Its funny how they thought the crown vic was only gonna be around for one more year yet it stayed out for 28 more years

"breathe life in to the crown victoria for at least 1 year" World's biggest understatement ever.

... at least for one more year. Panther platform goes on for another 30 years.

3:05 PROPANE POWERED CAR!!! HANK HILLS HEAD JUST IMPLODED!

Lol! "The full size LTD/lincoln platforms won't last another year!" They we're off by 28 years. That panther platform outlived every other car they mentioned by decades!

"handling is much better" as it wallows back and forth 25 degrees and chrome pieces fall off.

Ah the LTD. Feels like I'm watching Matlock again.

The music in this video couldnt be more 1983 , its awesome

I learned to drive in my mother's 83 "baby" LTD. We also took that car from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back in 85/86. Really fond memories of that car.

I always loved the baby LTD. Recognize it as GTA Vice City's police car. LOL!

Instead of one more year, the full-size Fords (Crown Vic, Grand Marquis & Town Car) with the same chassis will stay around until 2011, i.e. for 28 more years!

Bravo to MotorWeek for uploading this stuff.

Continental was so pretty. Love the two-tone paint.

I do like the Cougars from these years. Imagine a hopped up engine, wide back tires lowered front. A loud exhaust to boot. I see it, do you? I remember seeing a lot of drag cars made out of TBirds and Cougars of this time period

I legit gagged at the Tempo/Topaz spy shots

We bought a 1983 Crown Vic, brand new in Oct 1983. It started up during the frigid winter here in upstate NY (NE of Syracuse), at 30 below zero. The following Spring was when we found out it wouldn't run very well in warm or hot temps, stalling out while on highway speed. Back to the dealer a number of times, and the service record was over 1" thick. Nothing they did fixed it. We really liked it as it almost seemed like a Lincoln with the ride and looks inside and out. The dealer gave me a trade to a 1983 Grand Marquis station wagon, just like the one in this vid. It had every option on it imaginable and ran like a champ. Our teenage son said it looked like Chevy Chase's Safari Queen wagon in his movie. I told him I'd buy more headlights so the front end matched. Never did.

My cousin bought a new T-Bird in late 84, as a pull ahead 85. It had the TBI 3.8 and AOD trans. It was 1 of the sleekest American designs around at the time, and also, since it was a Fox car, it was easy to fix. She drove that car through college with very little problems. Oh and hers had the optional floor shifter in the console, so it didn't slip out of park and kill you.. ;)

Wow! The tempo/topaz looked like junk before they even hit the lot...

That 1983 Mustang is still one of my favorites, just nice, clean lines and no lumpy add-ons,

Who wants a new 2018 crown vic .

I had to chuckle at the Tempo/Topaz bit, with beat up test cars, and the image at 4:04 when he says "no Ford has *ever* looked quite like this before." Nasty with a blown suspension, lol.

That yellow Capri was lookin' good. I happen to love the design of these 80's cars. Want one bad lol.

My uncle had a Mercury Cougar from that generation, I believe it was an '86. two toned. very sharp car.

And now, all Ford Motor Company offers are four, count 'em FOUR MODELS! (according to a Ford press release, as of 2020 Ford will only offer four models) As a "Baby Boomer" I can well remember when the Mercury division ALONE offered more models than that! What did we allow to happen? It's a damn shame!! America does indeed "miss these cars"!

The spy photos of the Tempo/Topaz perfectly foreshadowed how these cars would look 10-30 years in the future 😂

Big problem with the roofline on that T-Bird was the headroom in the back seat -- the Cougar had a ton more headroom. It's why my Dad bought the Cougar instead of the T-Bird in 1984 ('84 was just about the same as '83 -- they didn't make big changes again until 1986, when the Taurus came out.)

The new "Aero Birds" really did well in Grand National racing when they came out and were the car to have for a long while.

showing the most boxy car you've seen in ages: "there is hardly a straight edge anywhere"

"Lacks the advances of fwd" haha. So much fwd hype.

I absolutely love all these cars. Thanks for posting this video. 👍🏽

i never see any of these cars anymore. a Tempo or a Topaz will turn my head because its so rare now. its sad :[

Gotta love how in the 80s we looked at FWD as if it were the "future of automotive manufacturing".

Thank you for this video! It was great to see. It is funny how things have changed since 1983. I enjoyed this video.

That Lincoln town car is freaking gorgeous

So insane seeing all these cars new! I love nostalgic stuff it almost gives you the feeling of being back in that time

Gotta love that body roll

My house was built in 1983. I have hard time imagining one of these 'new' cars in the driveway! If I had to choose I'd probably get the Capri RS.

The "aero-look" revolution was just beginning at Ford, with the new Thunderbird and Cougar. Check out FoMoCo's full lineup, from Escorts to Town Cars, in this 1983 MotorWeek preview.

Totally digging the lounge music in the background gets me jazzed for a Harvey Wallbanger and some wife swapping. That '83 Mark VI in two tone gets awarded Most Anachronistic Motor Car ever.

i loved my 84 mustang gt...and 83 ltd downsize.......miss the eighties..prices were so affordable..i did also own a 83 cougar v8 and a 85 turbo coupe t bird.....89 super coupe too....man ive owned a lot of those fords!

Both the Panther Platform and the Ranger, two beloved vehicle platforms both got to die simultaneously. A sign of the times I guess. But we should all be glad that they existed for so long.

Love the juxtaposition of the old school mailing address and the new school social media contacts at the end.

An interesting time with boxy RWD carryovers from the late 1970s along with modern, sleek FWD models that were quickly becoming popular, all sharing the showroom floor in 1983.

That Tempo bit was hilarious! I had to check the uploader to make sure this wasn't a joke.

The Tempo/Topaz were the biggest pieces of shit ever made. I completely forgot about them until now - none of them are on the road anymore!

I had the 83 LTD like the one at the 2:30 mark,right down to the two tone brown.That car was one of the most reliable car I've ever had.Great on gas,good in snow,and comfortable.

I had an 83 Turdbird with the 302, nice looking car and comfortable ride, tho biggest pos ever owned.......had some engine electronic glitches under the hood that no mechanic could fathom, amongst several hundred miles of wire and vacuum hoses/gadgets.

Just love those Fox and Panther bodies. Beautiful!

"If carry boxes is more important than bodies, then Ford hopes there might be one of their trucks in your future!" You can't make this shit up! Classic MotorWeek!!!

At 5:47, the wheel covers on that Mercury wagon were introduced way back on the 1970 Thunderbird. Mercury then used them throughout the 70s and 80s. A good looking design.

An exciting time for Ford! We were big into Fords around this time. Funny how it was thought that the full size Panther-based LTD Crown Victoria was thought to be almost dead in 1983, but it carried on successfully (even get redesigned and refined) for almost THREE MORE DECADES!

That 83 T-Bird really is handsome

‘83 was a good year.

Love the camo on the spied Bronco.

LOL at that LTD/Marquis heeling over like it just got hit by a rogue wave 😂

I'll take that Colony Park wagon, please. He's about to be so let down by the Tempo/Topaz.

Ford really got a lot of mileage out of all of these platforms. Each really worked out well, in its own way

The design winner in this episode must be young John's haircut, stunning!

Woohoo! Cheers for the OG Crown Vic!

Interesting period for Ford, they still had cars that looked like they were out of the 70's but also were designing a few that had some futuristic elements from the 90;s.

Loved the Thunderzord, Taurus, Tempo of this year. Nice modern styling for the early 1980s

Im a ford man through and through, i grew up with my dads 1982 Ford F-150 single cab 4x4, straight 6 with manual shift, and my dad would put it through its paces, the truck would say " thats it?" but i was born in 1992, when the 9th generation f series was fresh out of the manufacturer plant, so as years went on, this is from memory so bare with me, we had 2 cars (tempo, Taurus), 3 trucks (2 rangers, then my dads truck), 1 van (windstar), and 2 suv's (92 and 96 explore) but we traded the 96 explore for the big fella in my profile picture, now we still have her for over 10 years, he's had 4 major repairs over the 10 years we had him, alternator when we got it, brakes, the brake line, and just recently we had the A/C replaced, FYI its a 1997 Ford Expedition XLT 4x4 5.4L V8, MotorWeek, how did you guys like it?

Those baby Ltd's were a kick to drive ❤❤❤❤❤.

Cash for Clunkers program put the remaining vehicles in the Junkyard in the sky .

I can’t believe two-tone brown cars haven’t come back into style.

That 83 T-Bird and the Crown Vic Wagon we're good looking cars. I cracked up when I saw the Facebook Twitter and Instagram links at the end 😂 "Drop us a line"

"The new T-Bird... a totally sleek, rounded sculpture" Sierra: Hold my beer

I had a 1983 Heritage with a 5.0 EEC3 EFI with an Auto, I miss that Plush Velor interior, so comfortable!

The 83-86 T-Bird was the first race car body I built at 10 years old.

And next year Ford will be making 1 car. SUVs and trucks. Things change. Bronco II....birth of the SUV. Loved mine. Loved my Xr4ti too.

I knew someone who had a 1984 Ford Tempo which had a retractable shoulder belt when door opens & closes, but when the Tempo was redesigned I liked the look better. The 1983 Ford Thunderbird as the Mercury Cougar but I was still in high school & not had my driver license yet, my parents had a 1983 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series which I liked & this was my start liking luxury cars including the Town Car as Cadillac.

It's AMAZING that this generation Crown Vic and the new Taurus were both from the same company AND sold at the same time in 1996...

To be truly honest all three manufacturers GM Ford Chrysler made junkyard cars in the 80s and 90s and the 2000s but some of they lineups were pretty good

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN CAR S WERE REASONABLY PRICED AND DIDN T HAVE TOO MUCH JUNK ON THEM

Ford / Lincoln / Mercury had the best looking cars of the 1980s, hands down.

Mercury LN7 now that’s a name I haven’t heard in almost 40 years lol

The Ford Thunderbird of the 1980's was one of the best and sexiest cars Ford ever made regardless of what car company or brand they owned.

I have a 83 Ltd with the 3.3l engine it was the last year for that engine!!💗

Strange how the sponsors had websites back in '83 before the internet existed...😁

My brother bought a Mustang new in 1983. It was a lowly LX model with an equally lowly 2.3 Litre inline four. That engine was first offered in '74 Mustang II's and Pintos, and wasn't dropped until 1993.

Did Lincoln-Mercury have a bunch of leftover wheel covers from the 1975 Grand Marquis? Look at the Colony Park at 5:59.

I had an 88 turbo coupe. Way ahead of its time.

I had one of these tbirds, beat the crap out of it, the digital dash would go out, so I wouldnt know how fast I was going, ditched it quick for a 84 z-28 with 5.0 ho, loved that car.

All the Downsized LTD and Marquis were A Mustang in a 4 door model. The 1982-1987 Lincoln Continental was a 25,000 Ford LTD/Marquis with different trim and a higher price tag

Wow 1983...I was a senior in college

I like that ltd. Yes, I do miss seeing those.

About half of their cars were on the fox platform, that thing really paid off!

I like the Ford Escort & I like the Mercury Lynx

0:52 Bill Elliot loved that car.

I kinda dug the old Mustang based Capri, especially the bubble back glass on the hatch. Even as a kid (around 11 or 12yo) I always felt it was more aerodynamic, and wondered about putting a Capri hatch on a Mustang body.

So funny to watch them drive these beasts around a track -- most of them look like they're gonna roll over at anytime -- ha.

1983: the back window on this car is slightly straighter than the one on this other car! How controversial! How scandalous! 2021: we're gonna slap the biggest, ugliest grille we can dream up on every model we sell and you're gonna like it.

These are the cars I learned Auto Body repair on. 80's cars rusted bad. Not so much today.

This was great and I appreciate the LTD Crown Victoria's and I'm not even going to complain about the lack of a 351

My favorite '83 FoMoCo product would have to be a toss-up between the T-bird/Cougar & the LTD/Marquis. I would LOVE the former today, & I hope the MotorWeek crew did NOT fall for a banana in the tailpipe of the latter!!!!!!

Esa Canción me Hizo Llorar 😭

LOL the 1978 Fairmont was also the Granada and then the LTD just with different front and rear ends. They got a lot of mileage out of this Fox platform

The Bronco 2 is why every one has an SUV now. Boy was he right about that truck.

This episode is essentially a Ford PR package.

I have a 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis coupe it's my 1st car and I'm never selling it. Got it for 1k