Crown
Victoria
1992
to 1997
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The
newly restyled 1992 Ford Crown Victoria was introduced with a police package
in Feb. 1992, nearly a year after the 91's had gone out of production.
Powered by a new drivetrain, a 4.6 litter single overhead cam (SOHC) modular
V-8 with electronic 4 speed overdrive automatic. Also new for 1992 was
4 wheel disc brakes, speed sensitive steering, passenger side airbag, and
options like traction control and and anti lock brakes (ABS) . The new
engine gave the Crown Victoria much better performance that the sluggish
1991 model it replaced. The new 1992 Crown Vic wasn't quite as fast as
a 92 Chevy Caprice (with 5.7 liter V-8), but it did get much better gas
mileage (Caprice : 14.0 MPG compared to Crown Vic: 18.5 MPG) .
The new Crown Vic was faster than the 5.0 litter V-8 Caprice (and Crown
Vic got better gas mileage), and faster than the V-6 powered midsize police
cars, the Ford Taurus and Chevy Lumina. The new Crown Victoria was ordered
by 32 state police and highway patrol agencies in 1992, even
through it was only made for half a year. The 91 and 92 Chevy Caprice got
lots of bad press because of its unusual look, but a 1993 restyle, and
performance that beat the Crown Vic every year up to the very end in 1996
gave the Caprice a lot a respect from cops..
Changes
for 1993 model year:
a new
grill
reflector
strip added between tail lights
Changes
for 1994 model year:
heavier
brake rotars
standard
bucket seats
Changes
for 1995 model year:
new egg-crate
style grill
new tail
lights
rear license
plate moved, now in between tail lights
upgraded
EEC-V engine control computer
improved
engine performance (top speed 132 mph)
Changes
for 1996 model year:
Natural
Gas Vehicle (NGV) option, first NGV police car ever
improved
performance (top speed 135 mph) ran quarter mile in 16 sec last year
for Chevy Caprice, its main competition
Changes
for 1997 model year:
no major
changes
had no
full sized competition (no Caprice)
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