Ford LTD Crown Victoria

Ford LTD Crown Victoria
1987 Ford LTD Crown Victoria LX
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford
Also called	Ford LTD Landau (1979)
Production	1979–1990
Model years	1980–1991
Assembly	Atlanta Assembly   (Hapeville, Georgia) Los Angeles Assembly   (Pico Rivera, California) Louisville Assembly Plant   (Louisville, Kentucky) Oakville Assembly   (Oakville, Ontario) St. Louis Assembly   (Hazelwood, Missouri) St. Thomas Assembly   (Southwold, Ontario, Canada)
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size
Body style	2-door sedan 4-door sedan 5-door station wagon
Platform	Ford Panther platform
Related	Mercury Grand Marquis Lincoln Town Car Continental Mark VI
Powertrain
Engine	4.2 L (255 cu in) Windsor V8 4.9 L (302 cu in) Windsor V8 5.8 L (351 cu in) Windsor V8
Transmission	4-speed AOD automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	114.3 in (2,903 mm) (sedan)
Length	211 in (5,359 mm) (sedan) 215.7 in (5,479 mm) (1990–91 wagon) 216 in (5,486 mm) (1988–89 wagon)
Width	77.5 in (1,968 mm) (sedan) 79.3 in (2,014 mm) (wagon)
Height	55.6 in (1,412 mm) (sedan) 56.5 in (1,435 mm) (wagon)
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford LTD
Successor	Ford Crown Victoria

The Ford LTD Crown Victoria is a line of full-size cars that was manufactured and marketed by Ford from the 1980 to 1991 model years. Deriving its name from the Ford Fairlane coupe of 1955–1956, the LTD Crown Victoria served as the flagship of the Ford LTD model range in North America. Serving as the Ford counterpart of the Mercury Grand Marquis, the model line was offered as a two-door and a four-door sedan and a five-door station wagon (including the woodgrained LTD Country Squire).

For 1983, Ford revised its full-size and mid-size product ranges across all three of its divisions; the LTD Crown Victoria remained the sole full-size Ford sedan with the mid-size Granada taking on the LTD name. Following a minor update for the 1988 model year, the LTD Crown Victoria was discontinued after the 1991 model year, replaced by the redesigned Ford Crown Victoria (dropping the station wagon body style and retiring the LTD prefix).

Through its production, the LTD Crown Victoria was produced by Ford at several different facilities. At launch, it was built at the Louisville, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Oakville plants. By 1982, Oakville was the sole assembly location, and the following year production was added alongside the Mercury Grand Marquis at St. Louis Assembly in Hazelwood, Missouri. Canadian production shifted from Oakville to St. Thomas Assembly in Southwold, Ontario for 1984 models; the facility would become the exclusive production site a year later, producing the LTD Crown Victoria until 1991.