| So Long Ford's Crown Victoria | |
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| Baldo | Sep 16 2011, 07:32 AM Post #1 |
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Last Ford Crown Victoria rolls down line The last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off the assembly line at the automaker's St. Thomas plant in Canada today, marking the end of the huge, body-on-frame, rear-wheel-drive car as the reigning king of the American road. In its last year, the Crown Vic, as it is known, was being bought almost entirely by police departments and taxi operators who appreciated its body-on-frame construction which helped it stand up to a daily beating. Along with its predecessors, cars like the Ford LTD and Galaxie, Chevrolet Caprice and Plymouth Fury, and various corporate clones, the full-size sedan with a V-8 engine was a symbol of American success for middle-class families from the 1960s to the 1990s when the SUV craze truly took hold. The large, heavy car was product of cheap gas and a desire for roomy interiors that eclipsed the smaller cars driven in much of the rest of the world. While the rest of us lament the passing of an era, Ford is going to miss the healthy profits that the Crown Vic brought in. It sold 1.8 million of them since the latest version was introduced in 1992. As other automakers spent billions developing smaller, more fuel-thrifty, unibody cars, the Crown Vic plodded on. As if in tribute, Ford has seen a rush of sales on the Crown Vic in its waning months, likely from police departments who aren't anxious to experiment with replacements. Besides the Crown Vic, its corporate sister, the Lincoln Town Car, a favorite of car-service operators, is also disappearing this year. Ford is trying to corporate fleet operators on various alternative models as replacements -- from Transit Connect vans for taxi services to Lincoln MKT crossovers to limousine operators....snipped ..http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/09/15/20110915Last-Ford-Crown-Victoria-rolls-down-line.html Is this another example of Government ideology trumping business profits? |
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| Baldo | Sep 16 2011, 10:17 AM Post #2 |
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But at least Ford is fighting back in the Pick-up Market Ford TV Ad Slams Obama Auto Bailouts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_mwjaEI_hM&feature=player_embedded |
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