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The Ford Crown Victoria ("Crown Vic") [2] [3] is a full-size sedan that was marketed and manufactured by Ford. The successor to the Ford LTD Crown Victoria , two generations of the model line were produced from the 1992 until the 2012 model years.
From 1992 to 1997, the police car models of the Crown Victoria (both base and LX trims) were officially known as Crown Victoria P71s. The first force to take delivery of Crown Victoria P71s was the London Police Service of London, Ontario in Canada, ordering 21 for delivery during February 1992; the first Crown Victoria from this order was ...
The first time Ford used "Victoria" as a naming convention was 1932, for both Ford Victoria and Lincoln Victoria 2-door coupes.. The model directly derives its name from the Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria of 1955–1956, the 1980 LTD Crown Victoria revived a distinctive styling feature from its Fairlane namesake: a targa-style band atop the B-pillars.
While the latter was sold alongside the larger Grand Marquis, the Five Hundred was phased in as a replacement for both the Ford Taurus and Crown Victoria. By 2007, the Crown Victoria was supported nearly entirely by fleet sales, outselling only the Ford GT in retail sales. After the 2007 model year, Ford ended retail sales of the Crown Victoria ...
From 1979 until 2011, the Grand Marquis shared the rear-wheel drive (RWD) Panther platform with the Ford LTD Crown Victoria (Ford Crown Victoria after 1992), and from 1980, the Lincoln Town Car. For over three decades, the Ford and Mercury sedans were functionally identical, with two of the three generations of the model line sharing the same ...
The first-generation Taurus was launched in 1985 as a 1986 model to strong fanfare and sales, replacing the slow-selling mid-size Ford LTD. (The full-size Ford LTD Crown Victoria remained as part of the Ford lineup.) The release of the Ford Taurus was one of the most anticipated ever, mostly because it was a first in car design and also the ...
Price was $2802.99 in L.A. Calif. ($2914 in Wash. D.C.)—$70 more than the steel-top Crown Victoria. Prices are with the standard Thunderbird V-8 292-cid 200-hp (202-hp with Fordomatic Drive) M-code engine and Conventional Drive 3-speed manual transmission. 1956 Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner production was only 603.
The 1949 Ford is a line of cars produced by Ford from the 1949 to 1951 model years. The successor to the prewar 1941 Ford, the model line was the first full-size Ford designed after World War II, becoming the first Ford car line released after the deaths of Edsel Ford and Henry Ford.