i think it is a shame what they did to the T-bird, Ford killed it off for good by designing it the way they did. I was hoping after they stopped production in 1997, that they would bring it back, at least keeping somewhat to the same style as the MN12 design with a new Super Coupe model. It was supposed to be out in 1998, redesigned, and there were 2 SVT Thunderbirds built for promotion, with a supercharged DOHC 4.6 in them. Then they stopped production and crushed one of the SVT models. So there is one 1998 Thunderbird out there somewhere. Id love to have that one. But the new thunderbird just sucked. I drove one, and it had no balls whatsoever. It was a yuppy car built for people in their mid to late 40’s
The newest generation thunderbirds are the ugliest cars I have ever seen. Not even in the same market as the old thunderbirds which were actually pretty cool cars. Ford really messed up there.