I had to sell the Torus for the more powerful centurian during my privateer days. Taurus just couldn't cut it against that drone. I mean heck, it took out an entire Confederation Fleet!
We have the ford orion and escort over here in the UK! And as for playing privateer in the tarsus-yeah, good one! No opower, paper shields, getting urinated on 20 times before finishing decent missions on the 21st attempt! That sounds like fun!!
Why do they give car models different names in different countries? We used to have a red Escort while in London, in Australia, I believe they're called Lasers.