This supplied a nostalgic buckets-and-console interior with floorshifter, a twin-exhaust V-8 pumped up to 235 bhp, and the firmer-handling suspension available for the mom-and-pop LX. Though stickers had inevitably risen more than time, the Crown Vic nonetheless supplied a great deal of excellent old-fashioned American metal for the dollars at around $24,000-$30,000.