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Motor vehicle platform
Ford D3 Platform
2010 Ford Taurus SHO
Overview
Manufacturer
Ford Motor Company
Production
2004–2019
Assembly
Ford: Chicago, Illinois (Chicago Assembly)
Body and chassis
Class
Mid-size SUV/Full-size car
Layout
Transverse Front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive
Body style(s)
4-door Sedan 5-door Full-size CUV 5-door Mid-size Crossover SUV
Vehicles
See listing
Related
Ford D4 platform Ford CD3 platform Ford EUCD platform Ford V platform
Dimensions
Wheelbase
112.9 inches (D3 sedans)
Chronology
Predecessor
Ford Panther platform Ford D186 platform Ford DEW platform
Successor
Ford CD4 platform (Sedan) Ford CD6 platform[1] (SUV)
The Ford D3 platform is an automobile platform assembled by Ford Motor Company. In production between the 2005 and 2019 model years, the D3 platform is the fifteenth generation of full-size cars produced by Ford in North America. Marking the adoption of unibody chassis construction, a transverse engine configuration, front-wheel drive, all-wheel drive, and the lack of a V8 engine (for the first time since 1931), the D3 platform is derived from the 1998-2016 Volvo P2 architecture (designed prior to the 1999 acquisition of Volvo by Ford). Since 2008, the related D4 platform has served as a basis for crossover SUVs.
While the vehicles of the D3 platform were officially introduced as the replacement for the 1999-2007 D186 platform (Ford Taurus), in terms of market position and interior volume, they would effectively supersede the Ford and Mercury vehicles of the 1978-2012 Panther platform.
Between 2004 and 2019. All D3 vehicles have been assembled at Chicago Assembly in Chicago, Illinois along with the D4 Ford Explorer; the D4 Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT are assembled at Oakville Assembly in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
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