Less overhang, more performance.įour different engines were on offer depending on the year, and at base was a 3.8-liter Essex V6 in naturally aspirated and supercharged variants (for the Super Coupe). The new MN12 cars were sleeker and more rounded than the Aero Bird, and though they were shorter overall, had a nine-inch growth in wheelbase over the outgoing model. He’d designed the ninth generation T-bird and Cougar as well. Ford aimed high and wanted the edge in handling and performance over the front-drive offerings from GM.įor the new cars’ design, Ford relied once more on the VP of design at Ford from 1980 to 1997, Jack Telnack. They were the only domestic rear-drive cars with that feature outside the Corvette. To that end, the MN12 coupes (and later the FN Lincoln Mark VIII) were given an independent rear suspension amongst their other technical upgrades. Ford started development of the new platform in 1984, when it made an internal declaration that the next Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar be sophisticated enough to compete with European marques like BMW. An all-new 10th-generation debuted for the model year 1989, on the exciting new MN12 platform. Never bought Ford again either.But by the late Eighties, the ninth-gen was looking a little aged, and Ford saw it was time to step away from the Fox platform with regards to personal luxury. If you can’t trust a well known auto dealer then who can you trust. I kept the car for a few years until the head gasket blew almost at the same time the transmission started slipping. I did file a complaint with the Ford dealer for failing to disclose any accidents but got nowhere. My solution to the window was fibre glassing everything together. As well cracks were starting to show up along the body form the driver's door to the rear quarter where the body filler was beginning to fail. Upon further inspection the body shop determined that the power window mechanism inside the door was bent as if the car was broadsided in an accident. However after three more occasions of this happening they refused to repair anymore under their warranty. Next in the list the driver's side window pulled out of the track (or shoes as they called them). Three weeks later the A/C stopped working. I bought the car used from one of the local Ford/Mercury dealers in 1994 with 45000 miles. This is a buyer be warned and lesson learned story.
I wish auto makers would do coloured interiors again as opposed to black or grey.
Dark blue exterior with matching blue interior.
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