Fords Last...

[Conti94]

The Last Crown Victoria has rolled off the line. That leaves only the Mustang as the last of the new RWD V8 Ford car available, not counting the trucks of course. No more Crown Vics and Town Cars.


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http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/chi-last-ford-crown-victoria-rolls-off-the-line-20110916,0,3733730.story


They say only 24 mpgs for these cars on the hwy. Hah mine gets 28mpg, sometimes 20 around town.

 

[topher5150]

I had a Grand Marquis, and that thing was built like a Panzer. A van side swiped me took out two doors and a fender, and tweaked the b pillar, but destroyed the other guys mini-van. That was a great car

 

[Lownslowlsc]

My old 98 marquis was a trooper. I would've kept it had it not been for the excessive rust on all 4 fenders and losing my job a while back. She was running great when I sold it last year @ 115k.

 

[slowmkviii]

Brings a tear to my eye
Stupid ford

 

['00 lincoln ls6]

That's sad..... To see them go.
I have a 88 crown Vic with 345,165 miles
And still runs strong. I am the 2nd owner and my gma bought it brand new and stick have the window sticker.
I also have a 90 crown Vic with 124,638 miles I'm using for a parts car.
Just because those parts are hard to find and expensive.
They're troopers though. Hard to kill
And once again ford is making a mistake of getting rid of them.

 

[SoonerLS]

And once again ford is making a mistake of getting rid of them.

Actually, trying to keep them would have been a mistake. The Panthers (Crown Vic/Town Car) died for two reasons:

1. They can't meet the new Federal safety requirements without a major re-engineering effort; and
2. the tooling for making them is "well past worn out," so even continuing production as-is (which was not an option) would have required a complete overhaul of the plant.

All evidence of the ten years preceding Mulally's arrival aside, Ford is in business to make money; although the Panthers were profitable, the costs of continuing the BOF sedans didn't offset the costs of keeping them rolling out the door. It sucks, but it was the only smart business decision to be made.

 

[Coherent]

Kinda sad how now even INFINITY has a badass RWD luxury Sedan with a v8. Now the only manly ford cars left are the trucks and mustangs.

 

['00 lincoln ls6]

Actually, trying to keep them would have been a mistake. The Panthers (Crown Vic/Town Car) died for two reasons:

1. They can't meet the new Federal safety requirements without a major re-engineering effort; and
2. the tooling for making them is "well past worn out," so even continuing production as-is (which was not an option) would have required a complete overhaul of the plant.

All evidence of the ten years preceding Mulally's arrival aside, Ford is in business to make money; although the Panthers were profitable, the costs of continuing the BOF sedans didn't offset the costs of keeping them rolling out the door. It sucks, but it was the only smart business decision to be made.

I'll agreed with you there. I'm sure they'll come back out with them in years to come.
They'll be smaller and better gas mileage.
Just like chevy did with the impala.. But still sucks to see them go.

 

[slowmkviii]

what safety laws was it not hitting
being they were the ONLY car tested for a 75 mph rear end crash
not that that is the only test but what was is failing

 

[JDS353]

that,s all folks thanks to goverment regs. and bull -------

 

[SoonerLS]

But still sucks to see them go.

You'll get no disagreement on that from me. It's the end of an era, and it's sad to see the last of the BOF sedans go away.