And that gives it a pretty decent ride as well as seat room for wide, 2002-style American butts. It's only got two seats, but it's long, and as wide and heavy, as today's two seaters go. So the Thunderbird is not a small car - and not a cheap car either.

That's a pretty nice small- to mid-sized, four-door sedan. To make the 2002 Thunderbird, Ford started with the chassis of the Lincoln LS. Maybe Tom WILL get another shot at his 65 AMC Ambassador convertible. And GM and Chrysler both have retro projects in the works, too. Two guys were standing around in the Ford design studio when one of them said, 'Hey, why does everybody hate the way American cars look? Remember back in the 50's when everyone loved the way American cars looked?'Īnd the other guy says, 'Well, why don't we just get some of those 50's car bodies again and plop them on top of modern car chassis?'Īs obvious as it was brilliant, Ford is doing just that - well, not exactly 'just that,' but pretty close. You can almost imagine how the new Thunderbird got started. This is a swan to ugly duckling to swan story.

It's an indulgence, pure and simple.'īad: small trunk, heavy doors, lousy in snow 'The new Thunderbird isn't particularly sensible.

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