1989 Ford Probe “Serenety”

The 1989 model year introduced the first-generation Ford Probe, a front-wheel-drive sport coupe built on the Mazda GD platform and sharing most of its mechanical hardware with the Mazda MX-6 and Mazda 626. The Probe descended from Ford's ST-16 program, which the company had once planned as a front-drive Mustang replacement before keeping the Mustang rear-drive and selling the ST-16 design as the Probe. The 1989-1992 Probe used pop-up headlamps and came in GL, LX, and GT trims. The base engine was the Mazda F2 2.2-liter four rated at 110 horsepower and 130 lb-ft of torque. The GT used the turbocharged and intercooled Mazda F2T version of the 2.2, rated at 145 horsepower and 190 lb-ft of torque, with an IHI turbocharger. From the 1990 model year the LX offered the Ford 3.0-liter Vulcan V6, the pushrod V6 also used in the Ford Taurus, rated at 140 horsepower and 160 lb-ft of torque for 1990 and 145 horsepower and 165 lb-ft for 1991-1992. The Probe was built at the Flat Rock, Michigan plant that also assembled the Mazda MX-6 and 626. The second-generation Probe replaced this car for 1993.