One of the most well known names in autodom is stood to get its first major overhaul in just about 30 years. Ford's Crown Victoria, introduced in 1979, has had only small changes since its introduction, but a new plan by Ford to overhaul the crown jewel of its fleet is reputedly in the offing. Thanks to central authority help - Australian basically - the new Crown Victoria will be a clean break from this model and will help to spawn extra models for brothers Mercury and Lincoln. Yes, you may not have considered a Crown Victoria up to this point, but the approaching new "Crown Vic" may change change your opinion about that.
You have to go back all the way to the late 1970s to when "downsizing" was a term employed by the vehicle industry to describe a shell game where giant automobiles were dropped down a notch in size to sit on a platform rather smaller than the prior model. Indeed, thru the 1970s Ford's full size offerings the LTD/Galaxie five hundred were huge beasts of burden. When the point the then new Galaxie five hundred Crown Victoria was released at the end of the decade, Ford was playing catch up to General Motors who had earlier mastered the entire downsizing strategy.
Initially, the Crown Victoria had a broad appeal for drivers desiring a giant automobile with all of the trappings. As time went buy the car grew less and less desirable as buyer tastes modified, but the Crown Victoria's style failed to. As a pursuit, regime, or fleet vehicle the Crown Victoria has done very well, but Ford has only made modest improvements to the automobile over time. Indeed, America's #2 automaker has made significant investments in trucks, vans, SUVS SUVS and select autos, but the Crown Victoria quickly began to show its age. Today's model is extremely outmoded and it hasn't had an exhaustive refreshing in more than 10 years, so an overhaul is warranted.
Ford's impetus for change is coming from an improbable source : a foreign regime. According to stories sources, Ford's Australian operation has received a $1.4 billion grant from Australia to build a production and research facility which may be used to design and build many new models. One of the Australian automobiles slated to benefit from this move will be the Ford Falcon, a full sized vehicle which will become the foundation of the all-new Crown Victoria.
While some have theorized that the new Crown Victoria will be built in Australia and imported to the U.S., this is improbable to occur. Instead, Ford will expand the Falcon's production to at least one U.S. Plant, make some technical refinements, and sell the car as a Crown Victoria. It will be centered to police departments and fleet buyers basically with some residual sales for personal buyers. In addition, the Crown Victoria will spawn a new Mercury Gran Marquis while a little stretched and masses more and plenty more sublime version of the auto will become the replacement for the present Lincoln City Car.
Yes, the Crown Victoria is well past its helpful age. Thanks to some aid from down under, the 2010 model should be a refreshing change. At least Ford hopes you may think so.
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