> 2012 taurus Features: interior

The Taurus is designed with features to help keep road noise outside the cabin, and quiet inside the vehicle interior. Highlights include:

• Available acoustic laminate glass combined with a soft instrument panel and expandable foam baffles in the pillars to help absorb noise and make the interior quiet
  
• Three door seal levels for wind and traffic noise isolation
  
• Acoustic headliner to help absorb sound
  
• Reinforced decklid for increased stiffness and reduced squeak, rattle and road noise
  
• Front inlet air induction system to improve linear sound quality

The forward-leaning center control cluster features illuminated Ice Blue™Lighting, as do the center stack and switches. Not only does Ice Blue Lighting create a cool interior mood, it helps make vital driving information, such as speed and fuel status, easy to view, especially at night.

It's as if your Taurus is saying hello. The needles on the instrument panel gauges make one full sweep when you start your car. One more example of the attention to detail in the 2012 Taurus.

Set the mood in your Taurus with a lighting hue to match you. Ambient lighting features light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that illuminate the front and rear footwells, door handles and two front cupholders. Scroll through and select the color you want – Ice Blue,™ orange, soft blue, red, green, blue and purple. There are also five dimmer levels to adjust the intensity of the light. Available on Taurus SEL and standard on the Limited and SHO models.

To help keep you and your front-seat passenger comfortable when the mercury drops, opt for the available leather-trimmed heated front seats with three comfort settings in Taurus SEL.

These seats keep you comfortable, no matter what the season. Taurus Limited and SHO models can be equipped with available heated and cooled front seats with three comfort settings. Second-row heated seats for rear outboard seat passengers are also available in Limited and SHO.

The available Navigation System now includes HD Radio™ reception. HD Radio technology is the digital evolution of analog AM/FM radio and is used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit digital audio and data along with their analog signals. Digital broadcasts deliver crystal clear audio with no static or distortion and have the capability of high-quality surround sound. Best of all, HD Radio comes with no monthly subscription fee. The HD Radio button on the right side of the radio screen, when selected, will turn on the HD function and tune to HD radio stations when they are available.

HD Radio is a proprietary trademark of iBiquity Digital Corp.

It's a good bet you've never sat in a car with seats that provide a massage. Until now. The available class*-exclusive multi contour driver's and front passenger seats in Taurus SEL, Limited and SHO models feature six-way lumbar and subtle rolling-pattern massage. The bottom cushion features Active Motion,™ which provides a therapeutic lower back and upper leg massage to help reduce fatigue and make your ride more relaxing.

*Non luxury full size vs. 2011 competitors.