One of my co-workers has his mother's 1993 Town car up for sale right now for 3 grand. The car is in pristine shape and looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor. His is all white and has the 4.6 liter in it though. They are definitely fine automobiles!
Appearance-wise, I like the look of the older, squarish ones that were built in the early 80's with the dual sealed beam headlamps, and the vertical, rolls-royce like grill. Those cars just seemed to have a very diginified, sort of Tuxedo type look about them. They also made great limousines, with their proportions looking very nice. The newer ones built after about 88 or so had more of a sporty, rounded look to them. I tend to prefer the 5.0 engine more than the 4.6 engine too. The 4.6 though gets better mileage, and seems to put out a bit more top-end power. Still great cars no matter what vintage, but the new ones sort of took off the tuxedo and put on a double-breasted business suit sort of.
The Town car's demise might be a result not just of it's own sales, but also of the sales of the Ford Crown victoria, and Lincoln Grand Marquis, as all three vehicles are built on the same body. Most Crown Victoria sales these days are going towards police cruisers and taxicabs. Lincolin T.C.'s are frequently sold for custom jobs for limos and other for hire uses too. Individual, non-fleet sales of all the vehicles are really lagging. It's too bad, as all of those cars are very well engineered cars. People want sportier, higher performing cars these days, which these vehicles mechanically have definitly kept up with, but with their old-school appearance, they just isn't appealing to younger buyers.
