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The Ford Thunderbird is a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for model years 1955 to 2005, with a hiatus from 1998–2001.. Ultimately gaining a broadly used colloquial nickname, the T-Bird, Ford Introduced the model as a two-seat convertible, subsequently offering it variously in a host of body styles including as a four-seat hardtop coupe, four-seat ...
On the television program MotorWeek in a review of the 1991 Thunderbird and similar Mercury Cougar, a road test of a V8-equipped Thunderbird revealed that the car could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 9.2 seconds; approximately two seconds faster than a standard V6 Thunderbird but about two seconds slower than a Super Coupe.
The original Thunderbird. The original Ford Thunderbird debuted in October 1954. [6] [7] [8] Originally designed to compete with British, Italian, and German sports cars and the Chevrolet Corvette, it was the first time the Ford division sold two distinct model lines simultaneously.
1988–2002 Ford Australia SOHC I6 Falcon engines 1988–1989 3.2 L SOHC; 1988–1992 3.9 L SOHC; 1992–2002 4.0 L SOHC; 1998–2002 4.0 L SOHC VCT; 2002–2016 Ford Australia Barra DOHC I6 4.0 L engines; 1951–1966 Zephyr 6—(United Kingdom) 1964–2011 Cologne/Taunus V6—1.8–4.0 L pushrod and SOHC V6
By 0–60 mph (97 km/h) (less than 3.0 s) [ edit ] Many elements change how fast the car can accelerate to 60 mph. [ ii ] [ iii ] Tires, elevation above sea level, weight of the driver, testing equipment, weather conditions and surface of testing track all influence these times. [ 3 ]
Ford restyled this generation of the Thunderbird in favor of a more squared-off, "formal" look. The only remnant of the Thunderbird's former sporty image was that the standard 390-cubic-inch 300 hp (224 kW) V8 engine needed nearly 11 seconds to push the heavy T-bird to 60 mph (97 km/h). The softly sprung suspension allowed considerable body ...
Lincoln LS and Ford Thunderbird; Ford Falcon (Australia) 2005–2010 Ford Mustang V6, GT [1] 1980–1993 AOD—Ford's first 4-speed automatic transmission, based on the FMX but with a torque-splitting feature. 1992– AOD-E—Electronic AOD 1993–2008 4R70W—Strengthened AOD-E with lower 1st and 2nd gear ratios Application vary by year
In 1988 Ford Motor Company sold 80% of Ford-New Holland Inc. to Fiat, and in 1991 Fiat acquired the remaining 20%, with the agreement to stop using the Ford brand by 2000. By 1999, Fiat had discontinued the use of both its own and the Ford name, and united them both under the New Holland brand.