Great. Let's have a competition, then.
I'll take my Chevy (with a GM engine) and you can have your Ford with whatever hamster and wheel propulsion system they use. We'll drive the vehicles hard, practically abusing the hell out of them, and keep them running for a year without any scheduled maintenance.
I'll guarentee you that when all is said and done, my GM engine will still be running a good six months after your Ford engine has given up the ghost.
You do realize that the Vulcan is rated as one of the most reliable engines in existence, right? Somewhat crude and not very powerful, but I have never known anyone with engine problems on a Vulcan. In fact I've seen one run without any oil changes for over 50k miles without any significant damage (a good varnish, naturally).
I can't say the same thing about the poor schleps I know who got a Quad-4 from GM.
The weak points of the Taurus were the transmission pre-96, and the old 3.8L and the 3.4L Yamaha engines that were used in the past. You haven't been able to buy a 3.8L on one in over a decade, and the 3.4L was discontinued when the SHO was cancelled.