The Ford DEW platform (or DEW98) is Ford Motor Company's midsized rear-wheel drive automobile platform. The D/E nomenclature was meant to express an intermediate size between D- and E-class vehicles, while the W denoted a worldwide platform. The platform was developed by both Ford and Jaguar engineers, and debuted in the Lincoln LS sedan.[1][2] Its de facto predecessor in Europe was the DE-1 platform which underpinned the 1985 Ford Scorpio, however this vehicle was cancelled in 1998 without a direct replacement as in the European market, buyers were increasingly turning away from executive class cars manufactured by mainstream manufacturers.
| Ford DEW platform | |
|---|---|
 2005 Ford Thunderbird one of the vehicles based on the DEW platform | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Ford Tata Motors |
| Also called | DEW98 |
| Production | 1999–2015 |
| Assembly | United States: Wixom, Michigan (Wixom Assembly) United Kingdom: Birmingham (Castle Bromwich Assembly) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Body styles | 4-door sedan 2-door convertible 5-door Wagon |
| Vehicles | 1999–2008 Jaguar S-Type[1] 2000–2006 Lincoln LS[2] 2002–2005 Ford Thunderbird[2] 2008–2015 Jaguar XF[1] |
| Related | Ford D2C platform |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Ford DE-1 platform |
Ford's use of the platform ended in 2006, but Jaguar continued to use DEW98 after Jaguar was sold to Tata Motors in 2008, building the XF on it. Jaguar's use of the platform ended in 2015 with the introduction of the second-generation XF using the Jaguar Land Rover iQ[Al] (D7a) modular platform.[3]
Vehicles
editThis platform was used in these vehicles:
- 1999–2008 Jaguar S-Type[1]
- 2000–2006 Lincoln LS[2]
- 2002–2005 Ford Thunderbird[2]
- 2008–2015 Jaguar XF[1]
Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform:
- 2004 Ford Fairlane [citation needed]
- 2004 Lincoln D310 - became the CD3-based Lincoln Zephyr[4]
- 2005 Ford Mustang[5] - used the D2C platform instead
Jaguar S-Type
Lincoln LS
Ford Thunderbird
Jaguar XF
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References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 Hutton, Ray (2013). "Jaguar's faded glory". Jewels in the Crown: How Tata of India transformed Britain's Jaguar and Land Rover. Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 978-1908739834.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Connelly, Mary (7 August 1999). "New Blood Brings Pulse Of Change". Boca Raton News. p. RR11.
- ↑ Fung, Derek (26 March 2015). "2016 Jaguar XF revealed". caradvice. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ Institute of the Motor Industry (1996). "The Yanks are Coming". Motor Industry Management: Journal of the Institute of the Motor Industry.
- ↑ DeLorenzo, Matt (2004). Mustang 2005: A New Breed of Pony Car. Motorbooks International. p. 22. ISBN 978-0760320396.