The incessant calls for soft-touch interior materials are finally being answered by a variety of automakers, including Ford. Inside the ’08 Taurus are numerous surfaces that have a bit of give, as opposed to the shiny, hard bits plastered throughout earlier models. A handful of violators remain, but they’re a smidge harder to find and are employed relatively sparingly. Our Limited model featured leather upholstery, as one might expect from a $32,000 Ford sedan, though the quality felt mid-grade at best.