SALE PENDING to Las Vegas!! We are pleased to offer this 2002 Ford
Thunderbird with 16,000 original miles in the very rare Inspiration
Yellow livery. This T-Bird is as nice as you'll find and is offered
in nearly showroom condition. Retrofuturism is a movement in the
creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future
produced in an earlier era. The original 1955 Ford Thunderbird was
styled in this vain, and this super cool 2002 Thunderbird is a
tribute to the same expression. Even if esoteric dialogue on art
isn't your thing, you can at least still appreciate this decidedly
cool, low millage, clean CARFAX 2002 Thunderbird featured here.
After a five year hiatus, Ford introduced a new Thunderbird for
2002. Returning to the original formula for the Thunderbird, the
latest version had a two-seat coupe or convertible layout like the
first-generation Thunderbird and retrofuturistic styling to match.
The eleventh generation Thunderbird was built at Ford's Wixom
Assembly Plant and was based on the company's DEW98 platform, which
was shared with the Lincoln LS, Jaguar S-Type and XF. Though the
Thunderbird's exterior styling was unique relative to its platform
mates, the instrument panel, steering wheel and other trim pieces
were borrowed from Lincoln LS. The sole engine of the Thunderbird
was a Jaguar-designed AJ-30 3.9 L DOHC V8, a short-stroke (85mm)
variant of the Jaguar AJ-26 4.0 L V8, rated at 252 hp (188 kW) and
267 lb�ft (362 N�m) of torque. The engine was mated to Ford's 5R55N
5-speed automatic transmission. This combination was so compelling,
it resulted in MotorTrend magazine naming this 2002 Thunderbird
"The Car of the Year". This particular Thunderbird has enjoyed a
very pampered life of garage storage and casual drives on sunny
days. It is in excellent mechanical condition and even has a new
set of tires (they had to be changed due to such infrequency of
use!). The V8 sounds great, pulls strong, and is a perfect cruiser.
We are also big fans of the Inspiration Yellow (C5) Paint and
matching black on yellow leather interior (AY). It's a unique
color, was produced in limited numbers, and is a great throwback to
the original Thunderbirds of the 50's. The exterior paint condition
is very good to excellent, though we did notice that the door jams
have some scuff marks and paint chips. On the inside, again,
overall the condition is excellent, as would be expected. The only
imperfection we noticed was some minor cracking on the driver's
side leather seat (but this is very minimal). Equally impressive to
the low millage is the meticulous attention to detail the current
own has taken to document and track every servicing, repair, and
bit of history with this vehicle; this car comes with a very
organized folder with all the papers you'd want to see! While there
may be many Thunderbirds on the market, we doubt few are as nicely
preserved as this one. This Thunderbird can be viewed in our
Phoenix Showroom. For more information, contact Daniel at
+1.917.890.4230 or
[email protected]
