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...relies on platforms developed by Mazda and Volvo, in-house foreign brands, for its new cars. In an interview with TIME, Mulally said that before he joined Ford, his perception of the company "was one of innovation." But Ford's innovative years seem as faded as a rusty T-Bird...
...Tigershark poised on a liquid mirror out in the Mojave Desert. What is it about this bird, he wonders, that has caused it to be acclaimed in the Atlantic, praised by 60 Minutes, touted by ever skeptical Ted Koppel? Not since laying eyes on a '54 T-Bird has the old boy felt such a tingle for a machine. In time, hot, rank desire draws him to Edwards Air Force Base, a copy of Chuck Yeager's autobiography tucked into his kit. He aches to see this needle-nosed supersonic bat in the flesh, touch it. Let us just...
...Thunderbird convertible and fell in love. She agreed to pay the full $39,000 sticker price and willingly waited nearly a year for delivery, driving off with her baby a few weeks ago. "I've always owned sensible cars," says Reed, 43 and single. "Then I started thinking, this T-Bird is a great-looking, fun car. If I'm ever going to have...
...Mays made a name for himself as the guy behind the cuddly Volkswagen New Beetle, which is both mod and familiar (the Old Beetle); the Ford Thunderbird, which is...also mod and familiar (the '56 T-Bird). He takes his cue from the notion that you can't move forward without looking over your shoulder, and his popular designs in recent years have ignited a chorus of "Retro!" Which he argues misses the point. It's not just backward, it's about forward...
...right. It's more complicated than Retro. It's really about emotion, and getting us to say Wow! or Gee! or more when we see a car. Among the six cars on display at the Design School is one even more inspiring, edgier, riskier, than the T-bird - the Ford '49. It's a dramatic black coupe with a glass roof that is supposed to hark back to the car Henry Ford introduced in 1949 that actually saved the company from post-war extinction...