The interior was redesigned for both two- and four-door models. They even tried to hide the fact that the bumper rub strips don’t line up by using a thicker front strip, but once you’re aware of it, it’s impossible not to notice. If you look closely at the two-doors, you’ll notice that the front bumper is higher than the rear bumper as a result of blending the restyled front end into the otherwise largely unchanged body. The rear tail lights were also changed a bit, but their overall shape remained similar. While the sedans got a full makeover, the coupes soldiered on, with a face lift most noticeable up front, thanks to new grilles and composite headlights in place of sealed beams. Topaz four-door sedans also got a more upright, formal roof line. The Tempo received a grille featuring thick horizontal bars the Topaz, aiming to be different, sported a grille of thin vertical bars. In 1988, the Tempo/Topaz sedans received a exterior redesign, although under the skin things remained pretty much the same. Steering was rack-and-pinion on the first generation it could be had with or without power assist, but after 1988 only power steering was offered. The phrase “unremarkable but competent” comes to mind when describing the handling (and perhaps the whole car). I’ve had a lot of time behind the wheel of a couple of base-model L coupes, and the body roll can be pretty dramatic. The four-cylinder models did without a rear anti-roll bar, but you can bolt in one from a V6 model if you were so inclined. Brakes were class-standard front discs and rear drums. The suspension was a bit mundane, with struts front and rear, but at least it was fully independent–certainly a cut above some of the rear straight axles used by its competitors. A Mazda-sourced diesel engine was also available during the car’s early years. While the standard manual transmission eked out more miles per gallon and trimmed down 0-60 times, the 2.3-liter’s low-end torque characteristics did not encourage enthusiastic driving. What it was, though, was an engine very well-suited to a three-speed automatic and the driving style of most North Americans. The engine quickly ran out of breath and was quite thrashy, even at moderate rpm. The result was about as far from sporty as one could imagine. Looking to the past for a strong and torquey motor, Ford based the new engine’s design on the old inline six from the Ford Falcon by basically cutting off two cylinders and updating it to 1980s acceptability with a feedback carburetor (multi-port fuel injection would be fitted later). Instead of using the 2.3-liter OHC inline four found in such various rear-wheel drive vehicles as the Mustang, Thunderbird and Ranger, Ford chose to develop another 2.3-liter four-cylinder engine. While the front-wheel drive Tempo/Topaz might have looked like a brand new design, it actually borrowed heavily from the Ford Escort it sat on what was essentially a stretched Escort platform (the Tempo/Topaz did use a different rear suspension, but the cars were very similar to the Escort from the firewall forward), and the inevitable weight gain meant the Escort’s CVH engine would no longer do. Despite its sealed-beam headlights, it was certainly more slippery than anything in its price range offered by GM and Chrysler what’s more, the improved aerodynamics paid off in less wind noise and better fuel economy than its rear-wheel drive Zephyr predecessor. When the original Tempo/Topaz debuted back in 1983 (as a 1984 model) it was clothed in aerodynamic styling that might have presaged the daring 1986 Taurus. But would the addition of a Vulcan V6 engine make it at least sporty? With ReStyle, we have continued to develop a cleaner, more modern and efficient interface to improve usability, workflow and overall aesthetics.( first posted ) Although the powertrain provided adequate motivation, no one would ever mistake one of the vast majority of Tempo/Topazes with a milquetoast 2.3-liter, four cylinder engine and three-speed automatic for any flavor of sports car. The masking module, attached to each adjustment tab, contains a comprehensive set of tools including an edge-aware brush, gradient mask, smart feather tool, color aware tool and more. Easily enhance your selected style’s 5 domi- nant colors using the unique hue, saturation and luminance controls. HSL Technology in 5-Color Style Sliders.With ReStyle, we have incorporated blending modes for the adjust- ment modules, essentially showing 8 different looks for each style preset. ReStyle creates presets using a source image’s color and tones, allowing you to save your own unique styles to use later. This new technology creates high-quality transformations, even for dramatic styles and looks. ReStyle introduces a cutting-edge process of mapping color and tone statistics from a selected style to a target image. Topaz ReStyle for Post-Processing (Click to See How it Works) Features Introduced in Topaz ReStyle:
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