Four-wheel disc brakes with anti-lock behind 16 x 7-inch cast alloy wheels were also standard features on the Super Coupe, which cost $19,823 (equivalent to $50,405, today) upon its 1989 debut.

The 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe confirms something I have suspected for some time: Led by Ford, U.S. carmakers are now making cars as good or better than anything from Japan, Germany, Britain… ...

The Thunderbird Super Coupe is easy to set apart from the others with bold ”SC” letters in the bumpers, ground effects rockers and flared wheel wells.

Keeping all that in check are four-wheel disc brakes from a 2002 Mustang Cobra, with Baer-brand drilled rotors. Those are handily wrapped in five-spoke SVT Cobra alloy wheels.