Ford Crown Victoria, the American Tofaş Şahin, which never existed in Turkey, When it started being designed in the 1950s Queen Victoria of England’s car was the source of inspiration. The colors and design were literally iconic.

Later, constant changes were made, both in design and system, and efforts were made to keep up with the automotive industry and technology. Bride in American films often seen as taxis and police cars. Let’s look at the Ford Crown Victoria in more detail.

His first design was way ahead of its time.

Ford Crown Victoria was first designed in the 1950s From the car of Queen Victoria of England inspired. It had two different colors and stood out for its interesting design, such as the forward protruding headlights. That was quite nice for a car from those years.

Queen Victoria’s car

In 1980, the Ford Crown Victoria was produced again. In its first production it had two doors. Two more doors were added later. The maximum speed was 170 km/h. It accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h in 13.5 seconds.

First design

It wasn’t very strong, but it sold a lot. It did not have the expensive electronic systems and powertrains of today’s vehicles. Parts such as the alternator were designed for rough driving and were cheap to repair if broken as replacement parts were available It was plentiful and easy to find.

One of the features that made it most famous was the ‘Panther platform’.

It had rear wheel drive and a platform called ‘Panther Platform’ was used behind it. The platform featured a body-on-frame design and an advanced rear suspension system. Nowadays we only see this system in large cars. Here are these features of Ford Crown Victoria: made it ideal and their use as taxis and police cars became widespread.

It is designed “to withstand harsh treatment”, making it suitable for use in sectors such as police forces or taxi drivers. In other words, it was a purpose-built vehicle. The Panther platform is also a tool protected against heavy blows and made it easier to carry police equipment. Also, performance features like RWD and V-8 engine were great for speed and handling.

Crown Victoria, also known as “the car that can’t kill you”, has been continuously improved.

Later, in the 1990s, the team responsible for the production of Crown Victoria left Ford. Furthermore, the car’s boxy design was now outdated, but the Crown Victoria was not abandoned. Redesigned and friction coefficient reduced, Changes have been made to the form. He still continued to use the Panther platform. It was marketed as the ‘ideal car’.

By 1998, the Crown Victoria’s appearance and systems had changed significantly, but the Panther platform was still used. of the car shape and some systems No matter how much it changed, the Panther platform always made it the vehicle of choice.

In 2011, the last Crown Victoria rolled off the production line.

In subsequent years, the Crown Victoria was replaced with a sports suspension system and some decorative touches were added. In 2011 the last Crown Victoria, For export to Arabia it rolled off the production line and sold for $23,000.

Industry trends and other cars produced caused the Crown Vic to become extinct. rural 45,000 of the 60,000 police cars It was the Crown Victoria. Some police forces in America still stock Ford Crown Victorias.

You can view the list of Ford Crown Victoria movies by clicking here.

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