Ford unveiled the 2012 Taurus at the 2011 New York Auto Show. It was a mild-facelift to push the car's sales. The most important changes were from the technological side, but some aesthetic changes were made as well.

While the 2008 Taurus was more of a rebadged Five Hundred, the 2010 model came as a fully-pledged sixth generation of this nameplate on the market.

Based on the same platform as the Five Hundred, which it replaced, the Taurus used the old name again to revive Ford's full-size sedan in 2006 as a 2007 model.

After banging their heads against the walls, Ford's design department came to its senses and replaced the Taurus' third generation with a different vehicle.

The Taurus was one of the best selling cars in America for over a decade, after its first generation launch in 1986. The 1995 model came with a totally new design.