http://www.detnews.com/article/20090828/AUTO01/908280392/Ford-to-cops--Crown-Vic-is-out

Darn, I wonder what the future holds...

Since when is this news? We've known that 2011 or 2012 would be the last year for the Panther platform for quite a while.

It is sad indeed, but the new "Taurus" (which isn't at all a Taurus in the classic sense anymore) is so big on both the outside, inside, and trunk now it makes a perfect replacment for the Crown Victoria, in the civilian marklet at least. Maybe the police won't like it since it is V6 and front wheel drive but I wouldn't worry for them as they still have decent offerings from Chevrolet and Dodge considering how much better the current Impala and Charger are for police use than the Intrepid and Lumina they were offering only a few years ago.

I thought it was kind of inevitable that the Crown Victoria’s replacement would be front-wheel-drive. But the new Taurus (particularly the one with the 365 hp engine) is turning out to prove itself as a fine automobile.

But that article also says for now, nothing is really set in stone for the CV’s successor. I haven’t seen any new cars on Ford’s product plans that might fill that void though. Mostly what appears are:

Ford Taurus (all-new for 2010 and just recently went on sale) will get a quick freshening around 2013.

Ford Fusion (which was recently refreshed) will be completely redesigned for 2013.

Ford Mustang (which was also recently refreshed) will be completely redesigned for 2014.

Ford C-Max (already sold in Europe) will be introduced to the U.S. market no later than 2013.

Ford Edge will get a refresh for 2011, but will be completely redesigned for 2014.

Ford Explorer will be all-new for 2012, moving to a unibody front-wheel-drive car-based platform (this is old news)

Ford Explorer Sport Trac pickup will be discontinued after 2010.

Ford Ranger production extended to 2011, but is expected to be replaced by Ford’s small global T6 truck platform soon thereafter. The new compact pickup’s name is expected to remain Ranger.

Ford F-100 all-new small/midsize pickup based off the F-150 was scrapped before it ever saw daylight (was supposed to be the Ranger replacement)

Ford F-150 (which was thoroughly refreshed for 2009) will get small improvements over the coming years, but will not get any major changes until the middle of the next decade.

Ford F-Series Super Duty will get a thorough refresh for 2011, with substantial power train upgrades.

Ford E-Series replacement is coming around 2014 in the form of a North American version of the next generation Transit full-size van.

Yes, I know But this article is finally giving us the official last year of production for the CV, as opposed to previous articles/news which stated something along the lines of "it might end" or "it probably will end around..." So this is finally the official news.

As for the replacements, I personally have never driven an Impala 9C1. I've been in a police-package Charger (one of our test cars) but only as a passenger. I can tell you that I've heard many complaints from the Impala, and the Charger seems to have a lot of mechanical problems. Not to mention the fact that I don't like it's visibility. In that case, we'd be left to chose between two average police cars. Although I suppose the Charger might be the best option.

We'll see what happens with the Taurus...

I guess this would be for Taxiguy. I've always loved how iconic the yellow Crown Vic is in New York City. I've only been to Manhattan once but of course they're in so many movies. The taxis in my town are now mostly Scions which I hate. I wonder what will happen to New York taxis?

The Crown Victorias are already being substituted for a number of hybrid vehicles, including the Ford Escape, Nissan Altima, Toyota Camry and Prius.

Some examples that I saw when I recently went to NYC:

There are even a few Malibu hybrids, though now that GM has discontinued that model they won't be showing up anymore.

Still, in NYC the CV still greatly outnumbers the hybrids. Fleets are hesitant to buy them because they cost so much more. And now that gas is cheap again and will be for the foreseeable future, there is less point to Hybrids than people originally thought a couple years ago when prices were nearly twice as much as they are now.

Many taxi drivers (lease-drivers, that is) don't like the Hybrid cabs either, because the fleets charge an extra premium to drive them over a regular Crown Vic or Toyota Sienna since the purchase price is more. Yes, the Hybrid cars don't need filling up as often, but it is debateable whether that cnacels out the extra cost to lease them.

Not to mention a FWD unitbody Camry or Altima is much less of a durbale workhorse than a tradtional big RWD body-on-frame Ford, which is certainly important when roaming the streets of NYC each and every day for over a quarter-million miles. Only time will tell how they stack up in the end....

I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Ford Fusion Hybrid NYC Taxi (if they don’t have one already)

But I think Ford will maybe lean more toward the Transit Connect Taxi as a mass replacement for the Crown Victoria taxis. One has already been spied on NYC streets and later showed up at the auto show. The one in the link was boasted about at the New York International Auto Show.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/19/new-york-08-preview-ford-transit-connect-taxi-son-of-crown-v/

Yeah right... that's not happening.

Every Chrysler passenger car since 1960 are unibodies. Look how much abuse they took in the '60s and '70s. It's already a proven technology. It's FWD that's the problem here.

This might work:
http://jalopnik.com/5361574/gm-still-to-re+badge-holden-commodore-as-us-cop-car

I Like The Crown Vics,They are My Favorite Vehicle Made By Ford Motor Company

I just found out that the VIN code changed for the Police Interceptor. It's no longer [P71] as of the 2010 model but [P7B]. Which is going to make identification on the site harder now I'm still trying to figure out of the VIN codes for other versions of the Crown Victoria have changed too.

Has anything cosmetic changed since 2006? Like the wheels or trim or something? Or would the year range for new ones still be 2006-2010 on the site?

2009 models have the Flex Fuel badge on the rear now, so already there is a 2006-2008 range and a 2009+ range. Any future 2009+ models that are listed will probably not have the VIN put in anymore by me as I will not know for sure which one it is. The same will go for any other cars for which we can't narrow down the year range specifically, even if we know it's a Police Interceptor. Either way I'll be on the lookout for these cars