After a few years in the auto repair business, I learned the three toughest cars of all time: 1. 70s-80s Benz diesel 2. Ford Crown Vic 3. Volvo brick

Some of the best cars Ford has ever made.

Indestructible. I've never understood why "fleet car" is used as an insult in most automotive magazines. If a certain car is used more than its competitors as taxi cabs, rental cars, and police cruisers, that's an indication of its durability, no? What am I missing here?

If you still own one of these 90s or even 2000's era cars, like I do, parts are still readily available and fairly inexpensive. I have spoken to several mechanics who love working on these cars due to their relative simplicity versus vehicles we have today. One mechanic told me we don't have 'cars' anymore today, we have fancy computers on four wheels. I would have to agree. Who knew the day would come when cars could actually be hacked?!

110 feet from 60 is mightily impressive for a car of this size, even by today's standards. I don't even know how they managed that.

I'm still a proud owner of a 1992 Ford Crown Victoria. Best car I've ever owned!

I've never drove one of these, but I've definitely spent enough time in the back seats of them.

My '93 Grand Marquis is still going strong after 22 years! I get compliments saying it looks a lot newer than it is. They're always surprised when I tell them it's a 1993.

These cars were about as close as bulletproof by the end as a car could get. 20 years on the same body and drivetrain and 32 years on the chassis.

Panthers were so pleasant to drive...very quiet, plenty of power, insanely reliable, smooth comfortable ride, decent mpg, plenty of space to stretch out. They steered like boats thanks to the 70s chassis underneath, but you got used to it.

Owned an early nineties Crown Vic, with all the bells and whistles, was a beautiful car to drive! It had plenty of room, smoothest ride of any car I ever owned, plenty of power and started easy in all seasons! Miss my old Vic!

And we still enjoy them 25 years later!

I have my 95 Grand Marquis. Great reliable car.

Ford's Panther platform the longest running automobile platform in American Automotive history. 32 model years to be exact.

These cars are now the best bang for your buck. One of the most reliable and safe vehicles on the road. I bought a 98 grand Marquis a few years ago with only 16,000 original miles and it only cost me $2600.

Well engineered and high build quality. Great cars.

I have a 2003. I love it. It's a quiet ride and so smooth like a cloud, steering... so effortless, and it's powerful! I love my Crown Vic!

Too bad they stopped making these cars.

It is amazing how the Grand Marquis body style lasted 19 years until 2011 and was applied on the Crown Vic from 1998 forward...The only weakness in those modular 4.6 engines was the composite intake manifold from the late 90's.

These were cars that I used to see as a 90s kid, and several middle-class families used to own one of these. This design is also infamous for patrol cars and taxi cabs for the Ford Crown Victoria models in the 1990s.

I use to have a '92 Crown Victoria LX. It was the toughest car I've ever seen. I put over 1,000,000 kms on it, and only had to replace tyres.

The Crown Victoria was best suited for police/taxi service, while the Grand Marquis was built for the retiree crowd. Both are classics. And I like them both equally.

I still see them on the road today. Awesome vehicles.

The ride quality of these cars are amazing

best cop car ever. durable, strong, powerful. you gotta hand it to ford for making such a strong car.

In 1992 the Grand Marquis LS was $19,700 according to video. In today’s market (2019) that would equal almost $37,000!!!! Crazy.

My first car was a 1992 Crown Vic! I loved that car.

Ford should have never let the panther platform languish like it did.... Oh well..

had a 97grand marquise when I was 24. what a great car!!! super underrated

I have heard that these taxi cars are consistently getting 500k miles before they are sold off to small metro area taxi companies, where they get another 200k to 300k miles.

Love my Grand Marquis

My first car, a ‘93 Grand Marquis GS bought for $800 in high school. God, I loved that car. Seeing this makes me miss mine... ahh, memories.

I wish people were more like myself in wanting to keep their older big american cars. I remember how many of these cars I use to see even a few years ago. Now many people have been sucked into trading them in for new crap cars. These were excellent reliable, economical comfortable cars to drive daily. People should have kept them instead of spending all that money wasted on the new and foreign cars. If people want to "go green" and save money, I suggest buy an older car like these Fords and Gm's and keep on driving them. I would take that same amount of money and use it for continued upkeep and maintenance! And in the end I have myself a good well built car built right in Michigan by proud Americans!!!!

Yeah! My favourite 2 full sized American sedans in a retro review. Thanks Motorweek!

Daily drive a '96 Vic. Second panther I've owned and by far my favorite car. Trac-lok and 3.73s really helped. I swear by these cars!

Insane that Ford stopped these. Every Cop Shoppe and taxi fleet in North America should have kept these in production

Full size body on frame rwd v8 cars are the best cars ever made! Please bring them back!

legendary vehicles

I love the look of these early 90's Grand Marquis'. So smooth.

I imagine one of these panther cars with a 5.0L Coyote engine in it.

“However the caprice has far more radical styling” Wait until you see bmw in 2021

My first car was a 1992 Crown Vic LX. It was a great choice. For an 18 yr old on 2002. Was $1800 with 87k on it. I had a lot of sex in that car...

I own a 1997 Grand Marquise LS. It’s the best riding car I’ve ever owned. I’m 36 so I’ve owned about 15 to 20. It’s luxury mixed with performance. I love the sound of the 4.6 V8 and when I hit a bump in the road, it acts like a boat going over it. The seats are comfortable and it has a very light steering wheel. From Earth to the moon is approximately 238,000 miles, my car now has 234,000 miles on it. So it’s held up through the years. Everything still works except the air ride was switched out about 5 years ago. Oh by the way, I paid $600 for it from a car lot going out of business. It’s my daily while I keep my 2010 Camaro SS covered up in my garage.

I LOVED my '04 Crown Vic cop car. It was smooth, quiet, and actually got really good mileage. I regularly saw 25mpg on the highway.

Nowadays, no one manufacture a real car like this grand marquis!

They weren’t joking the panther platform stayed around for another decade! Pretty impressive

I had a 92 Grand Marquis it was the most reliable thing I owned and I regret selling it. This makes me want to find another.

I found a white 1993 Mercury Grand Marquis, but it had a screw-in radio antenna instead of a power antenna.

Fun fact: The Crown Vic is faster due to its 3.08 axle ratio vs the 2.73 in the Merc.

Thank you once again today for another great one! I appreciated this video. I hope there is more stuff like this from GM and Ford( Mercury and Lincoln)

Some of the best cars ever made

I have a 97 crown victoria and 2003 mercury grand marquis..beautiful cars

I'll give Ford Panther body vehicles one thing, they sure did have some of the best reliability in the domestic market. Like a Crown Vic/Grand Marquis could go toe to toe with an LS400 for reliability.

I still have my 93 Grand Marquis nowadays ! With it's original 31 thousand miles !

had a 91 LTD crown Vic. absolutely loved it. complaints aside, which every car has with everyone, I truly loved it.

Always wanted a crown vic during those years

picked up a 92 rebuilt crown vic for 800.00 from my buddy's parents last summer its been a great daily commuter i full tank can usually last just about two weeks for me that's the type s model

Although I will never be able to afford these old style American cars (too expensive to drive in Europe), I love them. Although the one time I sat in one, a taxi in Denver, the taxi driver complained that the car was utterly unreliable. His driving style was very relaxed, by the way. Good!

The primary reason the grille-less crown vic was changed to add a grille was because of cooling problems in warmer areas especially since the cars were often used for heavy duty cop/fleet needs. The grille gave better airflow to the radiator. Handling at least on the crown vic was much improved later on with a stiffer suspension and rack and pinion steering. P71s and performance package vics made 260 horsepower by the end of the vic being made The Crown Vic lasted so long as a big car when big cars seemingly were dying because the crown vic found a perfect market with police and with heavy duty use. Crown vics are basically built like a ford truck but with a car body on them

Had a 97 GM. Great driving car. With 2.73 gears it will cruise all day on the Hwy at 70mph and get 25mpg!! Then lower it, with 16's put on dual exhaust with high flow mufflers, open up the air box and install a K&N 3.73's, Jmod (shift kit) a good aftermarket tune and it becomes a 4dr performance car! Capeable of mid 14's in the 1/4 mile. All while looking good!

Never owned one, but went out of my way to rent these during the late 90’s and early 2000’s. These were truly great American vehicles.

These cars had the all aluminum manifold. Only issue was valve seals, which caused the EGR crossover to clog. A few hours of work and as good as new. Worked in a placed long ago that serviced livery panthers, they were very well maintained (trans fluid every 30K) some of these saw ungodly mileage, with very minimal repairs. a well maintained used panther today is as good (reliability wise) as any new car on the lot.

I bought a 92 grand marquis for $500 from a neighbor in 2007 and drove it until 2016. Loved that car. All the money my friends were putting into car payments went to my IRA.

Up until recently my grandparents had a '92 Grand Marquis LS as their spare car... I loved it a lot! (:

why did you stop doing those big American cars? they were the U.S.A. brand image! I am French, and those big American cars made us dream in Europe! the 70s were the golden age of the great ships! Too bad !

Hmm, interesting. All these years I thought the CV's from 1992-97 were all grille-less. Never noticed that 1992 was the only yr with that distinction. 1993-97 does indeed have a grille, though much smaller than the 1998-2011 CV's. Still my favorite years of CV's have to go to the box body 1988-91's. And my all time favorite era of the full size Fords are the 1968-72 Galaxies/LTD's. I guess I'm a sucker for retro time travel.

Thanks for fulfilling my request! :D You guys are the best.

Panther Love!

FINALLY! I was going to request this episode as I just bought a 1992 Crown Victoria. I hoped you guys would upload it because this was a major redesign at Ford Motor Company and the Panther platform turned out to be historic. Not many 1992s on the road with that Ford front end. Awesome post. Keep Crown Vic vids coming!

Fun fact: Those doors on the grand Marquis were used until the end of mercury production and on Ford crown Victoria from 1998 til 2011

i had a mercury gran marquis 1992, is one o the best car i ever had, i miss him

They lasted all the way through 2011. I own a 2006, and I'm never giving it up. They are the end of an era. And it has nothing to do with oil shortages or gas prices. Much larger, heavier vehicles are selling well, and they get a LOT less gas mileage. My '06 Grand Marquis has gotten 30 mph on the highway at 65 mph. If ford were to reintroduce these cars right now, just as they were in 2011, they would still be highly profitable. Ford pulled the plug on these cars, not because they weren't selling well, but because they wanted to get into smaller more high tech cars, which DIDN'T sell well at all. Now Ford is going to stop making cars altogether. I wonder if they ever knew what they had with the Panther cars?

One of my most favourite cars are panther cars! Body on frame, V8, and RWD. They ride smooth and are very reliable.

These body on frame rear drive V8 cars had reached their technological peak at this time, nothing compares to the solid feel, durability and easy serviceability of these cars. When my oldest son was ready to go off to University I searched for a car that would get him through 4 years of college while being safe and reliable. I found a 2003 Crown Vic with 46 thousand miles that had been traded in by an elderly gentleman. It was fully loaded with leather interior, sport suspension, dual exhaust, climate control etc. and air spring rear suspension. He scoffed at first when seeing it but as we got into the car it was quite warm, looking down at the instruments I realized the engine was running. The engine was so quiet and smooth there was no physical or aural indication it was running. He adjusted the seat and mirrors and off we went on a test drive, he was immediately impressed with the smooth power delivery and effortless handling. He said, yes I want it. He ended up driving it through his college years and 6 years beyond with just tires, brakes and oil changes. On the way home from work on a winter night he hit a deer on the interstate damaging the front end launching the air bags. The insurance company said it was a total loss which was sad but ended up paying him 90% of the original cost. If not for the accident he would likely be driving that same car now.

Another great video motor week, thank you

The 90s had some gems!

My first car is a 1997 Crown Victoria LX and people are always surprised when they see it since there aren’t as many out there any more

Love the panther platform cars. Have owned, 1995 Grand Marquis LS, 2000 Grand Marquis LS. Presently own a 2005 Grand Marquis Ultimate Edition w/144K and a 2006 Grand Marquis LS-Premium w/42K. Awesome cars! Too bad Ford gave up on them.

I will buy used Crown Victoria.because I very love Crown Victoria.

Had an 2003 Marquis, a tank. Road like a dream. Only traded when it wouldn't go in the snow, where I live. Wish I still had it.

Love these things. I took my driver's test in a '93 Crown Vic and use an '02 as a daily driver. The Buick Roadmaster I used to have had more character though.

I cant believe how long these cars lasted. I honestly would buy a good condition Marquis or Town Car in a couple years if I can

Maybe it’s just me, but the Crown Victoria is a good-looking car. Sleek clean lines with an aerodynamic shape.

Crown Vic, Grand Marquis and even the Town Car were wonderful rides.

The cars were all about BUSINESS. The reason why I love my 2005 Crown Vic Police Interceptor is because it is honest. There is no hidden gimmicks. It is simple, dependable, reliable and tough,

Great cars! Dad had a 92 Crown Vic, and I later had a 96.

Fun fact, the grille-less Crown Victoria only lasted one year before Ford restyles the front to look more conventional.

1:41 When he said "Clear and airy" I felt that

yay more motor week retro reviews. :)

i had a 91 town car. was a great car

3:01-3:11 I never seen a power antenna switch on the dashboard of any car before, lol. We got to lower the antenna if you want to go to an automatic, soft-touch car wash at our leisure.

I have a 2003 crown vic lx. I love it. who cares if i is not the most current car on the road. i enjoy driving it and, it is reliable and inexpensive.

I have 150,000 miles on my grand marquis and she runs like a champ. My first car was an ‘84 T-Bird. Also a great car

These cars were built to last cause I still see them around and in good shape still.

I just love to see cars that look similar to each other.

Great cars long-term.

Always loved the early 90s crown vic's

I love the big Dinosaur American Car's ♥️ so much space . It's like a rolling lazyboy

MotorWeek probably never guessed it would continue on for another 19 years. Honestly, they shouldn't have discontinued the Panther platform.

I have 04 crown vicroria, top of the line , very clean great car, runs great!!