RE: Looks like a Sunbeam for 2001

From: Christie, Scott E. (CAP, GEFA) (Scott.Christie(at)gecapital.com)
Date: Wed Mar 10 1999 - 13:59:32 CST

I agree from an aesthetic point of view, but the '58 "squarebird" more than
tripled sales of the Thunderbird, so whoever decided to add the extra seats
was pretty smart in their market research - must not have been the same
group that introduced the Edsel - still the best example of how market
research can be wrong, even after millions of dollars spent
Scott Christie

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From: Timothy Obrien [mailto:vbob(at)primenet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 2:55 PM
To: Chris.S.Mottram(at)ecc.com
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net; Tigers(at)autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Looks like a Sunbeam for 2001

Needs Eyebrows.

What Ford did to the T-Bird in the late '50s was criminal. What a
beautiful design to start with. Then to "Edselize" it...

tim

> Check out the Ford Thynderbird for 2001. The Tiger/Alpine could have
> evolved into something like this.
>
> http://belowbook.com/futurewatch.html
>
> Chris
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