eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
The Carbon Motors E7 Police Car Prototype is known as the “new brand of justice” scorning the Ford Crown Victoria and Dodge Charger Police Cars. Powered by a 3.0L diesel that makes 300-hp with a maximum torque of 420 lb-ft, the Carbon Motors E7 should help any cop protect and serve with power. Mated to [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
A California Highway Patrol officer was injured when he crashed his cruiser on Highway 4 on Wednesday while responding to a pursuit in progress. The Ford Crown Victoria flipped over several times at about 7:45 p.m. on west Highway 4 east of Franklin Canyon....
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
The 11-year-old child was bicyling home, but not alone. A middle-aged man in a white Ford Crown Victoria was trailing behind, even detouring in the Hingham High School parking lot to maintain his distance.
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
A 90-year-old Union Township man died today after a car accident in Millburn, police said today. Witness told police the man, who was driving a Ford Crown Victoria, ran a red light amd struck a BMW sedan at the intersection...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
A cabbie was taken to the hospital Thursday after he rear-ended a Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue engine, BSO said. Henry Charles, 57, ran his 2004 Ford Crown Victoria into the back of fire engine No. 6 about 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Eisenhower Boulevard and Spangler Boulevard in Port Everglades, according to BSO spokesman Mike Jachles.
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
This GPS device from Garmin, the Nuvi 510, isn’t intended for your fancy Ford Crown Victoria, but rather your fancy Vespa. (It seems to be Europe-only at the moment, and Barcelona was nothing if not filled with guys on scooters.) That explains the extra large icons, weatherproofing and 8-hour battery life. Like every other in-car (or [...]
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
The boys in blue won’t be the boys in green any time soon - at least not in one Canadian city. Police officers in Windsor, Ontario, had hoped to make the switch to green cars when their staple vehicle the Ford Crown Victoria is retired in 2011. However, it instead seems they will soon find themselves [...]
Voice from the Desert (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
From the Hartford Courant, 10.7.2008. I spotted a link to this story on the SNAP website. * * * Priest Linked To Abuse Cases Ordered To Return To State By DAVE ALTIMARI October 7, 2008 Rev. Stephen Foley, a former state police chaplain, drives a police-edition Ford Crown Victoria fully loaded with radios, antennas and [...]
Driive (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
City council sues Venice mayor over police cars Chicago Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago Wilson says the vehicles include two 2001 Chevrolet Impalas with a total lease price of about $10100 and a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria that cost $9400. ...
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Once again the 1955 Ford Crown Victoria from Wyoming is back. It was parked at a tire garage. Back to the cars. Not a great picture because of objects being in the way, but this is one of the cars that was used in the film. His co-star in the film, Cindy Williams, best known for her role in the seventies sitcom Laverne and Shirley , is happy to talk with fans. Dreyfuss is busy signing autographs. He...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
A Burrillville town councilor got more than he bargained for when he bought a used police cruiser at auction. Kevin Blais bought the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria in an online auction from the Hartford, Conn., police. He was cleaning it last week when he noticed a...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
A Burrillville town councilor got more than he bargained for when he bought a used police cruiser at auction. Kevin Blais bought the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria in an online auction from the Hartford, Conn., police. He was cleaning it last week when he noticed a cracked area on the one-piece molded seat assembly.
Fark.com (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
When I was in high school my job was cleaning up rental cars.Sometimes the cops would rent our cars to use for drug sting ops, and clean the cars themselves when they brought them back to the lot.Being cops, though, they were never very thorough when they cleaned the cars. As a consequence, I'd do a better job cleaning them out, and ended up with all kinds of goodies, compliments of the sheriff's department....
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
The victim was driving a gold Ford Crown Victoria in the 1900 block of Maryland when he backed into a cyclone fence, triggering an argument with a group of men.
AutoblogGreen (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Filed under: Hybrid , Chevrolet , Ford , Nissan It's time to say adios to the classic yellow Ford Crown Vic. In May 2007, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to transform the city's ubiquitous yellow cab fleet from the old school Ford Crown Victorias to all hybrids. For the past couple of years, a variety of hybrid vehicles have been gradually infiltrating the fleet and generally performing...
