Ever Wonder How A Car Earns Its Reliability Stripes? Oh, You Do Not Want To Know

Pity the new 2010 Ford Taurus. During the development of Ford’s new flagship sedan, it was pelted with rock and frozen, baked, and rattled. It was flogged with a steel whip, shot with high-powered rifles and slammed with loaded shopping carts. If Ford engineers seem a bit sadistic, ...