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RSSFord Thunderbird: The Celebrity’s Choice
Does the car have a role in deciding the value of some one? Is the fame of a person depending on his car? Or is it the driver who makes the car famous?
Well, Ford Thunderbird, the American car icon was on roads from the Detroit plant in the US from 1955 to 2005. This car was a response by Ford to the Chevrolet’s Corvette. But it was not sold as a full-blown sports car upon its debut release; instead, Ford launched it as personal luxury car, which widely enjoyed a good reputation among the car lovers in the US.
While at the time of manufacturing this car, Ford thought of many names ranging from “Hep Cat,” “Whizzer,” “Beaver,” “Runabout,” to monikers such as “Detroiter,” “Arcturus,” “Savile,” “Coronado,” and the ever exotic “El Tigre”.”Whizzer” was seriously considered in the initial stages, as the winning model name. But stylist Alden “Gib” Giberson’s suggested “Thunderbird”, the name which was later accepted. This name was chosen from an ultra-exclusive housing tract named “Thunderbird Heights.”
The credit for the name Thunderbird goes to retired GM executive Lewis D. Crusoe, Ford designer Frank Hershey, and Ford chief stylist George Walker. It was the sports car Jaguar XK120 that gave inspiration for the development of thunderbird.
Thunderbird has been considered as an American car icon and has been chosen by many celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, and Elvis Presley as their favourite. The new generation celebrities like Rosie O Donnell, Halle Berry, John Travolta, and the queen of talk herself, Oprah Winfrey have also chosen this car as their favourite chose.
Thunderbird is available for rent at any sports, exotic, luxury, and classic car rentals and can also be availed through websites. The demand for this car has gone up these years that even tourists who are on visit to America prefer to drive this car on Yankee roads.
On your next visit to the US, don’t forget to experience of driving Thunderbird which is really excellent, elegant and enticing.
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