silvrsvt Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/final-two-new-york-crown-vic-taxis-face-retirement/?fbclid=IwAR0rHYIFyxMa5Wym7I_KeiE_P3mSc8dMdWl9kQ7AE3d3Jp_tNMTCfV03YvM_aem_AZsjMEiMdic92K69H0-APFf5qfxsdOsshf9i8OmRH5xfkiRc1C-vqbKgdeOV0nP3JJQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 20 minutes ago, silvrsvt said: https://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/final-two-new-york-crown-vic-taxis-face-retirement/?fbclid=IwAR0rHYIFyxMa5Wym7I_KeiE_P3mSc8dMdWl9kQ7AE3d3Jp_tNMTCfV03YvM_aem_AZsjMEiMdic92K69H0-APFf5qfxsdOsshf9i8OmRH5xfkiRc1C-vqbKgdeOV0nP3JJQ Can you imagine a P71 with a Coyote/10 speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bob Rosadini said: Can you imagine a P71 with a Coyote/10 speed? They'd sell 2 cars,maybe 3 if they offered a stick shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 19 minutes ago, DeluxeStang said: They'd sell 2 cars,maybe 3 if they offered a stick shift. Not talking about today's market...talking about the p-71 in its prime. I think the police 4.6 was 250 HP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeluxeStang Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said: Not talking about today's market...talking about the p-71 in its prime. I think the police 4.6 was 250 HP. But the prime of the crown Vic was the early 2000s. Neither the 5.0 or 10 speed existed back then. It's a fun thought exercise, but if Ford was going to make the effort to make a 5.0/10 speed sedan, it would make far more sense to design that as a performance car from the ground up. Most people I've talked to said the crown Vic was kinda a shit box at being anything more than an old school cruiser. Doubling the horsepower would just turn that chassis into an undrivable smoke machine that wasn't that much faster, it wouldn't be able to put the power down, it would be like a hellcat but worse in terms of having unusable levels of power. Now if Ford had out the 5.0 and 10 speed into the AWD Tarus sho, they would have had something. But that probably couldn't happen due to the packaging constraints of a modern, cramped platform engineered with transverse compact engines in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Mary3 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 You guys forgot about the '03-'04 Mercury Marauder? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70 Stang Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 2 hours ago, 7Mary3 said: You guys forgot about the '03-'04 Mercury Marauder? My Dad had one.....nice car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadGrrrl Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 There's a couple guys autocrossing an ex-police Crown Vic PI, brought it to the national championships this year and on "all season" tires and they didn't quite finish last. They're advocating for a class for the CVPI and other retired police cars on real street tires as a low cost entry point to racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, GearheadGrrrl said: There's a couple guys autocrossing an ex-police Crown Vic PI, brought it to the national championships this year and on "all season" tires and they didn't quite finish last. They're advocating for a class for the CVPI and other retired police cars on real street tires as a low cost entry point to racing. That would be cool! And even if the Crown Vic autocrossers do finish last, they can still be champions of the "neutral drop" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRunrGuy Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 There's also the Spec-Panther series,,,,,,, https://autointerests.com/spec-panther HRG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Handler Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I really miss seeing them on the streets. Nobody makes a sedan with a formal roofline and long decklid anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe771476 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Who is the bureaucrat who came up with the 7 year rule? Wasteful and costly. Stop wasting our resources! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rperez817 Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Joe771476 said: Who is the bureaucrat who came up with the 7 year rule? NYC Taxicab and Limousine Commission. Vehicle Inspections - TLC (nyc.gov) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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