chopsui Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/19/2021 at 1:24 PM, PREMiERdrum said: ...with - ahem - unique combination of powertrains. What do you mean by this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 hour ago, chopsui said: What do you mean by this? It's definitely an odd statement. Unique implies something either incredibly rarely done or taken at face-value never before done. Natural gas hybrid? BEV+Fuel cells? A fucking wind sail? I wanna know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, probowler said: It's definitely an odd statement. Unique implies something either incredibly rarely done or taken at face-value never before done. Natural gas hybrid? BEV+Fuel cells? A fucking wind sail? I wanna know! Maybe the voodoo motor that went into the Shelby Mustang? He did say super high end. Edited January 21, 2021 by atomcat68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Sorry for the smokescreen, guys. This was happening on an early modulation of CD6. It had a hybrid powertrain driving the front wheels and independent electric motors on the rears. The idea was to go from a pretty sensible normal car in FWD to an absolute torque monster in RWD or AWD with a rear wheel bias. I *believe* that some of the battery packaging accommodations survived into the production version of CD6, but this project didn't have a big name lobbying for it at the end. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovaltine Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Here's my T-Bird thread I submitted under 'Executives and Mgt.' about 7 years ago - before the automotive industry became "The Land That Sedans Forgot". ? I still say hold by my claim that if built right, I'd be in line to get one of these - and I haven't bought a Blue Oval product since '89! -Ovaltine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pffan1990 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Ovaltine said: Here's my T-Bird thread I submitted under 'Executives and Mgt.' about 7 years ago - before the automotive industry became "The Land That Sedans Forgot". ? I still say hold by my claim that if built right, I'd be in line to get one of these - and I haven't bought a Blue Oval product since '89! -Ovaltine Interesting read in your thread. We'll see what Ford has planned for it in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintguy Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Not sure it means anything. Look at what happened to GT40. Ford did not keep up the trademark and hence the "Ford GT", a much more generic name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, paintguy said: Not sure it means anything. Look at what happened to GT40. Ford did not keep up the trademark and hence the "Ford GT", a much more generic name. That was a different situation. They didn't let that trademark expire, they flat out sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PREMiERdrum Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Failing to maintain the Futura trademark is probably their most public lapse, as Pep Boys was offering a tire called Futura in the mid-00's. That's why the new-for-06 sedan was named Fusion at the last moment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 10 hours ago, PREMiERdrum said: Failing to maintain the Futura trademark is probably their most public lapse, as Pep Boys was offering a tire called Futura in the mid-00's. That's why the new-for-06 sedan was named Fusion at the last moment. The main issue there was that Ford tried to sue Pep Boys to stop them from using the Futura name and the judge basically told Ford that the suit was so ridiculous that not only is he tossing the suit, he also forbade Ford from using the name. Too bad too...Futura was always featured in the Ford line from time to time in history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twin Turbo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 It's a bit of a jump, but Ford re-Trademark Thunderbird and then they are spotted testing a Taycan........ https://fordauthority.com/2021/01/is-ford-considering-building-a-porsche-taycan-rival/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackinaw Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 I had the same thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 On 1/26/2021 at 8:40 PM, PREMiERdrum said: Failing to maintain the Futura trademark is probably their most public lapse, as Pep Boys was offering a tire called Futura in the mid-00's. That's why the new-for-06 sedan was named Fusion at the last moment. I wasn't wild about Futura, but I liked it better than Fusion which at the time was some small CUV thing in Europe. After losing the Futura battle, I would have gone with Falcon, Galaxie, Fairlane, or even Fairmont. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, atomcat68 said: ......After losing the Futura battle, I would have gone with Falcon, Galaxie, Fairlane, or even Fairmont. I was kinda hoping they were going to call it Torino, but in 2006, Ford was still stuck on the whole "name every car starting with the letter 'F' " phase. Edited January 29, 2021 by twintornados Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slemke Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 2 hours ago, twintornados said: I was kinda hoping they were going to call it Torino, but in 2006, Ford was still stuck on the whole "name every car starting with the letter 'F' " phase. Falcon for the fusion and Galaxie for the five hundred. The drivers education cars were fairmonts...no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 If they do, it will be a 4 door CUV. Since that is what sells to new car buyers. Example; Mustang Mach E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.I. Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Cars are dead and ICE too, soon. So, the next Thunderbird will be an electric crossover. Maybe a sleek 4 door coupe crossover in the upper side of the Ford line up. Will be the “personal luxury coupe” of the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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