Crown Victoria
The Ford Crown Victoria is the current model nameplate for the rear-wheel drive full-size car produced by the Ford Motor Company in the mid-1950s, and then again since the early 1990s. The Crown Victoria represents the top-of-the-line sedan in the Ford lineup. more...
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While the Crown Victoria only has mediocre sales to the general public, the Crown Victoria is also commonly used as a taxi cab, fleet vehicle and police car, a segment in which Crown Victorias make up the vast majority of vehicles used. The current Crown Victoria can be seen as the latest evolution of the standard (full) sized Ford, starting with the Model T. The "Crown Vic" is popular due to its body-on-frame construction, which enables repairs after minor accidents without the need to straighten the chassis - an important benefit for a car frequently used by police forces for "Pit Maneuvers" (ramming a car to spin it out).
While it shares components with the Lincoln Town Car, it shares almost no exterior sheetmetal or interior parts. The 1992-onward model has had a number of upgrades, and is the most common vehicle used by law enforcement in North America, followed by the Chevrolet Impala.
Production
The Crown Victoria is manufactured in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, rides on the 1979-vintage Ford Panther platform and utilizes the universal 4.6 L SOHC SEFI V8. As of 2005, prices range from US$25,000 for the base model to $32,000 for the high-end LX Sport trim.
1955-1956
- See also 1955 Ford
The first "Crown Victoria" appeared in 1955; it was a 2-door 6-seater hardtop coupe, part of the Ford Fairlane range, that differed from the regular Victoria model (named after a type of carriage) by having a stainless steel band that 'crowned' the roofline, passing right over the car, as an extension of the B-pillar line. The model was produced in 1955 and 1956.
One version called Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner had the front part of the roof, in front of the steel band, in plexiglass. This made the car difcult to sell, especially in the southern states in USA. Thus few Skyliners were made. Most of them ended up in Sweden, possibly because the climate was more suitable for a plexiglass roof.
1979–1980
In 1979, Ford redesigned its full size car line, now on the Panther platform. The deluxe version of the LTD line was the LTD Landau, as in previous years. In 1980 the LTD Landau was renamed LTD Crown Victoria. It replaced the previous year's Landau model, and used a stainless steel band over the roof at the B-pillar (the "crown") to evoke the 1950s model. Crown Victoria had been a decor package for the Landau models since 1975.
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