Turbo coupe or super coupe?

[cyber-junkie]

I am looking to buy a turbo or super coupe, which would you buy and why?

[Gobird]

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James, I have had, from new at the time, an 84 Turbo and an 87 Intercooled Turbo along with a 90 and 91 Super Coupe then a 95 LX. As for body style I would love to have my 87 back. As for preformance the 89 and 90 Super Coupe were better. Depends on what your looking for.

[KerryW]

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I have an '88 Turbo. Love the styling and it's been very reliable. Definitely not a slouch despite being a larger car with a Turbo'd 4 cylinder. No experience with the Super Coupes.

[DavidA]

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At one time, the last Super Coupes were quite sought after. I know a guy who had 2 of them, both put away brand new, just like some did with the '76 Eldo Convertibles. Of course they never did materialize as good investment cars, but neither did the Eldo.

[yelobird2002]

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I had a black on black 88 Turbo Coupe that I would love to have back. Great styling and fun car to drive in the twisties. Also surprised a lot of much bigger engined cars.

[94mcd]

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I had 1990 and 1992 Super Coupes both were great cars.

[Blue Heaven]

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I also had a 1990 SC 5 spd....wish I still did!! I would go SC over TC.

[Icebluebird]

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Superchargers are better! They use less critical tolerances and will last longer, given the proper care.

I have owned both.

[MidLifeBird]

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The first new car I ever bought was a '90 Super Coupe. I put something like 140,000 miles on it and never had any problems out of the engine. The performance was really great, especially considering how heavy and comfortable the car was. However, my car had a problem with the brakes much like the coil problems with the retro birds. Ford never permanently fixed the problem, but they replaced my rotors and pads three or four times for free even though the car was well out of original warranty.
I wish I had kept it, and if I could find a well maintained, low mileage car I would love to have another one.

[ScottyNeutron]

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The Turbo Coupes were 4 cyclinder, and built off the old Fairmont platform, while the Super Coupes were built off the "newer" MN12 platform.

I had 2 Super Coupes, an '89 and a '94. The '89 was spectacular, but did indeed have its maintainence issues. The Supercharged Thunderbird SC was rated at 210hp, and over 300 lb.ft. of torque. The HP number was grossly understated as these things hauled a$$.

I have a friend who has had both, an '88 Turbo Coupe and a '90 Super Coupe. The "beak' Styling of the '87-'88 Turbo Coupes was quite unique.

Both are great cars, and totally different from one another.

[gp97]

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I have a 93 Super Coupe. I have it only because it's a little unique. I don't put a lot of miles on it, no problems with it so far other than normal maintenance. I was tempted to buy an 86 Turbo Coupe but did not, probably should have and still may some day.
Gary

[jerrym3]

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I had a 1985 black/grey leather TCoupe. Nice runner, unique style.

When the beak TCoupes came out, I liked them (over the 83-86), but after all these years, I started to think that the 83-86 had a better balanced style.

But, the beak TCoupes had better performance.

If I had to make a choice, it would be the last model year SCoupe.