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Ford to halt Thunderbird production
With sales falling, the roadster that returned with '02 model will
again go on hiatus after July.
March 11, 2005: 3:00 PM EST
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Ford will halt production of the Thunderbird in July, but intends to
bring the namplate back at an unspecified time in the future.
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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ford plans to again stop production of its
Thunderbird sports car after the current model year ends production in
July.

In article >, RichA
> wrote:

> With sales falling, the roadster that returned with '02 model will
> again go on hiatus after July.

That's too bad. I liked it, but it was just far too over priced. If
they could have gotten it into the $30Ks instead of the $40Ks, they'd
have sold a pile of them. I know six people at my work who liked them,
and would have bought at the mid to high $30Ks.

Same with the Chevy SSR. Neat vehicle, but that sticker just does not
compute.

It's their own fault. The under horsed and over priced it and many thought
they could have done better with the body style they gave it.
Too bad they are such quitters.


"RichA" > wrote in message
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| Ford to halt Thunderbird production
| With sales falling, the roadster that returned with '02 model will
| again go on hiatus after July.
| March 11, 2005: 3:00 PM EST
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| NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ford plans to again stop production of its
| Thunderbird sports car after the current model year ends production in
| July.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:50:48 GMT, "SVTKate"
> wrote:

>It's their own fault. The under horsed and over priced it and many thought
>they could have done better with the body style they gave it.
>Too bad they are such quitters.

It's been said the reason for the pricing is because it has
Lincoln/Jag underpinnings. If so, there is nothing they
can do about the price. But, you'd think that for a car
they designed "from the ground up" they'd give it some
restyling and keep it going. It's kind of sad that it did
match the 1950s T-Birds in many ways, and didn't sell in
huge numbers, but there are many other past cars I'd like to see this
done to that I would buy.
Please take note, Chrysler.
-Rich

they just came out with the hemi charger for you, what a lovely car.
NOT!

personally, it thought it was butt-ugly.....they called it retro, but
the front, back, sides or insides looked nothing like the 55-57s. and
at the very least, for $40 you should have been able to get something
besides an all black interior, without paying thousands extra.

they can't expect to sell many now with the new Mustang being so much
more car for less $$

but....is it really going away? FoMoCo sure hasn't been developing
new models. I think the 500/Montego is great - but it's only here
because they used Volvo bits. The Mazda 6 is supposedly a nice little
car, so here come Ford,Mercury and even Lincoln versions (from the
company that used to run those "cookie cutter" anti-GM commercials).
The Focus holds the all-time recall record. The
CrownVic-Marquis-TownCar are as old as the last Mustang. New product
seems to be mainly putting Lincoln grills on Ford trucks.

So.......what's at the auto shows for the last year, but the "new"
Lincoln 2-place roadster......a TBird with a different grill and tail
lights - even the doors interchange with the 'Bird.

Dang, if they get desperate enough, what will they make out of Mustangs
when they have production capacity?

RichA opined in :
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> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ford plans to again stop production of its
> Thunderbird sports car after the current model year ends production in
> July.

Well... having owned two MN12's and one '62 Bird, I'm looking forward to
return of the 4-seater.

The Tbird always seemed to feature a unique driver feel, and the 90's series
is the best fit I ever had in a road car. Other than my Mustangs of course.


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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:01:54 GMT, Backyard Mechanic
> wrote:

>RichA opined in :
>> -
>
>> NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Ford plans to again stop production of its
>> Thunderbird sports car after the current model year ends production in
>> July.
>
>Well... having owned two MN12's and one '62 Bird, I'm looking forward to
>return of the 4-seater.
>
>The Tbird always seemed to feature a unique driver feel, and the 90's series
>is the best fit I ever had in a road car. Other than my Mustangs of course.

Personally, I liked the early 1970s T-Birds. Big, comfortable with
huge engines and very good looking. Best use of the opera window
in any car.
-Rich