2002 Thunderbird
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Was browsing around and found a news snipit about the new Thunderbird. Check this out.
[link:carpoint.msn.com/advice/news_4020180_6.asp|2002 Ford Thunderbird]
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And it only comes with a V-8!!
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And it only comes with a V-8!!
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Saw a black one the other day in a magazine. Auto/V-8. I guess
they're still rear wheel pushers, right? If so then, looks like someone finally retro'd a vehicle the right way.
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they're still rear wheel pushers, right? If so then, looks like someone finally retro'd a vehicle the right way.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/dcforum/User_files/MEPHISTO_XES/3b57c2103cd9b841.gif
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39K MSRP plus 10K....OUCH!!!
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It is flat out embarassing that these manufacturers are making these nice looking cars that should only go for $20,000 but they are bumping it up to $40,000 !!!!
I looked at a Toyota Highlander
the other day with the wife. Only $30,000 for this small SUV. Ford 
and Che$y 
are just as guilty.
If I'm going to spend $30,000 for a Thunderbird, it will be a fully restored '55 through '57.
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I looked at a Toyota Highlander
the other day with the wife. Only $30,000 for this small SUV. Ford and Che$y are just as guilty. If I'm going to spend $30,000 for a Thunderbird, it will be a fully restored '55 through '57.
Chris
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I saw one of these at a brewer game up here they had about 5 of them on display, you could sit in them and everything, no open hoods tho 
They look pretty nice but i think Ford should build them to compete with the corvette then they would have a true winner
They look pretty nice but i think Ford should build them to compete with the corvette then they would have a true winner 
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krosati, thanks for the thread!
The photo of the hardtop with the porthole, for some reason reminds me of a German WWII helmet. I don't really like the porthole though. I think the porthole is a bad idea, since Ford is not making a reissue of the original TB.
I do like the photo of the convertable though. The front view reminds me of a '58-59 Corvette.
otto: No domestic car can ever compete with the Corvette. Not even the Viper. The race/development days are long over.
The photo of the hardtop with the porthole, for some reason reminds me of a German WWII helmet. I don't really like the porthole though. I think the porthole is a bad idea, since Ford is not making a reissue of the original TB.
I do like the photo of the convertable though. The front view reminds me of a '58-59 Corvette.
otto: No domestic car can ever compete with the Corvette. Not even the Viper. The race/development days are long over.
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Just saw one up close for the first time last weekend. Interior looked cheap. Seats looked like nagahide and the white faced gauges looked like notebook paper. Being 6 foot it would have been a problem just to sit in it. I pulled my 96 bird right up next to it and it looked like a toy. They took a damn good car and ruinned it. I'll stick with the real tbird I have. You could buy 3 97's with minimal miles for the price of a new one (and have 10 times the car).
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Not meaning to be rude, but a lot of people would say that your '96 is the one that isn't really a T-bird - and that the last "real" T-bird was made in 1957. A Thunderbird with a back seat isn't a Thunderbird, it's a family car in disguise. :-)
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 16-Aug-01 AT 11:39 AM (EST)[/font][p]: Not to be rude back, but I guess the other 30 years worth were not real either.
Yup! There are a fair number of people, myself included, that don't really count any of the 1958-1997 'birds as the "real" Thunderbirds, primarly because of the rear seat. The T-bird was originally intended to be a small 2-passenger sporty cruiser - not quite a "sports car", because the ride would be tuned to be a bit softer. But, in the name of increased sales they only made them like that until '57, and in '58 added a back seat to appeal to a wider consumer base...and later they even made them with 4 doors.
I'm not saying that the later Thunderbirds aren't real cars, just that they aren't really true to the design principles that were behind the first ones. I guess that makes me some kind of "Thunderbird purist"...or maybe just old-fashioned. :-)
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Yup! There are a fair number of people, myself included, that don't really count any of the 1958-1997 'birds as the "real" Thunderbirds, primarly because of the rear seat. The T-bird was originally intended to be a small 2-passenger sporty cruiser - not quite a "sports car", because the ride would be tuned to be a bit softer. But, in the name of increased sales they only made them like that until '57, and in '58 added a back seat to appeal to a wider consumer base...and later they even made them with 4 doors.
I'm not saying that the later Thunderbirds aren't real cars, just that they aren't really true to the design principles that were behind the first ones. I guess that makes me some kind of "Thunderbird purist"...or maybe just old-fashioned. :-)
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