Zastava_101

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Knight

I thought the Crown Vic was gone.

Hopefully it has a 4.6 3v under the hood.

future9er24

As do I, that would be sweet

I wonder if I could get dad to trade the 323i....

Scothew

Dont get your hopes up to far Arin.. I looked on the media site and theres nothing about a 2008 Crown Vic under production models. Heck I cant find any pics or anything for anything other than 07 and there isnt really and pics that are different than the last 7 years for that model.

future9er24

Hey hey hey, only real Ford reprasentatives are allowed to crush my dreams Scott

Ah well, my dad probably wouldnt have traded anyhow. Plus it matches the Bullitt

Still.. it would be nice for ford to have a FUN rwd sedan again... on this continent

Scothew

I did see the Tarus listed under 08

1999 Black 35th GT

At this point the CV is only available to law enforcement and fleet vehicles such as taxi's. The Grand Marquis and Town Car are still available to the public.

Knight Rider

just put a v8 on the taurus and call it a Taurus CV

Zastava_101

And RWD.

future9er24

or AWD :P

theedge67

I still don't understand why Ford won't put the 3V 4.6 in the Crown's. It is lighter, (by a lot) makes a lot more HP and Torque, is more fuel efficient, and is much greener emissions wise (for the environmental types). Sure it might cost Ford an extra $100 per car, but that would be more than worth it for an extra 2mpg and 60 more HP.

Treadhead

That would be better than the V-6 Charger I'm about to test for our department.

hi5.0

That line right there - "Sure it might cost Ford an extra $100 per car..." even if it didn't really cost that much more to put 4.6 3V's in there, that's the deal breaker.

ShowGT

CV is suppose to be for fleet sales, police cruisers and taxis.

theedge67

You don't think Ford would absorb that cost increase do you? They would pass it on to the consumer. And I'm sure 1mpg increase would totally light up the ears of a fleet like say...Las Vegas PD, with 600+ cars. Even at $150 extra, that mpg savings would pay for itself over a year or two.

Knight

yea say the car did 100,000 miles at 20mpg. thats 5000gallons if the car did 21 mpg it would have used 4761gallons. so 239gallon savings at say $3 a gallon. so $717 a car. so 600 cars are saving $430,200

future9er24

That would be gross savings, you have to subtract the $90,000 (extra $150 or so per car).

Either way, still saving a buttload of cash at $340,200

Knight

thanks for completing the equation.

future9er24

Looking back at what Steve said, it wouldn't even take ONE year to pay for itself. It would take about 2.5 months to pay for itself!

Of course, this is assuming they replace ALL their CVPIs at once, a tad unlikely. Still, great figure for ad campaigns :P

We should work for Ford

theedge67

I agree. We should work for Ford. I mean, why doesn't Ford do this...it would certainly be a GREAT selling point for the CV's over the Chargers or Impalas to the many police agencies. We all would love more power, and better mileage would be a big bonus too! Just think of how many small sedans have 225-250hp....and weigh like 2,000lbs less than the CV. It's getting harder and harder to keep up with the average Camry and Accord, and that is just sad.
Heck, I got outrunned a few months back by a friggin V6 Ford Escape. Granted, he had AWD and the roads were a little wet while racing block to block in downtown area. Still...an ESCAPE?!?! I was so ****ed.