Grand Marquis is one of the last surviving rear-wheel-drive, V8-powered full-size cars built on a separate frame. Its ostensible competitors, Buick LeSabre, Chrysler Concorde, Pontiac Bonneville, and Toyota Avalon, are all more modern in concept, with front-wheel drive, V6 engines, shorter wheelbases, and unitbody construction. Grand Marquis offers almost all the comfort and convenience of the Lincoln Town Car for a price less than that of a near luxury mid-size car.
2001 models get more horsepower over last year.