Thunderbird 2012?

[bwlewis]

Re: Thunderbird 2012?

NO

[jayred1]

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Bruce - I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with you, but I must say that your response next to your "closing quote" gave me a good morning chuckle. Thanks!

[Treken]

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Some of the design looks good, but too sporty...

I like the TBird logo in the first image with the turquoise on black background. I tried to crop that image out to see if I could use it as a boot up splash screen on my Nav system but the resolution is too low from the web site. When I resize it to the image I need, it is too grainy.

Paul, if you change the DPI before resizing, it looks ok. I just done this at 300 DPI but you can do better if wanted...

[AZTB]

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My favorite comment below the pictures was the one posted by NAREBMAN:

At no point in the rambling incoherent design of this thing does Oliveira approach anything that could be misconstrued as Thunderbird-ish. We are all now worse off for having seen this monstrosity. I award him no points and may God have mercy on his soul. This looks more like the bastard love child of a Camaro and a Zamboni machine.

[IEAGRA]

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Some Fords are looking more and more like Chevys every day !!!

They've already ruined the Mustang. We've nicknamed the 2010 Mustang the "Cherry Blossom (i.e. JAPANESE) Mustang with the Chevy Camaro hood".

What else is next ... ???

Any word from Ford if there EVER will be another T-bird ... ???

[PaulD]

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Some of the design looks good, but too sporty...

Paul, if you change the DPI before resizing, it looks ok. I just done this at 300 DPI but you can do better if wanted...

Thanks Steve. That looks a lot better than my attempt.

[AZTB]

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I heard from my rep at the dealer that Ford is considering it once again, but it will more than likely be FWD...

IMO, a FWD Thunderbird (which will be a first for TBird) is NOT a Thunderbird, regardless of what it looks like! I do remember reading a comment from Nancy Gioia that when Ford was first considering the reintroduction of the Bird back in 1997, a FWD platform was considered, but dropped in lieu of the shortened Lincoln LS platform (THANK GOD!). Just my opinion.

[RustyFrye]

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I like the racing stripes...

Me too! But I think they should do something a little more distinctive and go from side to side instead of front to back like everybody else does...

[Gobird]

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Some things I like and some I don't, But overall not that bad. I like the green with, I guess, the retractable hard top.

[Ediron]

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Looks like a Caddy XLR with bubble fenders wells. Front, Camaro to much GM in it for my taste of a T-Bird

[Bill Brown]

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Looks like the Pontiac or Saturn Soltise or Sky next generation if they were still in business.

[WVIncagold]

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They really need to design the next Tbird to capture those 67-69 four doors or maybe the 70 tbirds, bring back those styling cues! (ducking while people throw things at me) Just joking. No that thing looks awful though not a tbird. designed by someone who likes the emblem but knows nothing of the marque.

[EllisonCal]

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The look of the Lincoln Mark X concept would be a better way to go! I thought it looked great!
Cal

[Johnny TBird]

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I agree with Fritz....something is missing in this design.

[Mintgrn]

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Looks like a Chinese version of a Camaro.