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based on a new, global "E3C" Rwd platform with RX8/Continental-style '2+2 doors'
or.... would a regular 2 door be better?
(or perhaps my CrazyIdea™ would work)
luxurious accomodations for four adults
your personal jet... wings you can't see, but feel
with unique style, neither retro nor overly moderne: a new classic
here's the closest contemporary car (in style, not price)
| a few other recent examples for size comparisons | ||||||
| ovl | wlb | w | ht | model | ||
| 199.4 196.8 |
116.3 117.7 |
73.6 75~ |
55.8 53~ |
MB CL550 AM Rapide |
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| 194.0 | 114.2 | 73.0 | 54.5 | next Tbird | ||
| 193.3 193.3 |
114.5 112.4 |
73.2 73.7 |
56.1 55.2 |
Lincoln LS MB CLS |
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| Aug'07 update from a forum convo - Thunderbird's Mission: a modern epitome of "automobile"/"car", not an all-purpose vehicle, not a racecar, not a limo-substitute, not even of a 'family' OR 'personal' classification, since it seats 4 adult-size humans of any age (in any of its 4 seats), and as a Ford, is the most affordable example of (what I'm conceiving of at this moment as) the Epitome-Class. As for the whole Retro VS Heritage VS Modern thing... let me side-step it with the metaphor of the car-as-jet-plane - instead of Chuck Yeager, I'm thinking Burt Rutan |
and here's an old scribble
a more recent design has 'wings-motif' grille/head/taillights - not scanned yet
tho you can see a simplifed tail light .gif animation HERE
and my personal preference is for a sliding glass roof option instead of a convertible
last & possibly least - the inevitable FG Falcon >>> Orion_Thunderbird chop
FML lineup proposal - the Mercury files - the next, next Mercury