1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe: The 35th Anniversary Year

This record's own dek states that 1990 was the Super Coupe's best year by the infoway count, with a 35th Anniversary edition built on it; this record's own overview repeats that Wikipedia's tenth-generation production table gives 114,040 Thunderbirds of all series for 1990, while the Thunderbird infoway compilation lists 21,966 Super Coupes, 6,067 of them with the five-speed manual, and this record's own coverage field is marked partial rather than complete for the year.^1,2

This record's own overview also states that Wikipedia describes the 35th Anniversary edition as a black Super Coupe with blue and silver stripes, black-and-silver wheels, anniversary fender badges and a dark gray and silver leather-and-suede interior, and gives 3,371 built, a count the infoway compilation independently agrees with; this record's own text treats that agreement as two sources converging on the same figure rather than one confirming the other's methodology, since neither source states whether it drew on the other.^1,2

This record's own production section carries five rows: the 114,040 whole-line total, 21,966 Super Coupes, the 6,067-unit five-speed subset of that Super Coupe row, 82,636 non-Super-Coupe Thunderbirds with the naturally aspirated 3.8, and 3,371 35th Anniversary editions; the 35th Anniversary row carries its own note stating that whether the infoway Super Coupe row already includes these cars is not stated by the source, leaving the two figures uncombined rather than assuming either inclusion or exclusion.²

This record's own production notes repeat that the infoway rows come from one enthusiast compilation crediting Ford media material rather than a named document, that the five-speed figure is a subset of the Super Coupe row, and that none of the infoway rows are reconciled against the Wikipedia/Tast whole-line total or added together in this record. This same caveat governs every production figure in this record's own rows, not only the Super Coupe and 35th Anniversary counts, since no single row is presented as authoritative over another.²

This record's own engines section carries the 3.8-liter supercharged, intercooled V-6 at 210 hp and 315 lb-ft, available on the Super Coupe, with its own standard field stating plainly that the rating basis is not stated by the source and its own induction field describing it as "supercharged, intercooled, sequential EFI"; this record's own prices section is empty, and a separate priceNotes field explains that a J.D. Power live-valuation figure once stood in its place before being pulled from every page on the site over the same independent-verification concerns described elsewhere in this record.¹

This record's own keyFacts, transmissions, performance, identification, conflicts and unpublished-leads sections are empty for the year, and no option price appears anywhere in it. This record's own title identifies the car as the "1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe," naming the Super Coupe trim directly rather than the 35th Anniversary edition built on it; the 1990 brochure described below has no row for that edition in its options, colors or specifications tables.¹

This record's own options, paint, interiors and specifications sections come from Ford's 1990 Thunderbird brochure (form 157-Ann. 8/89), which tabulates three models, the Thunderbird, the LX and the Super Coupe, and prints no prices. Its specifications table gives the Thunderbird and LX a 3.8 liter V-6 at 140 horsepower at 3,800 rpm and 215 lb-ft at 2,400 rpm, and the Super Coupe a supercharged, intercooled 3.8 with dual exhaust at 210 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 315 lb-ft at 2,600 rpm, the same peak figures this record's engines section carries, with a 19-gallon tank for both. Its MVMA-based measurements give a 113.0-inch wheelbase, 198.7-inch length and 72.7-inch width.

This record's own options section carries twenty-seven entries from the brochure's options table, keyed to Preferred Equipment Packages 151A, 155A and 157A, and records its note that ordering the Super Coupe with 157A brought the rear window defroster, power equipment group, luxury group, AM/FM stereo cassette and six-way power passenger seat at no extra charge. Anti-lock four-wheel disc brakes and a Traction-Lok axle are standard on the Super Coupe and optional on the others. The paint section lists eleven exterior colors, five offered on the Super Coupe, with their trim pairings, and the interiors section lists four trim colors, Light Sandalwood excluded from the Super Coupe, plus each model's standard seats.