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Originally Posted by syr74

Hmmm. What I've seen and heard about this car thus far is similar to what you have posted, but there are a couple of interesting differences.....

1: As you state such a T-Bird would be Mustang based, but I think the info I've seen and heard thus far indicates a car perhaps a bit more closely related to the Mustang than we see above. How I've heard it.....take the Mustang, remove about six inches of real estate from the area between the doors and the rear wheels wells, reskin it in a body that isn't particularly retro but which does have some cues from the past, throw in a 'premium' interior and bevy of luxury features, cover it with a retractable hardtop and there you have it. In the recent past I have heard rumblings about both a retractable hardtop Mustang and a revised Thunderbird, now I am convinced that the point of the Thunderbird, should it actually happen, is to be both.

2: Also,based on what I have hard the car will indeed be a bit smaller than a Mustang, the retractable hardtop will add enough weight to negate any weight advantage that might bring to the table. In fact I have gotten the distinct impression that while this is intended to be a powerful, fast car the goal isn't to be more performance oriented than the Mustang. The idea for the car genuinely seems to be a return to the personal luxury car roots of the original tri-five models. That would indeed make it very similar to the cars now being peddled by Aston Martin so I too can see a connection.

I'm sure all those ideas are on the table... the problem is, the poor Thunderbird has been in development limbo for awhile now, so at this point, it's anyone's guess what the final product will turn out as.