How do you tarnish the launch of a great car? There are plenty of ways to unintentionally accomplish this task, and Ford utilized a couple of them with the introduction of a new sports coupe in 1988.

Introduced in 1988 ahead of the 1989 model year, the Ford Probe is a liftback coupe that was built with fuel economy in mind. Initially conceived as a Mazda-powered replacement for the Ford Mustang, ...

Ford's Probe was originally intended to be the company's first FWD Mustang. That potential travesty was ultimately averted, but could paying the asking for today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe GT prove to ...

View post: Amazon Has a 'Durable' Wheeled Cooler on Sale for Almost 50% Off, Just in Time for Spring The Ford Probe of the late Eighties was a litany of pluses and minuses. On the plus side, chalk up ...

Ford came closer than most people realize to killing the Mustang’s identity in the late 1980s, replacing its rear-wheel-drive ...

Supposedly lost for years, the 1983 Ford Probe IV concept car resurfaced in a place where we would least expect it. It is for sale on Facebook Marketplace, showing off its teatrop-shaped ...

A genuine Ford Probe IV concept, long believed lost, has appeared on Facebook Marketplace in Texas. The display-only, engine-less prototype is one of only two built and helped shape Ford’s aerodynamic ...

From my car collection, a survivor and worthy of a museum. It appears to be unused. It has been in my collection since 2004 and drive 3.5 miles to town and back once a week for a total of 7 miles a ...

For most automakers, the 1980s represented a clean break from the chunky, rectangular styling cues that had dominated during the energy crisis of the previous decade as designers began to let ...

There are many examples of history repeating itself. Hopefully, at least as far as Blue Oval aficionados are concerned, that’s not going to be the case with a reinvented Ford Probe. Some say that just ...

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Only tradition and the lack of V8 power prevented the Probe from becoming the new Mustang. In every other sense, the car delivers far more than you expect. It could never replace the Mustang—for many ...