# NASCAR/Ford Fans--a question

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157 "2003-04-16T20:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157/1 "2003-04-16T20:22:58Z")

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[Ford is phasing out the Taurus.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030416/bs_nm/autos_ford_futura_dc_2) What will replace it?

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157/2 "2003-04-16T20:49:26Z")

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Nothing through 2004, then most likely the Futura. According to this article…

[http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/2985175.htm](http://www.thatsracin.com/mld/thatsracin/2985175.htm)

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**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157/3 "2003-04-16T21:50:41Z")

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That and the 500 will be introduced next year as the main large car in the Ford stable.

[http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosinsider/0304/16/b01-138675.htm](http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosinsider/0304/16/b01-138675.htm)

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157/4 "2003-04-16T22:03:41Z")

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Looks awfully boxy for a racecar. IIRC, a Busch Series and Winston Cup car have to be of a make and model available to the general public. Is it possible that Ford will develop a car that, while accessible to the public, isn’t necessarily _affordable_? Would this be allowed?

I’m biased towards Chevy, so I’m not really familiar with Ford products.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nascar-ford-fans-a-question/169157/5 "2003-04-16T22:20:21Z")

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Boxy? It looks to me as if they just crinked some creases into the standard Ford jellybean shape. In aero terms, it’s probably slick enough.

Though I worked for Gen. Motors for many years, I’m not a Ford hater.