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In the June 2004 issue of Motor Trend, on page 118, the article on Convertibles states, "In 2002, the Ford Thunderbird added 19,356 sales".....how did they get that number? It would have to be a "calendar year" figure, certainly not a model year number, but it gives the impression of poor sales for 2002.
A few years ago, I think 1999, when the concept Thunderbird was hitting the auto show circuit, Motor Trend did a "Thunderbird Retrospective" article. I found 3 glaring errors in that article and wrote to the magazine about it. I received a reply, something like, "Thank you for your interest in Motor Trend magazine....." ,at this point, I can only remember 2 of the errors, so if someone has that article, I'm sure the 3rd could be found. The two that I do remember were that in "1956, due to concern about the lack of trunk space in the '55, the Thunderbird added an "optional" continental kit"....wrong, they weren't optional. The 2nd was that the 1966 Thunderbird offered an optional 428 engine with 360 horsepower....wrong again, it was 345 horsepower. (I own one). That same year, there was also an article about a "concept" Lincoln Continental that referred back to the Continental Mark II of 1955...these were only produced for the '56/'57 model year.
You would think that "fact checkers" for these major magzaines could do a better job!
A few years ago, I think 1999, when the concept Thunderbird was hitting the auto show circuit, Motor Trend did a "Thunderbird Retrospective" article. I found 3 glaring errors in that article and wrote to the magazine about it. I received a reply, something like, "Thank you for your interest in Motor Trend magazine....." ,at this point, I can only remember 2 of the errors, so if someone has that article, I'm sure the 3rd could be found. The two that I do remember were that in "1956, due to concern about the lack of trunk space in the '55, the Thunderbird added an "optional" continental kit"....wrong, they weren't optional. The 2nd was that the 1966 Thunderbird offered an optional 428 engine with 360 horsepower....wrong again, it was 345 horsepower. (I own one). That same year, there was also an article about a "concept" Lincoln Continental that referred back to the Continental Mark II of 1955...these were only produced for the '56/'57 model year.
You would think that "fact checkers" for these major magzaines could do a better job!
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