You must have had something different between 82-86 because the Taurus wasn't introduced until 86. Which engine did you have in your Concorde? My Intrepid is on the same platform and my father prefers my Intrepid to his Taurus despite the fact that mind has 100K more than his. The engine on his Taurus doesn't start very easily in this cold weather. One morning, I just about couldn't get his Taurus to start. Mine starts normally on the first turn of the key.

HAHAHA! That is the sad part though. Chrysler minivans are popular for a good reason. They are very comfortable for long trips (more comfortable than many SUVs and large Lincolns and Cadillacs I have ridden in), very reliable beyond the A/C, good on fuel, safe, inexpensive, but yet they get a bad name because society has considered a minivan to be a soccor mom mobile. Image is what is destroying the segment even though it is the perfect vehicle in many areas.

The ironic thing is that vehicles like the Honda Pilot are considered to be attractive and opposite from this when they are infact a minivan with conventional doors. Chrysler ought to make a more SUV styled vehicle from the minivan line that doesn't look even close to a minivan (the Pacifica looks too much like a minivan so it doesn't count), since this is what the Japanese are doing and succeeding at this instead of trying to call a station wagon an SUV (Jeep Compass & Patriot).