Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

[RBIRD]

I'm wondering how many Birds have suffered VAPS failures. We have had 2 go all leaky on us!

[BLACK BEAUTY]

Harry how many black/WW interior cars were there?

[clenet]

How many whisper white car's were in dealer stock in 2003? The chart has a mistake with 163.912 as the number in stock and the same number was the avg days to sell.

[Quickdraw]

Harry, I'm curious I have seen so many Merlots with the Sand package (top and interior) that it seems strange to see one without the sand package. Is there any useful statistic that would indicate how many of them had the sand package? Not so many in TR, I'm sure.

Of the 3,991 Merlots made, 3059 had the sand package and 932 had black interiors.
Of the 14,349 Torch Reds (4 years), 532 had the sand package, 5,104 had black, and 8,407 had red and 168 had white interiors.

[EllisonCal]

Harry, I'm curious I have seen so many Merlots with the Sand package (top and interior) that it seems strange to see one without the sand package. Is there any useful statistic that would indicate how many of them had the sand package? Not so many in TR, I'm sure.

[Quickdraw]

Harry,
very interesting to see which colors were popular in that part of the Nation. Kind of a surprise to see out of the 82 Inca Gold Texas has two.

Dot makes at least three. She bought hers in Florida and drove it back to Texas.

[steelblue5505]

Harry,
very interesting to see which colors were popular in that part of the Nation. Kind of a surprise to see out of the 82 Inca Gold Texas has two.

[Quickdraw]

These are the total number of Retro Tbirds originally sold in TEXAS
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Body Color	Total	2002	2003	2004	2005
Bronze	111				111
Cashmere	110				110
Coral (007)	53		53
Desert Sky Blue	108		108
Evening Black	1074	593	226	140	115
Inca Gold	2				2
Insp. Yellow	273	273
Light Ice Blue	56			56
Medium Steel Blue	123				123
Merlot	324			324
Monterey Mist	88			88
MS Grey	218		218
Platinum Silver	349			268	81
Tbird Blue	431	431
Torch Red	946	546	201	120	79
Mint Green	41			41
Whisper White	482	312	170
Totals	4789	2155	976	1037	621

[MikeB6]

I don't consider it a useless fact, but everytime I mention it to anyone, it seems that they kind of have a, "shazam" moment. Our 2002-2005 Thunderbirds are the only cars in the history of the automoble that have tail lights the same size and shape as the headlights. They are also positioned in the rear as the head lights are positioned in the front. A very cool styling design never really talked about.

Kinda like the doors on my Metropolitan. From the outside they look like they would fit on either side (except for the door handles).

[4LOWBIRDS+8]

correct for the 2002 year but we were talking about the thunderbird blue and the Merlot (which started this particular discussion) from two different columns (years) so you need to read numbers in the last column. Thunderbird blue sold 3400 units than the Merlot.

The chart posted from Quickdraw shows only the numbers ordered for the dealership and doesn't include the customer orders totals. He was making a point about customer orders went down with each passing year for this model.

Combined in my post is the chart showing all of the orders built, customer and dealership.

Using the numbers from the chart, 7406 for the TB and 3991 for the Merlot the TB out sold the Merlot by 3415. But there was additional months of 2002 production.

[5bird7]

In 2002 Evening Black, then Thunderbird Blue then Torch Red is the way my tired eyes see it on the chart.

correct for the 2002 year but we were talking about the thunderbird blue and the Merlot (which started this particular discussion) from two different columns (years) so you need to read numbers in the last column. Thunderbird blue sold 3400 more units than the Merlot.

The chart posted from Quickdraw shows only the numbers ordered for the dealership and doesn't include the customer orders totals. He was making a point about customer orders went down with each passing year for this model.

Combined in my post is the chart showing all of the orders built, customer and dealership.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

I don't consider it a useless fact, but everytime I mention it to anyone, it seems that they kind of have a, "shazam" moment. Our 2002-2005 Thunderbirds are the only cars in the history of the automoble that have tail lights the same size and shape as the headlights. They are also positioned in the rear as the head lights are positioned in the front. A very cool styling design never really talked about.

Michael how'd you find that out?

[HKS]

That # doesn't include the customer ordered tbirds. It's the number that the dealer ordered for his own stock. The 02 blue had the 3rd highest sales with black and red above it. Merlot was #5 in total sales and 2nd highest for the one year fashion colors. #4 was the whisper white in total sales. I think there is another table that shows the complete totals for each color besides the one that is on my webpage.
Here's a file that Harry posted somewhere else on this thread.

total produced.JPG

In 2002 Evening Black, then Thunderbird Blue then Torch Red is the way my tired eyes see it on the chart.

[5bird7]

3710 Merlot in 2004? I never would have guessed that it sold more than the 2002 TB Blue.

That # doesn't include the customer ordered tbirds. It's the number that the dealer ordered for his own stock. The 02 blue had the 3rd highest sales with black and red above it. Merlot was #5 in total sales and 2nd highest for the one year fashion colors. #4 was the whisper white in total sales. I think there is another table that shows the complete totals for each color besides the one that is on my webpage.
Here's a file that Harry posted somewhere else on this thread.

total produced.JPG

[HKS]

Re: Random useless facts about 2002-2005 Thunderbirds

Here's all four years data... The "# Dealer Stock" is the number of units that dealers ordered, as opposed to a customer order. Note the large percent of dealer orders for the yearly Special Edition models. That's reinforces my belief that the "Hero Cards" were directed toward the dealers to draw their attention to their uniqueness. I did a quick search but didn't find much to tell me the average number of days new cars sit on the lot waiting to be sold.


EDIT: Again, thanks to Dot, here is the reconstructed table that otherwise would have been lost due to conversion to this version of TBN.

table2.jpg
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3710 Merlot in 2004? I never would have guessed that it sold more than the 2002 TB Blue.