Ford Thunderbird "Celebrated" its 25th anniversary in fine style, riding atop an economy car's chassis and sporting less than 130 horsepower from its V8 engine. Interesting Things Happened During the mid-and late 1980s, Pls style and performance returned in the form of the Thunderbird Turbo Coupe and its successor, the Super Coupe. The Thunderbird stayed with this format (standard coupe with V6 or V8 power and the hyper Super Coupe) through the late 1990s, at the which point the Thunderbird Died a quiet death due to slow sales and general disinterest in the personal luxury coupe market.
For the new millennium, Ford resurrected the Thunderbird.
Evoking the mythological creature of indigenous peoples of North America, the Thunderbird Entered production for the 1955 model year as a sporty two-seat convertible. In 1958, the Thunderbird gained a second row of seats.