1990 Ford Taurus station wagon (Norwegian
version)
Picture courtesy owner Jan
Asle Sele of Voll, Norway
More information on this interesting
wagon from Jan:
The car is a 1990 Ford Taurus 3.0 GL,
bought new in Norway (it was sold for a few years before the European
Scorpio wagon was introduced, but due to a very steep price, not
many were sold). I'm the third owner. It's registered with two
seats only, as a "delivery van", as it's called, and
on green license plates (the regular ones are white); this is
because of relatively weird Norwegian car taxes (a station wagon
with two seats and a wall behind the seats, can be had for half
the price of a "regular" wagon, if it is over a certain
size). As you can see, the rear side windows have been replaced
with black fibreglass boards, which I think was mandatory to get
it registered with green plates in 1990. Apart from that, it's
pretty much like your average American Taurus, except that the
regular rear view mirrors have been replaced by large, black mirrors
from the European Scorpio, and some of the rear lights have been
changed - this is also due to Norwegian regulations. The Taurus
is a very rare car in Norway, and is considered a luxury car,
because it was very expensive when new, due to our high taxes
on cars (heavy cars with big engines, like the Taurus, get very
high taxes).
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