IXO
ixo-MODELS Street Cars Modern Series
Released Autumn 2005
MOC040 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
New York City Police Department (NYPD)
43 PCT 1671 Patrol Supervisor Unit
Die Cast
1:43 Scale
Retails for $35.00
Discount price is available for regular customers.
This model doesn’t have operational features like one from Gearbox, but in my personal opinion much better represents the appearance of the vehicles. Take a look on Gearbox Crown Vic roof and you will understand what I am taking about.
FORD Crown Victoria Interceptor and Taxi packages.
By 1996 only two American full size sedans w/V-8 and rear wheel drive left on the market – Chevrolet Caprice Classic and Ford Crown Victoria. For both models the 1996 model years should be the last one. However, after Chevy discontinued production of its car Ford decided to keep Crown Victoria for a couple more years. Well, it still in production now as 2006 with some body changes and mechanical upgrades. After superior Chevy car disappeared from the market (hey Ford fans no offence, I had both for many years so don’t argue, in addition most cops who drove both vehicles will agree on it) Crown Victoria become the car for TAXI Cabs and Police Cruisers. So far no other vehicle can came close in numbers on these two markets. While large TAXI companies use acquired brand new Crown Victoria w/Taxi package, which has every possible heavy-duty upgrades, most mid-size and small companies and owner operators will place in service retired Police cruiser or a regular street version. The Crown Victoria Interceptor model design as a Police Cruiser. It incorporates numerous improvements and upgrades with heavy duty and high-performance parts. It has cops engine, transmission, shocks, tires and more. New Interceptor is available for sale only to Police, Municipal and Government departments.
A Yellow Taxi Cab and an NYPD Police Cruiser became an Icon of American culture. Even though the Yellow Cab name is the most recognizable name in Taxi Cab business it most strongly associated with city of New York, especially outside of US.
Check for my NYPD Police Cruiser listing.
ABOUT THE MODEL MAKER
ixo-MODELS are made in China by SONIC INTERNATIONAL (TOYS) LIMITED.
Packaging is attractive, a model attached w/a screw to a black plastic display case base w/ the model name printed on it, has a clear acrylic top, and display packed in a carton sleeve.
The brand is on a market just for a few years. However, 1/43 scale die cast car models collectors familiar with high quality models that were on a market for several years in the lines of Vitesse Group (Skid, Onyx, many models from Vitesse and 2-Wheels, 1/24 scale motorcycles) were made by the same people that now works at IXO.
You can find numerous models released under the IXO badge that were previously released in Vitesse Group lines. New castings (models) and previously released models of sport and rally cars in new liveries are issued on the regular basis.
The current IXO product list consist of 10 collections: Modern Rally Cars, Classic Rally Cars, Modern LeMans and GT Cars, Classic LeMans and GT Cars, Modern Road Cars, Classic Road Cars, MotorBikes (1/24 Scale), Ferrari Collection and the latest one ixomodels Junior.
As a collector I can say it is a good product indeed. Models are very high quality that is very competitive to Minichamps 1:43 scale models; but the price is much more affordable. It is especially noticeable with sport and rally cars.
It appears that IXO issued their models on the Limited Run basis. You probably know what it means but if you don’t it is simple. Recently it became a common practice with high quality model-makers. Relatively small number of models released on a market at a time. The company will release a new quantity of the same model only when a demand for a model will be strong again. As a result not all models from a company catalogue are available on a market all the time. It means if you want a model get it as soon as you can, otherwise you don’t know when and if the model will be available on a market again. In addition it is very unlikely that the model will be made in the same appearance, color and / or livery probably will be different if the model (tooling) will be run again.
