2002款福特雷鳥(niǎo)

????梅斯1987年加盟福特，正好趕上負(fù)責(zé)雷鳥(niǎo)的復(fù)興,。這款車(chē)采用了復(fù)古未來(lái)主義的圓形大燈,，蛋箱式的進(jìn)氣格柵和一個(gè)裝飾性的引擎蓋進(jìn)氣口。但這些設(shè)計(jì)更像是拙劣的模仿,，而不是對(duì)經(jīng)典的致敬,，同時(shí)它基本沒(méi)怎么掩飾各種降低了這款車(chē)動(dòng)力性能的妥協(xié)和削減成本的做法。它推出時(shí),，梅斯曾宣稱(chēng)：“這不是經(jīng)典車(chē)型應(yīng)有樣子的漫畫(huà)版,，它本身就是經(jīng)典車(chē)型?！彼@話(huà)說(shuō)得太過(guò)頭了,。他本指望這款車(chē)能長(zhǎng)期生產(chǎn)下去，但事與愿違,，這車(chē)的新奇設(shè)計(jì)造成的吸引力很快就煙消云散,，三年后這輛雷鳥(niǎo)就折翼停產(chǎn)了。

2002 Ford Thunderbird

????Mays joined Ford in 1987, in time to oversee the attempt to revive the Thunderbird. The use of retro-futuristic round headlights, egg-crate grille, and a decorative hood scoop seemed more parody than homage, and did little to disguise the compromises and cost-cutting that undermined the dynamics of the car. At the launch, Mays declared, "It's not a caricature of what a classic should be. It is a classic automobile." He protested too much. Instead of the long production run he expected, its novelty appeal was quickly exhausted, and the T'bird had its wings clipped three years later.