After 2001, Rensi switched to Ford Tauruses and signed Bobby Hamilton Jr. to drive.

And Doug Yates, age 32, builds engines for the Ford Tauruses of his father, the boss of Robert Yates Racing.

In another test, however, a fleet of Ford Tauruses averaged only about 6% fewer miles per gallon in the ethanol-based vehicles as compared to traditional, gas-powered Tauruses.

He said he acted frugally, noting that he cut his salary to $95,000 from $100,000 and had officers give up leased luxury cars in favor of Ford Tauruses.