1987 Ford Taurus Wagon

No Reserve: 1987 Ford Taurus LX Wagon for sale on BaT Auctions - ending October 11 (Lot #123,522) | Bring a Trailer

 

Another nice Taurus!

 

Started looking at this very nice Taurus LX, and it got me wondering about the production number difference between the Taurus/Sable and the Crown Vic-Country Squire/Colony Park, so I looked up the 1987 figures as as example....

Ford Country Squire/Crown Vic wagon: 17,562
Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park: 10,691
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Total: 28,253


Ford Taurus wagon, all trims: 96,201
Mercury Sable wagon, all trims: 30,312
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Total: 126,513


Certainly a WAY bigger difference than I thought.......

And how many of each are still around?

 

Wow, that is quite a big difference. Even back then in the 80s, we still favored the larger wagons. I remember a girl I was dating at the time her parents bought an 87 Taurus and at the same time my parents bought an 87 caprice. As far as I was concerned, there was no comparison.

 

I wonder if the same thing was going on with General Motors as far as the large wagon sales versus the intermediates

 

The Taurus was almost unreal in how "futuristic" it looked when it came out. The bigger sedans at the time were all taking design cues from 1977, which was an incredibly blocky design and... it's amazing to think back on how "old" they looked. The plastic design of the interior and the layout was just *new* on the Taurus. The 6 cylinder also had decent power compared to the wheezy 305 and just felt faster.

The GM intermediate wagons were nowhere near as advanced and were much "cheaper" feeling for lack of a better word. You still see them around and the occasional Taurus wagon, but they haven't survived like the boxier bigger sedans have. I am not sure if that's because the big sedans were more expensive when new or bought by older folks who tended to keep them longer, but you definitely seem them more these days.

 

Sold for $7,950 on 10/11/23