New T-bird's love them or hate em??

[burntrice087]

I personaly think the new Thunderbirds are quite disgraceful. Ford should of a least put the Cobra's supercharged 4.6L rather than the pitiful 3.9L that cranks out 280HP. The new "retro" look is straight out hideous and makes it look like a grandpa car.

[8ate8]

unfortunately that was ford's target market.. they wanted to make a car for people that grew up with the original 55-57, but couldn't afford a resto'd original. so they made a new car that reflected the history of the original...

if the 83-97 tbird never existed, then the 03-04 bird is a wonderful looking car, but look what they went from in 97, to what the 03 is. two completely different cars that share the same nameplate.

[Mike75]

My dad got one as soon as they came out, and I have to admit - it's a great looking car and a lot of fun to drive. But as 8ate8 said, they are 2 different cars, and there's not much of a comparison aside from the nameplate.

I agree with you though, I would have liked to see a more muscular car come out, but oh well - it could have been much worse. Look what happened to the once mighty Monte Carlos, Malibus, etc.!

[thunderbird muscle]

I don't like them, I think they should have just kept the mn12 style they were some great looking cars.

Maybe they will rerelease the mn12 style(lol)

[burntrice087]

Hey Top-of-the line Monties and Impalas arnt that bad...although Supercharged 6-shooters will never be better then V-8 power ,It is a shame that Chevy turned these once powerful muscle cars into weak family sedans....Even the old Impala SS's(5.7 LT-1's) had a weak HP rating of only 245HP...What we need is bad-ass domestic 400-500HP family saloons that can challenge the German sport sedans.

[solaris=amazing]

The new cars, by this i mean ALL new cars are looking worse every year-period. Everything is aero this aero that, 10 airbags, 1/2 inch thick tires, gay ass spinning rims, suv's suv's suv's (in which most stuck up rich bitch housewives drive-you know the type that have that constant 10 and 2 position-i hate that, unless of coarse shes hott :-) jap car this, korean car that, RWD's changed over to FWD family grocery getters, supercharged v6, turbo 4 cyl.... oh, did i mention the PT Cruiser is a POS.. Even the new so called "muscle cars" lack what some old timers would refer to as BALLS.

Ok, i left off alot, i mean lots of cars are beauties out there... I wish i owned one :-)

[RickwithaTbird]

I think the new thunderbirds are neat... but neat isnt much of a word. They're fast, sure, but yea they look grampy.. I wouldnt buy one. Its a shame they abandoned the MN12 so they could go retro.. They should make a good 20,000 or so SVT t birds with 350 stock horsepower, 18 inch rims, and a cross between the 97 sport, and 93 SC... and they should make it a tuner... thats MY wet dream. I will never buy a new car in my life.. Im gonna keep my t bird and if I can afford a new car, then Ill just put that much money into my baby. Me and my t bird are a lifetime match.

[Franky-5-Fingaz]

i mean i heard the engines in the new ones (3.9L) is nothing to mess with, and i've seen a pretty fast new bird while i was in clevland. But they just seem overpriced and they dont even look that nice, bodywise style, i just think ford made a mistake bringing back the retro look.

[RickwithaTbird]

I think the old school look is cool, but retro is something else. The new t birds are "old person" looking, and yea, i agree, overpriced. Its just a v8. The interior of them is really nice, but damn, theyre what like $50,000? more for the red and yellow since they made less... seriously, its not a fuckin benz!! its just a 2 seater with a v8. what a waste of an idea I think. They need to do more old school like the new mustangs... those are bad ass.

[tkhilliard]

Will ford "soup" them up for there 50th anniversary? you would think they would being an "american classic" as everyone calls them.
i think the new ones are pretty sharp, i wish they bring back the 62 sport roadster, that would be sweet.