[VOA]

And what were they thinking with a $40,000 T-bird?

Let me add my further complaint:
And what were they thinking with a
neutered, metrosexual $40,000 T-bird?

When I heard a new Thunderbird was coming out, I thought
"Great, a retro, stylish pocket-rocket!".

What a freakin' disappointment Ford delivered!

[Richard Kimball]

I test drove one of the new TBirds, and at about 65 it felt like the front end started wandering. They were pricing the thing just under a base-model Corvette ($40,000 compared to $43,000), but the car was NOT a good sports car. The aerodynamics of the TBird were very bad. Truthfully, it reminded me much more of the 64 Falcon than the 58 TBird.

[longtermmemmory]

I think the T-bird was doomed to failure because by the time they realized it was seriously under powered, they were stuck with sucker marketing. (they tried to push that under powered was coooool. weakness is strenghth)

also it seemed it was not designed to the straight male. You are too generous to say neutered metrosexual.

If anything they should read what custom car kids are putting under the hood and what they want.

the mercury marauder was a good concept. A sleeper muscle in a tame exterior.

If ford wants to save their auto line they should include a rear seat fold down pass through for ALL their cars. That feature is just plain convenient in a passenger car.