Crown Victoria gone?

[timfromme]

I was on the Ford and Mercury websites recently and noticed that the Crown Victorias were only available as fleet vehicles. It was not listed as a consumer vehicle. The Grand Marquis is still available though. Did Ford do a restructuring plan through this darn recession and got rid of the Crown Vics to the masses? Just wondering.

[Ryans PI]

You are correct, the CV is only available as a fleet car now. Rental companies can still order new LXs. Hence why you see '08s for sale- and will see '09 for sale soon from rental companies when they've reached their mile marker to be sold. You can buy a new LX from some dealerships, or you can order one if you know the fleet manager.

Grand Marquis' will only be availble if a dealership orders them.

[Glockafella]

I have heard that the government wants them gawn unless they can meet EPA and MPG guidelines. However the Law Enforcement Community in America thrives on CVs and the needs americas law enforcement agenies have kept this body style around. Might be why we could see these body styles going purely fleet use.

[timfromme]

Thanks for the info. So CVPI's would be around a bit. Got to watch out for them then. LOL!

[Glockafella]

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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Ford Motor Co. dealers will no longer offer the troubled Crown Victoria to consumers but will continue to sell the huge car in bulk deals to fleet customers, business, governments, and police departments.
Less than eighty 2007 Crown Vics remain on Ford dealer lots across the country and the automaker has no plans to deliver 2008 or 2009 versions of the vehicle to dealers.
Ford dealers will attempt to convince car buyers to consider the large Ford Taurus, midsize Fusion and compact Focus instead of the Crown Vic.
The Taurus sedan is slightly smaller than the Crown Victoria, but offers similar cabin and cargo space.
Crown Victoria deals on the showroom floor have declined dramatically in recent years and fleet purchases now account for 95 percent of Crown Victoria sales.
The Crown Victoria is widely used by police departments around the country and has also been a mainstay of many metropolitan taxi fleets.
Ford recalled 155,700 Crown Victoria sedans used as police cars or taxi cabs in may 2005 because of a fire risk under the dashboard in 2003-2005 models.
Some police departments have sued Ford, alleging that Crown Victoria police cars could explode into flames when hit from the rear. Ford fought those suits with mixed results.
At one point the automaker warned police departments that it would stop selling them the special police model of the car if the departments did not drop legal action against Ford.

[Glockafella]

BTW, My wife had her sheriffs dept duty car, a 2005 CVPI get rear ended while parked. Driver was going 60 MPH, the entire rear end was smashed in up to the rear seat. If she would have had a prisoner in the back they would have lived. She was fine...no fire or fuel leaks. Just as a point of fact, her mossburg shotgun survied the impact, another fine product. lol

[Glockafella]

Many Major departments have gone with Impalas and Chargers around here, Also I have seen Dallas PD uses nothing but Impalas.

[Motorhead350]

We had some Impalas here in Chicago, but looks like everyone is going back to Panthers. The Impalas had some tranmission problems from hot calls and everything, but I have had a ton of bad experiences with GM transmissions myself.

[Bradley G]

Maybe it's all the Ford brainwashing, from peddling these tanks over the years.
I thought when I heard they were going to use mopars and Impys as cop cars, "This should be interesting"

[ROB502]

Obooba put our car on the CLUNKER list and wants the gov. to buy it back for 4500 trade.

[Pat]

I drive 03-07 CV's for our Sheriff's department, front seats are too low.

However, there are several 08-09(?) CVLX's in the maintence complex being prepped for operations. They have the flex fuel option, keyless entry, leather(?) seats and electric seat controls.

I should be getting my personal take home car soon............NOT.

[justbob]

Now this is just stupid. If they are gonna make the car anyways, then why not offer it to as many buyers as possible?

[CBT]

Now this is just stupid. If they are gonna make the car anyways, then why not offer it to as many buyers as possible?

Like they did the Marauder?

[Vortex]

Many Major departments have gone with Impalas and Chargers around here, Also I have seen Dallas PD uses nothing but Impalas.

The reason Dallas PD uses only Impalas and Mopars is because a few years back they sued Ford because an officer was killed after getting rear-ended at about 80 mph and his car burst into flames. While the lawsuit was in the courts DPD tried to buy some new CVPI's. Ford told them "no thanks, we dont want your business".

[justbob]

If I was rear ended at 80, then I would pretty much expect to burst into flames. Just seems imminent.