08-26-2003, 05:09 AM
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Thunderbird is Dead in 2005
This is old news, but I just found the article:
(08:30 April 22, 2003) Ford to end Thunderbird production as early as mid '05, says it may resume By AMY WILSON | Automotive News NEW YORK -- Ford Motor Co. will stop producing the Ford Thunderbird after the 2005 or 2006 model year. Ford Division President Steve Lyons says the current Thunderbird, which Ford introduced as a low-volume glamour car in 2001, won't be renewed after an initial product run of four or maybe five years. He wouldn't give an exact ending date, but the plan would have Ford shutting down production in mid-2005 or 2006. "We're going to take a pause, but we don't know what the long-term plan is," Lyons says. The decision isn't related to sales, he says. But Ford planned to sell about 25,000 Thunderbirds annually. In 2002, it sold 19,085 units in the United States and 1,136 in Canada. This year's U.S. sales are off 22.1 percent. Stocks of the car piled up through the winter to as high as a 183-day supply on March 1. Lyons attributed the large inventory to an oversupply of 2002 models, which Ford produced into November. Ford resorted to incentives such as $2,000 dealer cash and discounts for employees, suppliers and others. On April 1, the company had a 129-day supply of the $37,320 two-seater. Moving a car in and out of production would be unusual. "While it may go away for a short period of time, it may reappear from time to time," Lyons says. "When you really stand back and think about the volumes we're trying to sell that vehicle in, it is meant to be a collectors' item. And it doesn't have to have a production run every year." |
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08-26-2003, 07:51 AM
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Re: Thunderbird is Dead in 2005
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unless nobody wants to collect it!
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08-26-2003, 09:36 AM
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An underpowered and ugly car and no one is buying it?! That stretches my imagination.
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08-26-2003, 02:59 PM
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What's Da Pho*?
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Who wants to buy that ugly and overpriced car anyway?
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08-26-2003, 03:09 PM
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I liked the Thunderbird in the body style that you have DF.  |
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