 Marking the return of the nameplate after a hiatus of less than a year, the revived Taurus is a mid-cycle revision of the Ford Five Hundred full-size sedan.After its retail withdrawal following the 2007 model year, the Crown Victoria was replaced by this generation of the Taurus, making it the flagship Ford sedan for the first time.Along with the revived Taurus, the Ford Freestyle wagon/CUV was rebranded the Taurus X.