Originally Posted By: KrisZ
I could be wrong, but I thought the CD4 platform is a derivative of CD3. Ford eventually has to bring out a totally new platform as this one is almost 10 years old.
Nope, CD4 is a derivative of EUCD. Though in reality CD4 is an ALL NEW platform that takes certain details from both EUCD and CD3, EUCD is definitely far and away the dominant ancestor.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/next-gen-ford-fusion-to-be-based-on-european-ford-mondeo.html
This has been widely reported on for a couple of years now, and one look at the hard points reveals the CD4 to be closely tied to EUCD. There's no 10 year old platform to be found underneath the 2013 Fusion.
Originally Posted By: Automotive News
Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of global product development, said at last years 2009 Detroit auto show, that the Mondeo's EUCD platform will be the foundation for that global vehicle. Core development work for the global mid-sized, or CD-segment, car has been assigned to Ford of Europe engineers.
EUCD is newer than the CD3 platform. The CD3 underpins the U.S. Ford Fusion, its Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ siblings, and the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossovers.
The CD3 platform is derived from the Mazda6 sedan. Late last year, Ford reduced its stake in Mazda from a controlling interest to 13 percent.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally "is demanding that they have just one global platform for each size," IHS Global Insight analyst John Wolkonowicz said. "As they're reducing their ties with Mazda, it makes sense to have their own."
Wolkonowicz noted that Kuzak led development of the EUCD platform when he oversaw product development in Europe. "It's one of his," said Wolkonowicz, who added that the global platform has been dubbed CD4 within Ford.
Source - Amy Wilson
Automotive News
January 19, 2009
I could be wrong, but I thought the CD4 platform is a derivative of CD3. Ford eventually has to bring out a totally new platform as this one is almost 10 years old.
Nope, CD4 is a derivative of EUCD. Though in reality CD4 is an ALL NEW platform that takes certain details from both EUCD and CD3, EUCD is definitely far and away the dominant ancestor.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/next-gen-ford-fusion-to-be-based-on-european-ford-mondeo.html
This has been widely reported on for a couple of years now, and one look at the hard points reveals the CD4 to be closely tied to EUCD. There's no 10 year old platform to be found underneath the 2013 Fusion.
Originally Posted By: Automotive News
Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president of global product development, said at last years 2009 Detroit auto show, that the Mondeo's EUCD platform will be the foundation for that global vehicle. Core development work for the global mid-sized, or CD-segment, car has been assigned to Ford of Europe engineers.
EUCD is newer than the CD3 platform. The CD3 underpins the U.S. Ford Fusion, its Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ siblings, and the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX crossovers.
The CD3 platform is derived from the Mazda6 sedan. Late last year, Ford reduced its stake in Mazda from a controlling interest to 13 percent.
Ford CEO Alan Mulally "is demanding that they have just one global platform for each size," IHS Global Insight analyst John Wolkonowicz said. "As they're reducing their ties with Mazda, it makes sense to have their own."
Wolkonowicz noted that Kuzak led development of the EUCD platform when he oversaw product development in Europe. "It's one of his," said Wolkonowicz, who added that the global platform has been dubbed CD4 within Ford.
Source - Amy Wilson
Automotive News
January 19, 2009