Ford C1 platform
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| Ford C1 platform | |
| Also called: | Volvo P1 platform |
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| Manufacturer: | Ford Motor Company Mazda Volvo Cars |
| Production: | 2004– |
| Predecessor: | Ford C170 platform Mazda BJ platform |
| Class: | Compact platform |
| Related: | Ford EUCD platform |
| Similar: | GM Delta platform |
The C1 platform (for "Compact-class") is Ford's global compact car automobile platform. It replaces (and is loosely based on) Ford's C170 platform and Mazda's BJ platform. The C1 platform debuted with the European Ford Focus C-Max compact MPV in early 2004. The platform is designed for either front- or all wheel drive.
The C platform was designed in Cologne, Germany as the "C Technologies Program". Thirty engineers each from Mazda, Ford, and Volvo worked to combine the compact car engineering from all three automakers.
The C1 platform will be stretched as the EUCD for use in future Volvo vehicles. Volvo's plans call for all of their cars to be C1, EUCD, or D3-based in the coming years.
Among all of the cars, the floorpan is different, but the front- and rear-subframes, suspension, steering, braking, safety, and electrical components are shared.
Vehicles currently using this platform include the following:
- 2004– Mazda Mazda3 (Code name J48)
- 2005– Ford FocusEuropean(American Focuses will continue on the Ford C170 platform)
- 2005– Volvo S40 sedan (code name P11)
- 2005– Volvo V50 station wagon (code name P11)
- 2006– Mazda Mazda5
- 2006– Volvo C70 coupe/convertible
Future C1 vehicles:
- 2007– Volvo C30
- 2008– Volvo XC50
- 2010– Ford Focus (North American C307)
- 2012– Ford Focus C-MAX (North American)
[edit] External links
- C Technologies: Common parts mean compromise for Ford, Volvo, Mazda. AutoWeek. Retrieved on May 25, 2003.
| Current Ford platforms |
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| B3 (subcompact FWD) · C1 (compact car FWD) · CD2 (compact SUV FWD/AWD) CD3 (mid-size car FWD/AWD) · D3 (full-size car FWD/AWD) · EUCD (mid-size car FWD/AWD) |
