The Ford Taurus AWD is an all wheel drive vehicle, with its powerplant positioned in the front, and a 4 door sedan/saloon body.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 3.5 litre capacity. This powerplant features double overhead camshaft valve gear, a 60 degree V 6 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 260 bhp (264 PS/194 kW) of power at 6250 rpm, and maximum torque of 332 N·m (245 lb·ft/33.9 kgm) at 4500 rpm.
The power is transferred to the wheels through a 6 speed automatic gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1730 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2868 mm | 112.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1641 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1651 mm | 65 inches | |
| Length | 5090 mm | 200.4 inches | |
| Width | 1892 mm | 74.5 inches | |
| Height | 1562 mm | 61.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1730 kg | 3814 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.5 litre 3496 cc (213.339 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 92.5 × 86.7 mm
3.64 × 3.41 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.07 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 264 PS (260 bhp) (194 kW) at 6250 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 55.5 kW/litre 75.4 ps/litre 74.4 bhp/litre 1.22 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
94.97 Nm/litre
1.15 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SMPFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1193.4 kPa (173.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6700 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 582.67 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 152.38 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 112.07 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 150.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.92 kg/kW 14.9 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.150 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | P215/60 R 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | P215/60 R 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.77 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 156387 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 31.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 Ford Taurus AWD (2008) added 2007-04-24. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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