Let me know what you think below! Also, I noticed something funny on the building behind me at the 5:00 mark. Do you notice it?

So great to see your Marquis on the road in the Netherlands! I was so surprised to see your first video in Florida. The values on them have gone up here this year in the States (I'm in CA with a 2001 LS). I bought mine in 2013 for $3500 and it's probably worth around $7000 now--no intention of selling it. There's a cult following here of people who appreciate the Mercury Grand Marquis and the Ford Crown Victoria, especially govt and fleet cars. I say drive it around, get some good pictures, and get some Dutch guy to buy it in a few years, who'll really appreciate it. Maybe find some of the guys who are importing old US cars and fixing them up for resale and show up where they are. Someone in the comments was asking about display in Metric. Mine easily switches back and forth between Imperial and metric speedometer, odometer, trip odometer; they're all LED so no problem! I'm sure yours would be a popular addition to any old ,American car show. Film what the Dutch car lovers say about it. Have fun with it its a great daily driver.

Im happy for that you finally got your Grand Marquis. I imagine they must be nice for a road trip

I drive an '04 Grand Marquis that I also got in Florida. And we just vacationed in the Netherlands this summer. At several points on the trip I specifically said, "man, I'd hate to try driving my car here, 'cause it's so big!" Lol, it's cool to see you doing just that.

This is great. As a Dutch national, I can tell you there are more Panthers driving around in Holland (although they are indeed unicorns). I drive one myself, a 2007 Grand Marquis here in The Netherlands. I'm in a WhatsApp group with some Dutch panther fanatics! Keep em rollin'!

Nice choice buying an Ultimate; might not have the Handling and Performance Package, but the 2.73 rear end will get better gas mileage, which is especially important where the car is now! I've been involved in a number of Single Vehicle Approvals (SVA) for Panthers in the UK, which is what they're required to go through before they can be registered. Often times the fog lamp had to be a certain height off the ground and they wanted it on the passenger side of the rear bumper, about an inch to the left of the tailpipe. They were also pretty picky about amber blinkers in the rear; most folks got '98-'01 Crown Victoria taillights, which had amber lenses on the bottom, but they just looked out of place. I like that you got the keep the red AND substitute one of your backup lights for a fog lamp! As for the side blinkers, someone I know in the UK with an '03 Grand Marquis was able to pass by converting the corner/courtesy lamps on the front markers to actual turn signals that would alternate between that and the factory blinker.

I came here (due to the algorithm) from furiousdriving located in the UK after watching his video of importing an ex Cop P71 Crown Victoria. It is a detective car so not black and white. They are not side markers they are side indicators.

A remark that I would like to repeat here, the vehicle passed technical inspection in the US but failed the APK in the Netherlands. Rather strange. BTW, I think you're very good at making these videos. The pace is good, no nonsense talk, to the point, detailed without being bored, sharp editing, entertaining. In one word, GREAT! .

Bro this is so awesome I drive a 07 Grand Marquis as a daily driver and seeing one make its journey all the way across the pond to a buyer that's going to show it some love over there is something I really think is incredible. Hope to see more videos, great work! 👍

A little over a decade ago I sold a big, lifted 1979 Jeep CJ-7 with 38" super-swamper tires to a guy in the Netherlands. It had a 360 V8 with headers and huge pipes, so it was pretty loud. I'm sure he got plenty of attention driving that thing around over there. If memory serves, I think he also used SCL to ship it.

Would love to see more of this car. I daily drive a white '97 Grand Marquis GS and love it. It was my grandfather's, then my first car for two years from '04-06, then my dad's daily driver from '06-14, then my dad gave it to me last year and it's been my daily driver.

Congrats on getting it across the pond! Really interesting video and very helpful info as an American planning on moving to the NL in the near future wondering if I should sell my current car (2017 Lexus ES) and swap it for a Dutch Fietsen. Even though there are some Lincoln Town Cars, which are used as limos mostly, and a few Crown Vic's owned by police car enthusiasts it is def a sight to see for other Dutch drivers seeing a 2004 Grand Marquis crusing down the motorway. BTW, had a 92 Mercury Sable and still miss it all these years later.

Great to see it made it across the pond. I'll keep my eyes open if I see it cruising around Amsterdam ;)

I found this video after recently watching "The Hitman's Bodyguard" and noticing some large American cars parked on the street in some of the action sequences, which seemed to have been filmed on location in Amsterdam. Very interesting to see the process, and I would imagine it's a popular option for members of the Military who would probably rather do this than have to buy a car on location

I'm surprised how much it cost. In Finland this would have been slightly cheaper. A few years ago (2018) the light law was deleted in Finland. Every American car can now use original lights. If imported over 30 years old car, it is the most cheapest (almost free, old cars get usually about 100€ taxes). Under 30 years old cars get more taxes. A newer car always gets a little more tax. I want to see more videos this Mercury! This car is probably boring daily driver in the USA but amazing car in the Europe.😃This Mercury could have ended up in a scrapyard in the future (in USA), but now it got an eternal life in Europe! The some day I was looking at European car sales websites. I'm was surprised how many old Ford Crown Victoria police interceptors are in Netherlands, Germany and Poland. Usually with emergency lights.

Finally out! Been waiting for it :)

Great video, nice to see the process of importing a car from the us.

Nice video! I had a laugh at your remark stating, in the US it’s mechanically sound. If I look at those videos by just rolled in, they really need to re-evaluate that definition.

@6:20 that's an important thing you said right there... I am thinking about importing a car as well, or buying one tat has been imported already. One factor is sourcing one that has not been heavily modified. Germany is not the country to go: they require amber lights and fog lights. Luxembourg does not require either modifications but it's a small market. Also Germany (and Luxembourg) coat their roads with salt in winter. What about the Netherlands? Steel frames hate brine!

Mercury Marauder 2004 my fav

Sweet drive! Not jealous about the gas bill.

Very informative Video Thank you so much kerleem

Thanks for the video. Good stuff!!

Great video! At 6:10 you talk about side markers that have to be installed? But isn't it the other way around? Like, in europe they are not mandatory, but in US they are, right? Oh nevermind, at 8:20 you mean the side turn signals ;) Also, nice to see they've hidden the foglight at one of the reverselight places. That looks alot better than some generic square axilery light they place under the bumper sometimes. By the way, are you going to use this car daily, or just for a fun drive on the weekends? Also, maybe for a future video, could you do one that compares ownership costs of this car, comparing US and Dutch? So like Fuel costs, roadtax, insurance, annual inspection, etc. Keep it up! :D

It is interesting how different rules are across Europe to import and register non-EU cars. I did not have to get an official CO2 measurement for my truck (though truck pay road tax based on "tonnage"). Cars that don't have an official CO2 measurement pay road tax based on their engine displacement in Luxembourg. I noticed the whole car bounced like jello when you reversed just, like my truck :) I love how quiet body-on-frame vehicles can be due to the fact that the engine is not directly connected to the body and ... your seat. I'd personally going for an Imperial Lebaron or Chrysler New Yorker from the mid-seventies. I suppose those are not common in the US either especially in good conditions. Can you register it soon as a classic car in the NL and pay even cheaper road tax and insurance?

I have E38 740Dieeesel. E38s are part of the Panther Platform.

Your comment about the quality of fuel being better in the Netherlands surprised me. Can you (or someone) elaborate? How is it better? And why? I would expect car-centric America to be _better_ when it comes to aspects of driving cars?

I want to live in the Netherlands so bad!!! I hate living in America. The NL is so fascinating, and the Dutch are incredible, very smart people. I might try to move to Germany, as it's easier. But I drive a 1993 Lexus LS400 I love it so much, it's a beautiful car and it's a very immaculate car. I want to move there and Import it to Germany/NL Depending where I can get to.

11:40 65,42 liters is 17,3 US gallons and 143 euros is 146 USD.= 8,44 USD / gallon.

To be honest our roads aren't small, we can just drive. And park with 3 mirrors and pedals. The smaller the road the more fun it is to drive. When they redid the Grimsel Pass and made into a highway I was sad.

someday I am going to visit Europe in my 03 Marauder, but its only for a visit, the cost of living and visiting there is crazy high.

How do you like the US headlamps on your Grand Marquis? Does it have the automatic load adjustment (as mandated in Europe to compensate for the load)? The headlamps on the US market Ford products are so horrendous and hardly qualify as "headlamps". I've talked with the Germans who own the Panther cars with composite headlamps. They told me the headlamps are so bad that some of the owners made the modifications. Some use the headlamp bezels from the work trucks so they could use the 200mm ECE headlamp capsules. Others get lucky with aftermarket ECE headlamps designed specifically for their vehicles (mostly F-Series models). A few took the clear-lensed US headlamp housing apart to insert the ECE headlamp capsules from other vehicles inside the housing.

In the mid/late 90s the Grand Marquis was offered by Ford USA distributor Hessing in NL.

if it's uncommon enough (I doubt ford would qualify but mercury might be just barely rare enough) you might get a special permission to register it as a classic vehicle regardless of the age without changing any factory parts.

One of these days I’ll bring my ws6 somewhere overseas

Remember to put an NL sticker on there if you go abroad! Otherwise pretty cool!

In Estonia they send old/ used USA car to iechnical inspextion to Finland and that is not cheap at all to pay this inspections and tests to get EU standard and saftey . Even then not quarantie that test and inspectsions to EU type standars get ttrhu = Yes You pay and wait but if car does not meet the requirements of EU saftey and even cabrites standars + CO2 waist is more then 300 grams / km then oh no . You can not drive in EU only can but like Your home back yard trailer or exhibition. Out of EU is lower staendards exept Norway , Swiss. but like Russia and Romania , Turkey.

Are you planning on converting it to LPG? Many US cars in NL are running on LPG. It does increase your road tax but the price per liter is a lot lower so you'd have to make the calculation if its worth it. Also if you're planning on taking it on roadtrips, l know there are certain countries in Europe that do not allow LPG cars in underground/multi storey carparks due to (outdated) fears of explosions so that might also be something to consider. Alternatively you can wait till its 25 years old and use the "oldtimer regeling" where it becomes road tax exempt and the APK will only have to be done once every 2 years. I don't think LPG cars qualify for that so it might be better to bite the bullet for the next 5 years or so till it qualifies for tax exemption. If you're even planning to stay in NL that long haha.

I've seen the autoscout add for this car which brought me here. Wish I could buy it

I look forward to seeing this at car shows here. Will you be going to any?

At 3:40 you can see the size of the American car and the size of the parking spots in The Netherlands. Those two are not a great match. I see at 8:40 that the delivery van in the back has about the same measurements. It doesn’t fit in a single parking spot. On busy parking lots that would be a problem.

My question, where are the Repair shop for these US cars?

Ohter problems are parkinghouses are to tiny for full sizes USA cars + on ferry You must recstion like cargo car and pay ca 20-30% car ticket more. Big cities parking palces on central areas are tny to for full sizes USA cars.

I am curious how you handle repair on the car. Is there any garage in the Netherlands taking care of this type of car? Do you have to ship all the parts from the US?

Thanks for the info, but i wouldn't invest on that particular car to ship to the NL.Shipping back in forth could cost more than the actuall value of the car! But you would be saving from a Rental Cost in the NL ..

Also people import American police cars in the Netherlands too.

Hi Kerleem - Thanks for your video, very informative. Regarding the rear fog lights, did it get done in Europe ? Also, do they need to be independently operated from the rest of the lights ? Cheers.

The rear fog lamp thing is bizarre to me. I get the idea behind it but there are already marker lamps in the rear.

If I’m not mistaking I saw kilometers per hour on the dashboard? Is that something you can set up in the car? Is it mandatory to have kilometers per hour displayed here?

If it's not broke, don't fix it. Ford had the best time tested recipe that could of existed until the end of time but they had to kill it. 😢

Is registration in one EU country universal to all EU? Meaning would the standards in the Netherlands be 1:1 to say, Croatia? If you were able to import a car from Canada and have it registered in NL would it be easily sold in another EU country?

Hi brother, I wanna import my car from Dubai to Netherlands but I find bpm calculation confusing, did you pay bpm tax on your car? I didn't see anything on the web and I was hoping I could find an answer in your video..

Have you considered installing LPG system?

Should I set aside additional cost for mechanical changes? I have a Lexus

Granted, it's not an F250, but in Europe they call the Ranger a Raptor. How wide is the US spec F150 Raptor?

If you live in the Netherlands, why do you have to deal with German TÜV?

Hey, thanks for the content, do you know any good website to calculate bpm costs??

I want to import 2020 ford explorer to netherlands, what do you think could be the import costs?

Difference between European countries

More entusiats drive USA cars full size . Maybe make businesses and make that full sizes sedan like wedding car /limusine in EU mining.

"Here in the Netherlands they love taxes" LOL

Nice car why didn't you put a LPG system in your car that's what a Dutch people would have done 😅

Where was this filmed!?? It’s a scary quiet area!?

adjust the steering box? How does one adjust a steering box

I'd prefer not to have these cars here in the country. I don't like vehicles from the US as they have to get exempted from normal rules. One of the most important things is the amber turnsignals, which can create confusion and therefor be dangerous. I still hope they will be banned.

Not only custom tax but EU market protect tax what is high .Yes it is "free market " but reality is other . That is embargo tax . New car USA is ca 33 % cheaper that same new USA car in EU. "Nice" + co2 waste taxes in many EU countries what is each year tax.

Pffft, paid twice as much for the importing process as for the car... Damn! Glad I left my road trip van in the USA, even though I'd fallen in love with it when I had to return to the EU 🥲