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I suppose I like Crown Victorias, but I've always thought that the GM B body was better for all the generations they were offered. Crown Vics look good when stanced, though.
Larger outside, but doesn't translate to larger inside. The Five Hundred beats it in usable space.
2007 Five Hundred interior volume: 128.1 cubic feet, trunk 21.0
2007 Crown Victoria interior volume: 127.0 cubic feet, trunk 20.6
The Crown Vic has more shoulder and hip room.
Externally, the Five Hundred is mid-sized. The problem with going only by interior dimensions (which, btw, are not always all that accurate) is something like a '79 Lincoln Mark V is a "mid-sized" car if you only go by interior dimensions, but try parking that "mid-sized" 19+ foot car in an 18-foot garage!
My Dad has one,I'd liken its driving characteristics to a huge wallowing land barge devoid of anything close to being fun to drive,lots of gimmicky chrome crap that has a tendency to fall off, many electrical gremlins. I prefer my Yaris.If nothing else the Crown Vic would probably be my car of choice for a demolition derby car
You would be surprised that the "huge wallowing land barge" equals quite a few smaller cars on the skid pad!
Crown Vic is a boat anchor. Huge car, grossly overweight, and grossly under powered. A 4.6L engine making under 300HP in a car that weighs over 4,000 lbs? You're not going anywhere fast in that thing.
If you want a big car with a big engine try the Chevy Caprice. I'm not sure why Police Departments didn't use them as much as the Crown Vic. Caprice had the LT1, in its day that was a very powerful engine, same thing as the Corvette.
A Caprice with an LT1 is still over 2 tons and under 300 hp (although marginally better at 260 vs up to 224 in a Crown Victoria). I have one of each; the Caprice is a slightly better performer, but the Crown Victoria is more comfortable and more reliable.
And, when driving it, that '67 Galaxie 500 had the feel of a significantly bigger car than even the last generation Crown Victoria, despite being only marginally longer.
Those were huge. I've seen one in my area several times recently and the weird thing is it isn't restored, but not falling apart either. Usually, they're restored or in the junkyard.
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a top speed of 205? what have you been smoking? do you realize what it takes to get a stock bodies diplomat to 205mph?
The police package had a supercharged 440 c.i. with optional nitrous oxide injection.
That's a '70 in your picture. Nice car, on a slightly longer wheelbase, but didn't quite match the '67-'68s in the overall quality of the driving experience. The '68 was the epitome of smooth and quiet....and a better car than any of the Crown Vics to follow decades later.
The modern Taurus is based on the same underpinnings as my old Five Hundred, underneath. So is the current Explorer. They are built on the same D3 platform in Ford's Chicago Assembly plant. Ironic that it took them using the platform for an SUV before police agencies started buying them.
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