2002 Ford Crown Victoria LX - Sport from North America - Comments

Nothing.

This car is awesome, Ford has created a hot sporty vehicle in their largest rear wheel drive car. Similar (but better) to what Chevy did in 1995 with their Caprice... and turning it into the Impala SS. The car is glued to the road, handles tight and responsive, tons of room and comfort. Has every available feature/option Ford offers.

I am indifferent when it comes to comparing a Ford Crown Vic LX to the 1994-96 Impala SS. In no means does the Crown Vic handle or out perform the Impala SS, unless you have did some mods to it. The Merauder is about the closet thing to the Impala SS. But, I will agree though the big car is great to drive; they are comfortable, secure, durable, and for the most part very dependable.

I disagree with the last comment. The Impala and Caprices handled lousy compared to the Crown Vic P.I.s. And top end the C.V. XL Sport would match it top end.

I'm at 43K miles on my CV Sport. Great car, no problems, gobs of room, hard golf travel case fits without issue, great cornering, fast (although a 5.4L option would be nice) and a head turner despite being a land yacht. I have started test driving other new cars... still can't beat the value of a CV Sport. Intend on a new CV Sport when my lease is up and installing a supercharger for 300+ HP!

I own an 01 CV sport and am happy. Approaching 100,000 with only ordinary service work having to be done.

Fuel sensor went out at 70,000. At 93,000 had tune up, brake job.

Really wanted Marauder and would have bought one at the time, but Ford held out 2 more years before it's introduction in 03.

Considering it uses premium fuel and gets less mileage per gallon (average price of premium $3.40 Nov. 07) than my CV, eats high end performance tires because tires cannot be rotated (some say expect 25,000 to 30,000 miles per set) may be good I did not get one.

Still prefer Marauder, but CV Sport is next best thing to it.

I dressed my black CV up with Marauder twin pipes and now she looks more like one.

Over priced, uses premium fuel, no marketing campaign,

faulty demographics, late introduction (should have been introduced in 01 instead of 03) did the Mercury Marauder in.

Both cars are great and will be collect ables in a few years.

Agree with collectability of the Marauder in a few years (Mercury as a brand may be gone by then anyway) but the CV Sport is not a whole lot different from a regular CV with the HPP option: bucket seats and console, blacked out trim...that's about it.

Considering how many CV's are around now and likely to be for many years from now, collectability may be quite a ways off even if they do stop making it altogether in next year or two.

That being said, the only CV I would ever consider buying is the Sport version, especially a 2006 or 2007 with the improved instrument panel. The Marauder is nice, but still a little pricey to buy and operate. Low MPG is bad enough when you can burn regular; would not want to think about spending $75-$80 to fill the tank with premium every couple of days.

I've thought about getting a used CV. I live in SF and have a 50 miles commute. The little truck I drive is uncomfortable and has over 200,000 miles on it. Around here, you can pick up 5-6 year old CV's for under 5k. They simply lose a lot of value because they aren't that popular here. My grandad had one and the thing got around 20MPG. This was back in 1988. Do these still get decent fuel economy? Also- how has the overall reliability been?

It'd be a shame if they quit making this, because if they did, that'd pretty much be the last of the fully American engineered and designed platforms out there.