If you own a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria you now own a little piece of history.

Ford confirmed that the 2008 Crown Vic, first manufacture red in the mid 50’s, will be sold only through its fleet network, mostly to taxi companies and government agencies.

Like anything automotive, car auctions mean different things to different people. Some go to dream, others go to fulfill their dreams, some are looking for project ideas, while others are just looking to pass an afternoon. The RM Auctions Fawcett Movie Cars event had something for all of these enthusiasts. This event was quite literally a field of dreams.

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OK, so a few days after that Yaris-sports-car post, Toyota comes out and shoots me right out of the air and decides to establish:

Committee to Create Interesting Cars (C2CiC, what I call it for short)

Now this is good and all for those Toyota fans still wanting, praying and hoping for another AE86, or better yet, another Supra. What I have read/heard and seen many journalists rant (and with totally good intentions) about how sports cars can be the MOST interesting cars Toyota could create, they may totally go off on a separate tangent. They could keep fueling the fire to their Scion line of xB/xA series of ‘interesting vehicles’. Maybe they could keep trying to be one-on-the-range with all them yankee cowboys and create an even LARGER Toyota Pickup truck.
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A new purpose built taxi should be a good idea. So why can’t I wrap my head around this? Because it looks like something my kids built out of Lego! The Standard Taxi company from Michigan has put this big yellow box together and really have done a great job. With seating for 4 passengers and a whole whack of luggage, not to mention standard wheelchair accessability, the Standard Taxi should take North America by storm. While the London Cab may not be exactly stylish, it has become an icon with it’s distinctive shape. This ain’t no London Cab.

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