To break things up a bit, Would this make a good Crown Vic replacement?
03-06-2003, 08:50 AM
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To break things up a bit, Would this make a good Crown Vic replacement?
Came across this new Australian Ford Fairlane. Wadda ya think?
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...ry2/NT01AE7B1E
http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...ry2/NT01AE7B1E
Not too shabby !
03-06-2003, 05:04 PM
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It doesn't look like a Ford (at least, a US or European one).
There are a couple of simple options I can think of:
Rebody the car and keep the same platform. The heavy-duty body on frame construction is very good for a police car or taxi cab. It's paid for and would keep the price down. Spend the rest on a great powertrain.
Adopt the Mustang/LS chassis for another iteration. This would probably be a smaller, more advanced, more expensive car. I think at one time (before the economy took a dump) they had plans to do something like this.
There are a couple of simple options I can think of:
Rebody the car and keep the same platform. The heavy-duty body on frame construction is very good for a police car or taxi cab. It's paid for and would keep the price down. Spend the rest on a great powertrain.
Adopt the Mustang/LS chassis for another iteration. This would probably be a smaller, more advanced, more expensive car. I think at one time (before the economy took a dump) they had plans to do something like this.
03-07-2003, 05:35 PM
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Originally posted by WERM
It doesn't look like a Ford (at least, a US or European one).
There are a couple of simple options I can think of:
Rebody the car and keep the same platform. The heavy-duty body on frame construction is very good for a police car or taxi cab. It's paid for and would keep the price down. Spend the rest on a great powertrain.
Adopt the Mustang/LS chassis for another iteration. This would probably be a smaller, more advanced, more expensive car. I think at one time (before the economy took a dump) they had plans to do something like this.
It doesn't look like a Ford (at least, a US or European one).
There are a couple of simple options I can think of:
Rebody the car and keep the same platform. The heavy-duty body on frame construction is very good for a police car or taxi cab. It's paid for and would keep the price down. Spend the rest on a great powertrain.
Adopt the Mustang/LS chassis for another iteration. This would probably be a smaller, more advanced, more expensive car. I think at one time (before the economy took a dump) they had plans to do something like this.
The Crown Vic is a unique product, and it would be a shame to lose it. It really isn't a bad car "as is," but it deserves alot more torque, style, space and image.
1. Make the new 300hp 24v 5.4 liter V8 the standard engine in a next-generation full sized Ford. Keep a weaker 4.6 liter for the taxi fleets, but don't afflict the retail customers with it.
2. Completely rebody the car in the style of the 2003 Ford 427 concept.
3. Keep the basic body-on-frame architecture, but give the car the 6-inch wheelbase stretch the taxi model currently has. Then reduce overall length by cutting the overly large overhangs.
4. Ditch all of the Panther platform names! Call the Crown Vic the "Interceptor," make all Grand Marquis models Marauders, and nix the frumpy Town Car badge for a return to "Continental."
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