[BORG]

This may not replace the Crown Vic Taxi cab as much as it may supplement the Escape hybrid taxi. Unlike Police Cruisers, Taxi cabs are not public assets therefore the company running them tends to burn them into the ground to maximize profits (the same goes for all contractor vehicles). Crown Vic was ideal for that because salvage parts where everywhere from the mothballed units. Police cruisers are replaced every 40k miles so as long as they can last a punishing but brief life, any vehicle will work. I've always thought the Explorer would make an Excellent police cruiser but I think the cost is too high.