I have tears in my eyes watching this. I have a 2003 CV Sport, am 59 years old, and don't see any plans in the near future of selling this car. It does everything I want a car to do; very quiet, very smooth, and will smoke the tires at the whip of your right foot. What more do you want ? I really feel the sorrow with the St. Thomas folks. You did a great job, manufacturing some great cars !
This hurts to watch. They've been my dream car since I was 3 years old. I've already owned three and still own 2. And I don't want anything else. Truly the most spectacular car ever.
My first car that I bought with my own money was a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. It was like meeting the true love, the love of my life type idea. I paid 500 dollars for it as it had been abandoned and left to rot in a bush, I breathed life back into that car. It was a great car. I then purchased a 2009 Crown Vic that I rebuilt from salvage. I got hit by a semi last year in it and I walked away from the accident. It was a 100kmh hit. Cop said if it was any other car, I would be dead right now. Then I bought my current vic. its also a 2009. I have memorised my vins. Shocking isnt it? Ford, Bring it back. The Panther Platform was the greatest thing you ever made. Don't just let it fade away in history.
So true. I'm glad you were able to walk away from that accident. As the police officer said, if you were in another car without body - on - frame construction you probably wouldn't be here now. I too wish Ford would bring back the Panther Platform but this just seems to be wishful thinking on our part. At least we know that as tough as they were built many of them should be around for quite a while
Very sad. Corporate decisions like this always hurt. I am retired from Chrysler's Brampton plant and I was there in 1992 when we closed out the old plant. Luckily we still had the newer Bramalea plant to move to.
I Toured St Thomas Assembly In The Late 1990'S.I Remember How Proud The Employees Were Of There Panther Platform Product(Crown Victoria). I Owe Or Have Owned, 2006 Crown Victoria, Still Going Strong ,2 ,1992 Mercury Grand Marquis, 1984 Mercury Grand Marquis. Thabk You For Building A Durable Automobile
I cried throughout the video knowing that we will never ever see another history making plant like this one again. others will try TO REPLACE THIS PLANT like toyota or hyundai BUT IT IS JUST NOT THE SAME! BEACUSE THEY ARE NOT FROM THIS COUNTRY. This video makes me glad that from my first car to present are all fords. as a matter of fact my family has a 93 marquies and a 96 lincoln towncar signature series. both are high millage cars that run and shift smooth as silk .
I owned two Crown Victoria. When I was 19 I bought my first car. I am very happy that this car I have been associated with warmth, comfort and soul. It was the most reliable and beautiful American sedan. It is a pity that Ford drops in our eyes and makes development cheaper and flimsy cars. Just so you know, we love these cars in Russia.
I cut the grass of the property... Sad to see all thats left is the imploy parking lot and the ramps buy the entrance the rest is a massive fencedoff hole with pieces of dibre left behind ill grab a picture/video with my drone this summer 😎
I don't because it would be crappy unibody, downsized fwd with I4 engine piece of crap. Let legend live in our memories as Ford was so dumb to kill production of Panther platform, middle finger for all CO and managment who make this decision!!!
After 7 years when the last Crown Vic was built, many still are on the road as police vehicles. A BIG mistake for Ford to stop building them and shutter STAP
I owned a '63 fairlane, an '88 escort wagon, a '90 F150 4x4 and a '95 CV. Never, ever had issue one with any of em cept for obvious replacement things, alt's, water pumps, belts etc. (Still drive the 4x4 to this day)
as a saudi arabian dude its painful to watch the crown victoria had to end the production for Crown victoria we used to love our crown vics and i have a 1998 crown victoria P71 and im just taking care of it, and that last crown victoria is in Aljazzera ford dealer company in riyadh dont mind my English please as i said im an arab person lol
Well down Sir, Its a true sad day when that plant closed.... It was a sad day in deed as the Last of The Great American Automobiles was put to death. Sad that for so many years (in general) these cars put food and clothes on the backs of some many peoples. Proof positive that Socialism doesn't work. Obama's Hope and Change (And others like minded) wasn't what people expected. Its this progressive thought process of "Going Green" and that we "always" can do "more" that has killed these vehicles. I'm not saying that US Steel pouring thousands of gallons of liquid mercury into Lake Michigan was ok, I want clean water and air to, but what about all that crap the Space Shuttle beltched out for several decades? What about polluting Space and other planets with Golf Cart sized robots? We do not go back for all those!! Its that double standard that the Liberal Media has tough in the Educational system. Its a cancer. Period. Heres your proof. The only good thing out of this is seeing how the One World System is coming into play and thats a huge reminder that this earth age is almost over. I say Come Lord Jesus come. Get this Sphere back on its axis and us into the Eternity.
Can you email me the still image at 4:20? I'd love to frame that in my office. Signed, a loyal fan of the Panther. I've had 5 Crown Vics and a Marauder.
hmmm, my intentions were to represent every model built in the plant over its life, not every YEAR! The Crown Vic and Grand Marquis were built in the plant for the last 29 years of its production, and that's a lot of years to cover. If you are bright enough which you apparently aren't, you'd have noticed I didn't cover every year of production. If you were at all bright, you would have noticed most of the 70's are missing as well. It's to bad you are too cynical to enjoy things like this, but rather you just have to criticize. I feel sorry for people like you, you must live in a very dark world.... To Bad for you!
5 Panthers in my fleet since 2003. I keep coming back to them. You literally cannot build a better car unless it was 6 inches longer wheel base, 6speed manual, and a station wagon.
Hell, I’m not any better, spell check has me so bad at spelling that I actually spelled the word job as gob, I saw that and wondered if I’d had a stroke...
