Ford Killed the Crown Victoria for One Reason (And It Wasn't Fuel Economy)

Ford killed the Crown Victoria in 2011. They announced the decision quietly, ran out the final production at the St. Thomas Assembly Plant in Ontario, and shut the line down. Police departments across the country immediately began stockpiling used Crown Victorias because nothing Ford offered as a replacement performed the same job at the same cost. Fifteen years later, Americans are still searching for clean examples, and the truth about why Ford killed the most recognisable American sedan of the last thirty years has never been honestly explained. This video does that, names the actual decision, and shows what was lost when the last Crown Victoria rolled off the line. The Crown Victoria was not a vehicle. It was American infrastructure. Police departments in every major American city ran fleets of Crown Victorias for thirty years. New York City taxi drivers ran them. Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Houston ran them. #CrownVictoria #ClassicCars #AmericanCars