T-Bird finished

That's too bad. I liked it, but it was just far too over priced. If they could have gotten it into the $30Ks instead of the $40Ks, they'd have sold a pile of them. I know six people at my work who liked them, and would have bought at the mid to high $30Ks.

Same with the Chevy SSR. Neat vehicle, but that sticker just does not compute.

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:45:29 -0800, Quiet Desperation wrote something wonderfully witty:

`04 SSR's are available in my area right now, brand new zero miles for about $32k. At that price I almost considered it, but it is useless as a truck which I need.

It's their own fault. The under horsed and over priced it and many thought they could have done better with the body style they gave it. Too bad they are such quitters.

ZombyWoof wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

they'd

What's the '05 with the new motor going for?

Joe Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC

It's been said the reason for the pricing is because it has Lincoln/Jag underpinnings. If so, there is nothing they can do about the price. But, you'd think that for a car they designed "from the ground up" they'd give it some restyling and keep it going. It's kind of sad that it did match the 1950s T-Birds in many ways, and didn't sell in huge numbers, but there are many other past cars I'd like to see this done to that I would buy. Please take note, Chrysler.

-Rich

they just came out with the hemi charger for you, what a lovely car. NOT!

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:55:03 GMT, Joe wrote something wonderfully witty:

More, but who knows if it will hold. Same issues confronted the new GTO. The newer motor is making them sell better, but both cars had good early release sales in `04 (usually at a premium over sticker), but sales petered out quickly as supply ramp up. As usual only time will tell.

personally, it thought it was butt-ugly.....they called it retro, but the front, back, sides or insides looked nothing like the 55-57s. and at the very least, for $40 you should have been able to get something besides an all black interior, without paying thousands extra.

they can't expect to sell many now with the new Mustang being so much more car for less $$

but....is it really going away? FoMoCo sure hasn't been developing new models. I think the 500/Montego is great - but it's only here because they used Volvo bits. The Mazda 6 is supposedly a nice little car, so here come Ford,Mercury and even Lincoln versions (from the company that used to run those "cookie cutter" anti-GM commercials). The Focus holds the all-time recall record. The CrownVic-Marquis-TownCar are as old as the last Mustang. New product seems to be mainly putting Lincoln grills on Ford trucks.

So.......what's at the auto shows for the last year, but the "new" Lincoln 2-place roadster......a TBird with a different grill and tail lights - even the doors interchange with the 'Bird.

Dang, if they get desperate enough, what will they make out of Mustangs when they have production capacity?

RichA opined in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Well... having owned two MN12's and one '62 Bird, I'm looking forward to return of the 4-seater.

The Tbird always seemed to feature a unique driver feel, and the 90's series is the best fit I ever had in a road car. Other than my Mustangs of course.

Personally, I liked the early 1970s T-Birds. Big, comfortable with huge engines and very good looking. Best use of the opera window in any car.

-Rich