FORD THUNDERBIRD: for better or for worse

[GonzagaVIBE_03]

As an owner of a 2002 Ford Thunderbird I find the car to be a classic cruiser and greatly enjoy the open top driving. However, recently it has been criticized by both car magazines and Ford itself and now it is doomed to it's death in 2005. What is you opinion?

[cohocarl]

I give Ford credit for bringing it out. It has it's own unique class that is well...unique. It's not a hot-rod, nor was it intended to be, but it does have a "classy" appealing quality. I don't care what other people think. I buy what I like.

[ragingfish]

It's a FORD. Watch out, it might spontaneously combust in a rear end collision or the tires might dissolve or something...

[ragingfish]

Just my opinions dude.

[savedbyzero]

or worse yet, it could turn into a 4 cylinder mustang! O.K., so there were 4 banger camaros, but at least it wasn't a mustang!

[Nervous_Dog]

My fiancee's father loves his. He always wants us to take it for a spin when we are over. I'm not a big fan of it. I don't care for the styling and it feels like I'm driving a sofa. No, a sofa would probably have more road feel, it's more like driving a waterbed. He was going on about the V-8 and the horsepower and blah blah blah... So when he had to make a quick trip (about 10 miles on some 50-mph roads) I offered to drive him in my GT. He was absolutely blown away when I hit lift and even said he probably couldn't keep up in his T-bird. HAH! Take that! I've been hearing a lot of talk lately about the new Chevy SSR too. They are really pushing the 300HP and 331 pd. ft. of torque. The 0-60 is an unimpressive 7.2 seconds. Her dad likes that one too. I didn't like it when I saw the concept 3 years ago. Now that I'm seeing them on the street I like them even less. The $40,000 price tag doesn't help either Seriously, the new breed of retro-styled cars is lost on me and I'm not that young.