Yearly Archives: 2014

2016 Thunderbird Design Concept

2016 Thunderbird Design Concept – Here’s another image of a possible future Thunderbird design. Since Ford ended production of the Thunderbird in 2005, there has been much speculation about a future version of this iconic automobile.  Automotive designers and artists

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Reborn! The 2016 Ford Thunderbird – Take Flight Today!

Reborn! The 2016 Ford Thunderbird  Is this what Ford had planned for the new Thunderbird?  Ever since Ford ended production of the previous Thunderbird model in 2005, there has been much speculation about a future version of this iconic automobile.  Automotive

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New Thunderbird

What if the new Ford Thunderbird was designed to compete head-to-head with Chevrolet’s Corvette?  Here’s another concept rendering of what that T-Bird design might look like.  Notice the aggressive grille, low-profile and integrated ground effects.

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2015 Ford Thunderbird

Could this be the new 2015 Ford Thunderbird? It’s been nearly ten years since the last Thunderbird rolled off the assembly line in the Summer of 2005. Ford Motor Company has not yet announced its plans for a new Thunderbird,

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The Thunderbird Early Concepts

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Retired Ford Designer James Powers occasionally takes on projects such as the design concepts shown here, which were done in 1996 for Jack Telnack, Ford Design VP, in the early stages of development of the new Thunderbird. These designs are

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The Thunderbird Designer

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If you’ve ever marveled at the fifties futurism of the “nuclear-powered” Ford Nucleon or admired a 1961 Thunderbird, you’ve seen the work of James R. Powers. If you were fascinated by Revell’s see-through model kit of a V-8 engine, you

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