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Show C-2 The Salt Lake Tribune AUTOMOTIVE Friday, May14, 1999 Car rates high for Safety, is roomy and has comfortable ride By Tony SWAN KNIGHT RIDDER NewsParers You cancall the Ford CrownVic toria stodgy and boring, and you won't get much argument from me. In fact, I havethis irrational fear that using the words “sport sedan” and “Crown Victoria” in the same Sentence could cause my computer ‘NephiAstin to crash. (OK. I got away with it this But what I don’t want to hear in connection with this grand old American traditional is a lot of gut about » dinosaurs. Not in a mark dominated: by sport-utility vehicles Sure, the Crown Vie weighs in in my week with atest car puts those have improved by a whole order of back. agility of a half And its fuel economy according mpg cily, 24 highway 17 to EPA projections,just moreth If you'restill wondering why acar like this persists, here’s why: Its magnitude On the other hand, there are ties with that earlier age that you just it’s smooth, and if it doesn’t offer won't find outside the Ford Mot Co. Specifically, the Crown Victoria is room, includ: trunk the emergency have And gear police seating for six. and full-size, tradi- one of the very few passenger cars they happen to be wearing hand transportation whose body and frame are cuffs. separate almost undiluted from a carefree units, The others are the Mercury era Grand Marquis, essentially the same Incidentally, the word traditional 1930, and in another sense it actual- ly predates the advent of the automobileitself. Before self-propelled buggies began wobbling around on public roads, a Viet As anopen horse-drawn carriage for t Thefirst Ford Crown Victoria. as nearly as I can tell, came along in 1955, which was when the domestic industry was embarking on the golden age of fins, chrome and car with slightly different trim, and _E. Mahfood, joins the compa ny as vice president sits atop a shell that rises out of the depths about halfway into the unk. As you'd expeet, police organizations also need stiffer suspensior where the frame rails are components for emer with the body shell more durable You might wind more squeaks and it can be y ties that quite fi ratile That's why all pickup trucks are —body-on-frame design I's also a key reason the Crown Ford has s jon last year d il ' and performance p. e (slightly mic Impala Bur test i ly us just {1 1 Nt \ | patch SS a ns back thor iicement. it’s the Crown Victorta and its Mercury ty. listed for $24,810 clear that there’s stil a place for sister in this market 1 Ford iy doing a keeping this allmon the Sentry road a Ford Expedition 16-inch alloy wheels, root luggage rack, split-fold-down and able cargotray, andevena full-size spare tire. Fue! economy is among thebest of class: 21 miles per gallon in the city and 26 onthe highway. The tank holds 15.9 gallons of gasoline All Subarus sold in the United States come with all-wheel drive, so me doesn't cost extra even onthe cheaper versions. With automatic wansmissions, the: all-wheel-drive ystem sends power to the front wheels most of the time but can transfer up to 40 percent of the ir tron the versus 200 for the standard Crown pened to be compar reclining rear seat, removablewash: powe nuthin. ( windshield wiper de-icers, cruise leather interior, $225), premium audio system with car AM/FMicassette stereo, power with dows and door locks, dua ieatee power mirrors, heated front seats control, ompact-dise player ($1,025), inus package discount of $230. firmer springs and 215 horsepower, Caprice. the Crown Vie has become And $19,995 plus transportation. But our mission included c seats that pport installed climate and in my F to the susp 15 handling tiara, or crown, spanning the roof 8per is nably like i Vie), my test car’s handling responses were not what you'd call knile-edged tale clang dt audio controls that are operable even with gloved hands. andthe sound quality was excellent. But the hromatic appearance of the vandliny ! Vie is so popular for uses that require exceptional durabilit With the demise of Chevrolet car, Crow! i —tortable if you Lofany lat acti automatic transmission for quite high for a mini-SUV. Extras besides the automatic trans- vim hi 1 the car cop th a few years, but you © a that’s capable of absorb pounding America’s A Forester Continued from Page C-1 S model, which didn't have the rou one of those temporary ones, whi h the Lincoln Town Car Although body-on-frame yields slightly higher curb weights than the near-untversal unibody ach grated tec Thetrunk in my test car, however, was compromised by the uninhibited color combinations Maybeyou remember it. It was a two-door model then, with achrome amidships. Garish, but nevertheless Motors, the midlevel L- model starts at i National we in back for three adults to sit comfortably, even wher its drivers covet goes even deeper here than you may think The Victoria name goes way back in Ford model history, at least to recently Mahfood $18,695 plus transportation. ioduct to lug around. 1¢ Crown Vie is roomy enough tional American years. Mahfood’s wile. Jaen Mahfood The 1999 Crown Victoria offers a big, it’s roomy, it’s rugged, it’s quiet, muchin the way ofdriver involves ment, well, that’s just exactly what products. Dan Same sport-utilities to shame. But compared with most sport utilities. the Crown Vic is a light Salt Lake City. Mahfood has opened smooth, quietride and has plentyof roomto fit six passengers right in step with its times. cent of police-relatedsales in North that ilk. Today. chrome iy out, ditto Easter America, according to Ford And its steering. though improved two-tonecoi or schemes, a mod same uf What the police want and need for is still pretty em overhead cam V8 has replaced their demanding duties is a big much devoid of any tile informa the old push-rod version, and the wheel-drive sedan with reasonable about what the front wheels are standards for handling and stopping power. good handling, and , weight, with the as a new member of its sales team. Astin, who previously worked in automotive sales worked at Tim Dahle Nissan and management positions at n Murray. has 20 years of various dealerships along tbe experience selling Nissan Wasatch Front for the last 2 pretty close to the two-ton Frontier and its agility is somedistance from best among full-size sedans Joan E. Mahfood DanMahtood im Dahle Nissan South located at what was once Townehas added Nephi Astin known as Kramer Motors in time.) Is Wh begin Safety features on. pro ip. 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