The problem with the Chevrolet Caprice and the Ford Crown Victoria ...
The Crown Victoria and Caprice are also the car of choice among Senior Citizens. Most specifically the kind of older people who like to drive slow and erratically. This wouldn't be so much of a problem, but these cars look exactly like unmarked police cars from a distance. Not only do seniors buy cars that look exactly like Police cars, they usually pick either white or black for the color. On October 23, 2002, Dallas, Texas Police officer Patrick Metzler, age 31, was in his Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser when it was involved in a rear-end collision. Investigation later revealed that the gas tank, which is located behind the rear axle in the Crown Victoria, was punctured in four places by the vehicle's frame. Metzler died from burns over 98 percent of his body.
2006 Ford Crown Victoria Car Review - Edmunds.com
Currently, the Ford Crown Victoria is the favored ride of taxi drivers, police departments and fleet services. Its most recent major updates were in 1998 and 2003. Decades-old technology and platform sharing allow Ford to keep the prices low. The 2006 Crown Victoria is a big car that offers a lot for the money. Ford's full-size Crown Victoria comes in three trim levels - base, LX and LX Sport. The base model comes equipped with basics like air conditioning, a power driver seat and a cassette stereo. Upgrades like remote keyless entry and a CD player are available as options. Step up to the LX to get them standard, as well as an overhead console with compass, alloy wheels, automatic climate control and a trip computer. The LX Sport comes with a handling and performance package that includes performance tires, revised suspension components, dual exhaust and performance torque converter, as well as leather trim for the seats and a floor-mounted shift lever with console. Ford Crown Victoria models come with four-wheel antilock disc brakes and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD). Front-seat side airbags are available but only on the LX and LX Sport trim levels. The Crown Victoria has done well in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash tests; it earned five stars for driver and front-passenger protection and four stars in side-impact testing. The big Ford car also earned the top rating of "Good" in frontal-offset crash testing conducted by the IIHS.
Motor Trend: Ford Crown Victoria Blackhawk
The Blackhawk is to the Ford Crown Vic what the Impala SS was to the standard Chevrolet Caprice. Although Ford officially calls it a concept car, insiders say this bad ride is headed for showrooms next year.
1997 Ford Crown Victoria
The exterior differences between the Crown Victoria and the Grand Marquis are subtle. Since Mercury is slightly more focused than the more generic Ford, the Grand Marquis is a bit more formal. The grille is vertical and dominates the front end. The greenhouse or passenger compartment on the Marquis has a slightly more formal roofline featuring a semi-privacy rear quarter panel whereas the Crown Vic is more open, with glass in the rear quarter. It is easy to maintain your dignity as you gracefully get into, or emerge from, either the Crown Victoria or the Grand Marquis. The door opening is ample and the roofline is high enough so no acrobatics or unusual reaches are required to get in or out.
Tried & true: 2005 Ford Crown Victoria sedan
With an exceptionally smooth ride, spacious interior and heavy-duty body-on-frame construction, the rear-drive Ford Crown Victoria remains popular with traditional large car buyers. Buyers should not be misled by its conservative good looks, however.
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The 1998-2003 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor is the only remnant of the days when titanic rear-wheel-drive cop cars ruled the interstates. It is also the current bestseller among law enforcement agencies across the United States. Since the demise of Chevy's Caprice 9C1, officers have no choice but to adopt Ford's model since the competition from newer Chevy models is comparatively mediocre.
2006 Ford Crown Victoria - Review - Intellichoice
Cops and cabbies dont follow automotive fashion, and they dont blindly chase trends as early adopters. Out necessity, these professional motorists use cars as their most important work tool, and a large number of them drive the Ford Crown Victoria. In fact, only about one-third of Crown Victoria sales are to the general public. The rest go to police agencies, taxi companies, and other fleet buyers. The current Crown Victoria dates back more than a dozen years, and the previous model launched the nameplate way back in 1979. When people talk about a traditional American car, theyre talking about something like the Crown Vic (or its twin, the Mercury Grand Marquis). Its a large car with a V-8 engine under the long hood and a body separate from its steel frame. The Crown Victoria further hews to the domestic big car archetype with its wide bench seats, soft suspension, large trunk, and relatively poor fuel economy. Police departments like the Crown Vic because the V-8 makes it fairly quick, the rear-wheel drive provides predictable handling, the interior has enough space for an officer and all his gear, the simple mechanicals are durable, and the cars arent expensive. Taxi companies choose Crown Vics for some of those same reasonsaffordability, interior space, durabilityand also because the car has been in production for so long that its dedicated repair shops have mastered the maintenance and parts are relatively cheap. The Crown Victoria comes in three trim levels: Standard, LX, and LX Sport. The Standard model is very plain, although thats hardly an issue since most are destined for fleets. The mid-line LX at least has alloy wheels (in place of steel wheels and hub caps), which makes it look more like a civilian machine. The LX Sport has slightly larger alloy wheels (17 inch instead of 16 inch) and, when ordered in dark red, gray, black, or silver birch, includes color-matched monochrome trim.
2004 Ford Crown Victoria - Profile - 2004 Ford Crown Victoria
Snapshot: A big, rear-drive V-8 sedan built on a separate chassis, the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria is a page from the past, but it's just the ticket for owners needing 6-passenger seating with a large trunk.
2003 Ford Crown Victoria
Once the most common type of automobile on America's highways, Ford's big rear-wheel-drive Crown Victoria is now something of an anomaly. But Ford's biggest sedan still has significant virtues: affordable V8 performance and room for six people (if configured with a three-abreast front bench seat). Crown Vic's interior and trunk volumes compare well against those of an SUV. Indeed the Crown Victoria offers the largest trunk in its class. Its old-fashioned low seat height doesn't afford today's popular elevated-perspective of the road, but climbing in as effortless as settling into your favorite arm chair). This lowness also pays a noticeable dividend in ride quality over tall, hobby horse SUVs. The Ford Crown Victoria's appearance requires a conservative taste in automobiles to appreciate, and a very critical taste to dislike. It's big, mostly bland but also oddly admirable in its tasteful restraint.
Vehicle Crash Simulation
The The Silicon Valley Office of ARA has developed a high fidelity model of a Ford Crown Victoria for performing crashworthiness simulations. This study was part of an overall program sponsored by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a set of crash models for various vehicles that represent the full range of vehicle types currently on the road. The overall program to develop and validate a high-fidelity crash simulation model for the Ford Crown Victoria was a combined experimental and modeling effort under the management of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (VNTSC). MGA Research Corporation performed component validation tests on the Crown Victoria and had previously performed vehicle frontal and side impact tests. Results of the vehicle tests are shown on the Crown Victoria Crash Test Video page. The preliminary phase in the development of a crash simulation model was the vehicle tear-down and measurement of the structural geometries. An illustration of the Crown Victoria in this tear-down process is shown in Figure 1. Once the nonstructural components were removed from the vehicle, tape was applied to the components to discretize the structure prior to measurement.
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