We're Taking Panther-themed Holiday

I don't know about that (last 300 orders), but I do know the last one went to a Taxi service in Saudi Arabia. Likely the last 10-20 were from what I could see (paint color, trim option, etc).

@tresmonos Funny, because most of the taxies I saw in my two years being stationed in Riyadh were almost all (white) Corollas, Elantras or Sonatas. Come to think of it, the majority of ALL cars I saw were Corollas, Elantras or Sonatas, and almost all of them white.

@tresmonos Here's the article that said Toronto Police had bought last 300. Its in the last paragraph: http://www.wheels.ca/car-reviews/2013-interceptor-looks-likely-to-replace-crown-vic-as-a-police-standard-5/ And here's a pic of the cars stored on the roof of the Police Services garage in downtown Toronto: http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1326660877032_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x

@Hamilton Guy The last ones off the line weren't cop cars. They were commercial. Last VIN if you want to know: 2FABP7CW8CX104292

@tresmonos Now there's some trivia.

@tresmonos All the final Panthers, which were Crown Victorias went to Gulf Council Countries. They were all 2012 models. From my understanding those in the GCC were upset that they weren't told that the order form had been reopened. Since Ford already had enough orders to keep the line busy until the end of the traditional model year production they waited until all the US bound production had finished and then they ran off a bunch of cars with the Export Handling Package and stickers that said they were 2012s. I do believe that they were all destined for retail sale as they had leather and all the retail LX goodies. So no one in North America got the "last" of the Panthers.

@Scoutdude How do you know all this? :)

Similar in Ottawa, former municipal forces that are now all part of the Ottawa Police Service: Ottawa Police Vanier Police Nepean Police Gloucester Police OPP also policed Kanata before amalgamation into Ottawa.

@tresmonos Being a Panther fan. A couple more Panther facts, The last Mercury was the Grand Marquis which were the only 2011 Mercurys. Apparently Ford opened the order form before the other Mercurys and before they decided to give the brand the ax. The last Merc was supposed to be produced in 2010, though it still would have been a 2011 MY vehicle however a delay in shipment of some specific parts meant that the last one down the line was in 2011.

@tresmonos That is absolutely crazy. The internet is a trove of information. I wonder if it was Mercury specific trim bits that delayed the build? I imagine the supply base wasn't expecting that last build, especially if they got job last dates from overlapping platforms upon the termination of the brand.

@tresmonos Another interesting tidbit on the demise of the Panther, they built a few more bodies than they had orders for, "just in case". So somewhere on Youtube is a video of a guy smashing a TC body shell that was one of those extras.