1983 Ford Thunderbird

From curbsideclassic.com: "Ford’s initial attempt at building a personal luxury car off the mid-sized Fox platform, sold from ’80 through ’82, missed the mark as far as the public was concerned, with sales pretty much going off a cliff. A drastic transformation from angular to aerodynamic styling for the ’83 model year, however, turned things around. Moreover, the rounded contours of this car are widely considered to have paved the way for the radical shape of the ’86 Taurus, which could fairly be said to have permanently transformed the public’s expectations for domestic styling."

Putting it another way, this Thunderbird ushered in the era of, "all cars will now look the same."

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