What I'm primarily talking about are the Crown Victorias from the late 80's.
According to wikipedia a "muscle car" is basically a mid-sized american car with a high-powered engine and a high-torque drivetrain.
The Vics of the era were used as police cars, and were all equipped with high-end V8's. And from personal experience I know they possess quite a bit of torque as well. Yet whenever I hear talk of the Vics they are always referred to as luxury cars.
Anywho, this is a poll: so say your opinion: Crown Victorias from the late 80's: Luxury or Muscle Car?
2007-08-12 16:29:32 · 13 answers · asked by Chip 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Middle-priced luxury? Perhaps! Muscle car? No way!
2007-08-12 16:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Kiffin # 1 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Neither. There were some Crown Victorias equipped with a special police package, which included among other things 351 motors and upgraded suspensions, but to call any Crown Victoria a muscle car is to grossly overrate it. They were absolutely not all equipped as police interceptors. In fact, the majority of them were equipped as overweight, underpowered, gas-guzzling mushy-riding overrated full-size sedans, many of them with a weak 302 that was choked with smog devices and burdened with a hybrid 2-barrel half-carburetor-half-fuel injector. Even the 5.0 Mustangs from the 80s got decent fuel injection. Some Crown Victorias were upgraded with lots of power accessories, but to call them luxury cars is again overstating them. If you wanted something from the Ford Motor Company that was luxurious, you could step up to Lincoln, which ironically was built on the same rehashed Panther chassis. On the flip side, my 1985 Crown Victoria lasted 250,000 miles and 20 years before the engine lost oil pressure and died.
2007-08-12 17:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No these were definitely considered luxury cars by the manufacturer, and built for a safe smooth ride at high speed. The Mustang is a muscle car-the Crown Vic, even the police version is definitely no muscle car.
2007-08-12 17:20:23 · answer #3 · answered by morg777 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Plenty of luxury cars have large torquey engines from Cadi's to BMW's. Muscle cars have a distinct ominous look to them, not just beefy engines.
Crown Vic = Luxury Car
2007-08-12 16:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tanks, which were selected by the police for their comfort and size, not their speed in the quarter mile. A lot of police departments drove Mustangs, until the discomfort of long hours in a cramped car, changed their minds about what a good cruiser was.
2007-08-12 16:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by mustanger 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could be both. Find one with all the police accessories still on & in the motor and you'll have a muscle car. But good luck finding one that hasn't been put back to normal for street driving. They usually strip them to make them legal for normal street use.
2007-08-12 16:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by FORD-MAN 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A muscle car must: be built between 1960 and 1973, have a V8, have 2 doors, and be RWD. Hot rod sure, but not a muscle car.
2007-08-12 16:36:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sorta Luxury not much muscle.
2007-08-12 16:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by hakim1125 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no ,nothing in the luxury line of cars is considered to be a muscle car,and one of that size wouldn't fit the category anyway,good luck on it.
2007-08-12 16:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Get your facts straight!
Not all were equipped with high-end V8's . . . . .
Also, Wikipedia is not the most reliable source of information . . .
2007-08-12 16:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by Say What? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋