New Car Overview of the 2005 Ford Crown Victoria Large Sedan

Description: Large Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $24,085 - $30,165
Invoice Price Range: $22,554 - $27,544
Where built: Canada

Ford's full-size Crown Victoria sedan carves out enough room in the cabin to haul a team of tall basketball players plus heaps of gear bags stuffed into the cavernous trunk. The rear-wheel driveline and a chassis with wheelbase extending nearly ten feet comes from a platform also used by Lincoln's elite Town Car.

There's ample power from a V8 rigged with high-tech hardware and tuned for low-torque output. The 4.6-liter Ford plant in standard application produces 224-hp. An optional performance package adds dual exhaust pipes and boosts output to 239-hp.

Four trim grades continue as the Crown Victoria Standard, up-level LX, deluxe LX Premier and LX Sport, the latter with equipment added for keen performance plus a monochromatic body coated in shades like Dark Toreador Red. Side air bags appear on the list of options, along with TCS and a six-disc CD changer. Also, a power moonroof is available for LX and LX Sport models.