[Shotimes] RE: OT - Autoweek stuff

[Carl Prochilo]

Yes, go get 'em senator.

What do you think is lacking in the new T-bird?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Donald Mallinson said:
> Carl,
> I agree with your entire note below.
>
> The new T-Bird is already slated for death within a year or
> two, they won't give a for-sure date.  Ford claims that from
> day one, they intended the new 2 seat Bird to be a limited
> production run of 3 or 4 or "more" years (or something close
> to that).  What they REALLY planned may take more detective
> work.
>
> Maybe we need a committe hearing and I want to make sure
> that Ford Security Advisor Condo-lee-SUH Ricer testifies
> without immunity or privilege.  :)
>
> We should get to the root of this evil 2-seat conspiracy,
> don't you think?
>
> (just a joke, don't anyone get political hackles raised!)
>
> Don M.
>
> Carl Prochilo wrote:
>> It's not that I'm bewildered.  Ford just did this revival with the
>> T-bird.  I haven't followed this car closely enough to know well
>> it
>> is doing for what Ford's objectives were.  If people were loyal to
>> a
>> name, then it should be easy to do some study groups to verify the
>> design point to make sure that it doesn't disappoint that group of
>> potential buyers.
>>
>> About the Marauder, I didn't even know that Mercury had made such
>> a
>> car in the 60s, so much for that!  When I saw that the car had no
>> stick, I stopped right there and looked no further.
>>
>> So to put it perspective here.  If Ford were to reuse the SHO name
>> again in the future, I'd have a set of parameters I'd be looking
>> for
>> to see if it would interest me.  In the end the name can matter,
>> but
>> the car would have to have practical appeal to me too.
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