SIA Flashback – T-Bird Trade-off: Comparing the beauty, comfort and performance of five top Thunderbirds

It seems like Thunderbird owners and enthusiasts tend to compartmentalize themselves into one specific generation of ‘Bird – we can’t recall ever having come across somebody who has collected one Thunderbird from every generation. Could be because the Thunderbird morphed through so many different variations on the sport luxury theme throughout the years. Lentinello set about tearing down those partitions, however, with his five-way owner comparison of five different generations of Thunderbird in SIA #191, October 2002, showing not only the owners but also enthusiasts and those thinking about getting a Thunderbird what there is to appreciate about each iteration.