 The first time Ford used the "victoria" as a naming convention was in 1932 on the Ford Victoria and the Lincoln Victoria 2-door coupes.As with the previous-generation LTD, the LTD Crown Victoria directly competed against the Chevrolet Caprice and the Pontiac Bonneville (both downsized for 1977).Originally slated for replacement by the Ford Taurus in the early 1980s, the model line saw relatively little change throughout its production.