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Once America’s best-selling car, the dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. Aljaf
Ford Taurus dies, again Tel. 582 8337
San Nicolas
Dr. Vis
Tel. 584 9700
By TOM KRISHER executive publisher for Kel- EMERGENCIA 911
AP Auto Writer ley Blue Book and Auto-
DETROIT (AP) — A car that trader.
once was America’s top- The Taurus was built on
seller is about to die — for heavy, older underpin-
a second time. nings, limiting Ford’s abil- POLICE 100
Ford Taurus, may you rest ity to create more interior ORANJESTAD 527-3140
in peace at the salvage space or make the car NOORD 527-3200
yard. more efficient, Brauer said. STA. CRUZ 527-2900
Blame the full-size sedan’s At the same time, midsize SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
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slow demise on the na- competitors used newer FIRE DEPT. 115
tional obsession with SUVs technology for better ride FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
and Ford Motor Co.’s need and handling and to ex- HOSPITAL 527-4000
to slash costs and remake pand inside space. DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
itself for a new era of self- As a result, sales of the lat- AMBULANCE 582-1234
driving cars and shuttles. est Taurus peaked in 2013 This April 20, 2011, file photo shows Mark Fields, executive vice IMSAN 524-8833
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Ford announced the car’s at nearly 80,000, falling to president, Ford Motor Company, introducing the 2013 Ford
passing this week as part just over 41,000 last year. Taurus SHO at the New York International Auto Show. Women in Difficulties
of major restructuring plan The latest Taurus did de- Associated Press PHARMACY
aimed at focusing capital velop a bit of a cult fol- my perspective on domes- sales of nearly 410,000, just
spending on more popu- lowing, though, especially tic manufacturers,” he said. as Japanese imports were Oranjestad:
del Pueblo Tel. 582 1253
lar SUVs and technology the 365-horsepower turbo- The Taurus debuted in late starting to take hold. It kept San Nicolas
needed to morph Ford into charged performance ver- 1985 at a time when Ford the top spot for five years Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
a mobility company. sion called S.H.O. for “Su- was in financial trouble and until being supplanted by
The 114-year-old automak- per High Output.” needed a big hit. The com- the Toyota Camry in 1997.
er said it would stop sell- “It’s really a sad thing to pany had found that Amer- Sales remained strong until INFORMATION 118
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America but two: the Mus- go,” mused Corey Aaron of away from big, boxy se- in 1996. Although the sec- TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
tang muscle car and a ver- Buford, Georgia, who owns dans to more nimble and ond generation sold well, SERVICE AUA 583-3232
sion of the compact Focus a metallic gray 2013 S.H.O. efficient European cars. it never matched the origi- A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
called Active. That means that he loves because it So more than 1,000 Ford nal car’s numbers.q 280-2828
Ford’s Chicago plant will can out-accelerate many staffers came up with a CrUiSE SHip
stop making Tauruses next other cars yet looks like a sleek-looking, roomy car
March. North American sleepy family sedan. with a smooth ride that
production of the Focus Aaron, a member of an was efficient and handled
compact car and Fiesta S.H.O. enthusiast club, says like a smaller car. Derisively Editor
subcompact will halt in Ford is short-sighted for get- called a “flying potato” by Caribbean Speed Printers N.V. April 30
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They’ll be replaced by eign-brand vehicles, which modern sedans. Aruba Airport 524-2424
five new SUVs, all to deal he considered to have bet- By the 1990s, the cars were Assistant Director American Airlines 582-2700
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with a market that has ter performance and qual- everywhere. The Taurus Xiomara Arends Aruba Airlines 583-8300
shifted dramatically in five ity. became the best-selling Editor in Chief Jet Blue 588-2244
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and SUVs were two-thirds wheel, it totally changed (linda.reijnders@cspnv.com) Venezolana 583-7674
of U.S. new vehicle sales. Aruba Foundation
They were less than half in Editor For those Visually Incapasitated
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March of 2013. Richard Brooks
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and markets where we Sales Sabana Liber #8, Noord
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CEO Jim Hackett said in Marijke Croes FUNDACIONS
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