Where each one leads
Ford Taurus
Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.
Porsche Panamera
- Against cars of the same year, the Porsche Panamera comes out better in New York safety inspections (fails 71% less often than average) than the Ford Taurus (fails 11% more often than average).
Too close to call: official combined fuel use, Canada (l/100 km).
Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare
At a glance
| Ford Taurus | Porsche Panamera | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2019 | 2010–2026 |
| New cars registered in Europe | — | 17,347 (2010–2022) |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | — | 8,792 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | — | 4,454 |
| Generations on record | 5 | — |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Ford Taurus | Porsche Panamera | |
|---|---|---|
| UK MOT first-time pass rate | — | 87% |
| … against cars of the same age | — | +15% |
| New York safety inspections failed | 2.4% | 0.4% |
| … against cars of the same year | +11% | −71% |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | — | 4.3% |
| US owner complaints | 18,169 | 114 |
| Most complaints about | Suspension | Engine |
| Model year with most complaints | 1993 (1,557) | 2011 (34) |
| US recall campaigns | 69 | 18 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 2,984 | 4,838 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 188 | 2 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Safety
| Ford Taurus | Porsche Panamera | |
|---|---|---|
| NHTSA overall rating | 5★ (2019) | — |
NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, most recent rated model year (public domain).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Ford Taurus | Porsche Panamera | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 11.5 l/100 km (2019) | 11.4 l/100 km (2026) |
| Real-world use in Europe, petrol | — | 11.2 l/100 km |
| Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe | — | 212 g/km |
| Average power of new cars in Europe | — | 255 kW (342 hp) |
| Average mass in running order | — | 2,074 kg |
| Dutch list price when new (median) | — | €165,409 |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).