Ford Crown Victoria

Ford Crown Victoria
1998–2002 Ford Crown Victoria LX
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford
Production	1991–2011
Model years	1992–2011
Assembly	Talbotville, Canada (St. Thomas Assembly)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size Ford
Body style	4-door sedan
Layout	FR layout, body-on-frame
Platform	Ford Panther platform
Related	Mercury Grand Marquis Lincoln Town Car
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford LTD Crown Victoria
Successor	Ford Taurus (2010)

First generation
1992 Ford Crown Victoria LX
Overview
Production	January 1991–October 1997
Body and chassis
Related	Mercury Grand Marquis Lincoln Town Car Ford Scorpio MkII (UK)
Powertrain
Engine	4.6 L SOHC Modular V8
Transmission	4-speed AOD automatic 4-speed AODE automatic 4-speed 4R70W automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114.4 in (2,906 mm)
Length	1992–94: 212.4 in (5,395 mm) 1995–97: 212.0 in (5,385 mm)
Width	77.8 in (1,976 mm)
Height	1992–94: 56.7 in (1,440 mm) 1995–97: 56.8 in (1,443 mm)
Curb weight	3,748–3,849 lb (1,700–1,746 kg)

Second generation
Overview
Production	1997–2011 (fleet sales) 1997–2007 (civilian sales)
Body and chassis
Related	Mercury Grand Marquis Mercury Marauder Lincoln Town Car Ford Scorpio Mk2 (UK)
Powertrain
Engine	4.6 L Modular V8
Transmission	4-speed 4R70W Automatic 4-speed 4R75W Automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114.7 in (2,913 mm)
Length	212.0 in (5,385 mm)
Width	77.3 in (1,963 mm)
Height	56.8 in (1,443 mm)
Curb weight	4,057 lb (1,840 kg)

The Ford Crown Victoria (or simply Crown Vic) is a rear-wheel drive full-size sedan that was marketed and manufactured by Ford from the 1992 to the 2011 model years over two generations. Discontinued in 2011, the latter day Crown Victoria had been in production since 1991 at Ford's St. Thomas Assembly plant in Talbotville, Ontario, Canada. Dropping its previous LTD prefix, Ford instead revived a nameplate once used on a two-door version of the Fairlane sold in the North American market for the 1955 model year.

The Crown Victoria shared the Ford Panther platform and major powertrain, body, and suspension components with the Lincoln Town Car and Mercury Grand Marquis. Along with its rebadged Mercury and Lincoln variants, the Crown Victoria was the final full-frame rear-wheel-drive passenger sedan produced in North America. The durability associated with its layout popularized the use of the Crown Victoria with taxicab and fleet owners to be one of the most commonly used police patrol/pursuit vehicles in North America (where from 1992-2012 Crown Victorias were mostly sold and used as taxicabs and police cars).

The first use of the Crown Victoria nameplate by Ford was in the 1955 model year as part of the Ford Fairlane range. Separate from the Fairlane Victoria two-door hardtop, the Fairlane Crown Victoria was given its own B-pillared roofline, with a stainless-steel band "crowning" the roof, an interpretation of the "victoria carriage" bodystyle. The first time Ford used the "victoria" as a naming convention was in 1932 on the Ford Victoria 2-door coupe and the larger Lincoln Victoria coupe. A variant of the Crown Victoria, the Crown Victoria Skyliner, replaced the front half of the roof with acrylic glass. For the 1956 model year, along with the rest of the Ford model line, the Fairlane Crown Victoria received the Lifeguard option package.