Gud, do they make the Ford Crown Vic anymore? Lately I've seen the Chicago Police with a bunch of new non-Crown Vic police cars, and taxi companies are driving a lot more Mercury Grand Marquis's now.
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tommyrot - May 27, 2010 11:57:24 am PDT #2025 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Gudanov - May 27, 2010 11:59:50 am PDT #2026 of 30001
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I think that was the Cougar (the front-drive one).
I think you're right. I've read lots of rumors about Mercury being used to sell European models, but they may just have been frustrated Ford-philes from the days when it seemed like Ford didn't sell any of their best cars in North America. Now that Ford appears to be unifying their offerings, I can see why Mercury would get left out in the cold.
Gudanov - May 27, 2010 12:01:36 pm PDT #2027 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I think the Crown Vic is still being made but only for fleet sales. I read an article someplace that Ford will be pushing the Taurus for police work now, so I'm guessing the Crown Vic will not live on much longer.
Tom Scola - May 27, 2010 12:02:01 pm PDT #2028 of 30001
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Production of the Crown Victoria will end in 2011. Future Police Interceptors will be based on the Taurus SHO: [link]
Gudanov - May 27, 2010 12:04:10 pm PDT #2029 of 30001
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One of the local towns has Dodge Charger police cars in good old black and white and they look positively bad-ass.
§ ita § - May 27, 2010 12:04:39 pm PDT #2030 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - May 27, 2010 12:05:20 pm PDT #2031 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Production of the Crown Victoria will end in 2011.
Does that mean production of the Grand Marquis and Town Car will end then too?
(A few years ago Ford said they were gonna cancel the Town Car, but they changed their minds.)
tommyrot - May 27, 2010 12:06:10 pm PDT #2032 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One of the local towns has Dodge Charger police cars in good old black and white and they look positively bad-ass.
Yeah, I agree. Evanston has had them as cop cars for a few years now.
Polter-Cow - May 27, 2010 12:08:57 pm PDT #2033 of 30001
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Gudanov - May 27, 2010 12:09:09 pm PDT #2034 of 30001
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I've the Charger police cars before, but in other colors and it's just not same .