This also applied to gearboxes - a two-speed automatic or a three-speed manual (with the option of overdrive) were the only choices.

It had a ladder frame and the technical systems were taken from product lines across the Ford model range - nothing new under the surface. The basis of the Thunderbird 1955 model year was a 292ci (4.8L) V8 OHV engine with 215 hp. It was equipped with a removable hardtop and a classic retractable roof was available on a request. Its conversion took place in February 1954, production began in September 1954 and the manufactured vehicles were released for sale at the end of October this year as a model year 1955. And you can often buy a car of a given year six months in advance, sometimes more than a year in advance. While European production is constantly improving its vehicles and the facelift is the turning point, in America, the model year is respected. The specialty of American cars is the uniqueness of model years. While the Corvette was inspired by the success of European sports cars, the Thunderbird bet more on the comfort of the driver and the passengers.

Although the origin of the Thunderbird was the Corvette study, the two cars were very far apart in the end. Production itself began in 1955 at the new Wixom plant, where the Thunderbird was built alongside the Mercury and Lincoln cars, so it was part of a higher society. Its development began in 1953, and thanks to the accelerated development, it was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show the following year. In its first generation, the Ford Thunderbird was a quick response to a published study of the Chevrolet Corvette.

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