i always liked the mercury brand, example: 1997 i looked at a crown vic, it was ok, a little blandand i didnot like the little window behind the passanger doors. looked at a grand marquis, looked a lot better, only $1500.00 more than the vic. then i drove a town car, nice car, but $10,000 more than the grand marquis and the only differanes was air ride and location of the interior clock. i boughr the grand marquis. same thing right now, crown vic's are only police cars, and maybe taxis, but the grand marquis is not even advertised as a full size famile sedan. i averaged 27 miles on the highway.
Your right! I would buy a Marquis, but only for the stigma attached to it's Ford varient's most common use. I don't want people slowing down while I drive behind them because they think I'm a cop LOL!