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Ford Thunderbird

Car Convertible

4 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Ford Thunderbird on record.

Netherlands
1955–2006
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1980–2026
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 20% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Canada Finland Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Variants

4 variants · 7 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/ford/thunderbird/full

Registration history

1955: 47 vehicles 47 1956: 34 vehicles 1957: 31 vehicles 1958: 11 vehicles 1959: 26 vehicles 1960: 27 vehicles 1961: 14 vehicles 1962: 36 vehicles 1963: 31 vehicles 1964: 42 vehicles 1965: 43 vehicles 1966: 37 vehicles 1967: 8 vehicles 1968: 10 vehicles 1969: 10 vehicles 1970: 11 vehicles 1971: 6 vehicles 1972: 16 vehicles 1973: 18 vehicles 1974: 1 vehicle 1975: 8 vehicles 1976: 9 vehicles 1977: 15 vehicles 1978: 21 vehicles 1979: 15 vehicles 1980: 7 vehicles 1983: 2 vehicles 1984: 6 vehicles 1985: 5 vehicles 1986: 2 vehicles 1987: 1 vehicle 1994: 15 vehicles 1995: 8 vehicles 1996: 16 vehicles 1997: 8 vehicles 2002: 29 vehicles 2003: 15 vehicles 2004: 13 vehicles 2005: 5 vehicles 2006: 1 vehicle 1955 2006
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1980: 1 vehicle 1987: 2 vehicles 1989: 6 vehicles 1990: 6 vehicles 1991: 12 vehicles 12 1992: 8 vehicles 1993: 5 vehicles 1994: 7 vehicles 1995: 5 vehicles 1996: 8 vehicles 1997: 1 vehicle 1998: 1 vehicle 1999: 1 vehicle 2000: 2 vehicles 2002: 2 vehicles 2004: 3 vehicles 2005: 1 vehicle 2006: 5 vehicles 2007: 2 vehicles 2008: 8 vehicles 2009: 5 vehicles 2010: 6 vehicles 2011: 9 vehicles 2012: 5 vehicles 2013: 4 vehicles 2014: 10 vehicles 2015: 5 vehicles 2016: 4 vehicles 2017: 3 vehicles 2018: 6 vehicles 2019: 2 vehicles 2020: 4 vehicles 2021: 1 vehicle 2022: 1 vehicle 2023: 4 vehicles 2024: 2 vehicles 2025: 5 vehicles 2026: 1 vehicle 1980 2026
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1955 47
1956 34
1957 31
1958 11
1959 26
1960 27
1961 14
1962 36
1963 31
1964 42
1965 43
1966 37
1967 8
1968 10
1969 10
1970 11
1971 6
1972 16
1973 18
1974 1
1975 8
1976 9
1977 15
1978 21
1979 15
1980 7
1983 2
1984 6
1985 5
1986 2
1987 1
1994 15
1995 8
1996 16
1997 8
2002 29
2003 15
2004 13
2005 5
2006 1
Finland
1980 1
1987 2
1989 6
1990 6
1991 12
1992 8
1993 5
1994 7
1995 5
1996 8
1997 1
1998 1
1999 1
2000 2
2002 2
2004 3
2005 1
2006 5
2007 2
2008 8
2009 5
2010 6
2011 9
2012 5
2013 4
2014 10
2015 5
2016 4
2017 3
2018 6
2019 2
2020 4
2021 1
2022 1
2023 4
2024 2
2025 5
2026 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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The Ford Thunderbird as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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GET …/car/ford/thunderbird/full free plan response 

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  "name": "Thunderbird",
  "make": {
    "id": "ford",
    "name": "Ford"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "convertible",
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    "ca",
    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "gb",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua",
    "us"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "na",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 2,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
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    "car/ford/thunderbird-landau",
    "car/ford/thunderbird-town-landau",
    "car/ford/tunderbird"
  ],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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