Ford produced Panther-platform vehicles for 33 years for the North American market. Many of those were Crown Victorias, which borrowed the name of a short-lived Fairlane trim level of the mid-1950s.

The Ford Crown Victoria is THE police car for generations of people as it was by far the most commonly used patrol car for law enforcement agencies in North America for just about two decades.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The last Ford Crown Victoria rolled off a Canadian assembly line Thursday, marking the end of the big, heavy Ford cars that have been popular with taxi fleets and police ...