silvrsvt Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I remember when I first started getting into cars back when I was a teenager...I LOVED this concept from Ford...It was going to be built in France and go for something like 30K back then....well at least the engine lived on to become the 1st Gen Taurus SHO, another great car in its own right. http://blogs.automobilemag.com/6470487/ant...-sho/index.html The funny thing is the Roush prototypes are lacking the SVO style spoiler that was on some of the mules running around at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingincirclez Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hah, my first thought was "Huh? A Fiero GT with a T-bird interior"? then I read the article. ^_^ It's surprising this car got the go-ahead at all, given the less-than stellar performance of the EXP. Still, they certainly look great! I always did like the Fiero GT; it's amazing how close those are even though IIRC these prototypes slightly predate the Fiero GT. My '88 T-bird has the exact same dash (color and all). Would have made a neat ride, but not sure on a pedigree as worthy successor to the Pantera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's surprising this car got the go-ahead at all, given the less-than stellar performance of the EXP. I'm shocked that they even used the EXP as testbed...the EXP was just an Escort Coupe with different sheetmetal...must have been fun fitting a V6 in the backseat! I wonder how well the EXP sold in the day....I remember the first gens where pretty hideous looking Though the really interesting thing besides the engine winding up in the Taurus was the development Team went on to work on the Bronco II replacement...the Explorer....Ford hit lighting twice in a short period of time...the Taurus then the Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versa-Tech Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I remember when I first started getting into cars back when I was a teenager...I LOVED this concept from Ford...It was going to be built in France and go for something like 30K back then....well at least the engine lived on to become the 1st Gen Taurus SHO, another great car in its own right. http://blogs.automobilemag.com/6470487/ant...-sho/index.html The funny thing is the Roush prototypes are lacking the SVO style spoiler that was on some of the mules running around at the time Is that a Honda NSX chassis?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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