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OCR: The Thunderbird was one of the first American entries into the two seat luxury class. It competed with General Motors Chevrolet Corvette. The Thunderbird was never considered sports car by Ford but rather touring car. The name Thunderbird was borrowed from Indian legend as represented power, swiftness and pros sperity. As legend had ie the Thunderbird would flap its wings and bring thunder and lightning and rain to the parched land o the southwest. The name was selected by one of the car' designers in company-wide contest after the name Burnetti (an Italian interpretation of Ford chief engineer William Burnett' name was rejected aftel