Ford EUCD platform
Ford EUCD platform | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer |
Ford Motor Company Land Rover Volvo Cars |
Also called | Volvo P3 platform |
Production | 2007–present |
Assembly |
Ford: Genk, Belgium Volvo: Torslanda, Sweden |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Mid-size car |
Layout |
Front engine front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive |
Related | Ford C1 platform |
Powertrain | |
Engine(s) |
I4 I5 I6 |
Transmission(s) |
6-speed manual, 6-speed automatic, 9-speed automatic |
Chronology | |
Predecessor |
Volvo: Volvo P2 platform |
Successor |
Ford: Ford CD4 platform Volvo: Volvo Scalable Product Platform |
The Ford EUCD platform (for "European D-class") is Ford's global midsize car automobile platform launched in 2006. It is loosely based on Ford's compact Ford C1 platform. EUCD and C1 share many suspension, brake, and electrical systems.
Originally known as "C1-Plus" due to its similarity, EUCD was chosen by Ford's European operations instead of the Ford CD3 platform due to the large number of components shared with the smaller C1. Another factor was reportedly the inability of the CD3 to accept Volvo's straight-5 engines.
The first EUCD cars were introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show: Volvo's S80 and Ford's S-MAX and Galaxy, which share about half of their total parts, for example, the steering columns on the Galaxy, S-Max and S80 share 80 percent of their parts.[1]
Models
- 2007– Ford S-MAX (code name CD340) large MPV (introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show)
- 2007– Ford Galaxy (code name CD340) large MPV (introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show)
- 2007– Land Rover Freelander/LR2 (code name L359) compact SUV (introduced at the 2006 London Motor Show)
- 2007-2014; Ford Mondeo (code name CD345) large family car (introduced at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show)
- 2007– Volvo S80 sedan (introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show)[2]
- 2007– Volvo V70 station wagon
- 2008– Volvo XC70 compact SUV
- 2009– Volvo XC60 compact SUV
- 2010– Volvo S80L
- 2011– Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 2011– Volvo S60 compact executive car[3]
- 2011– Volvo V60 station wagon
- 2014– Volvo S60L
- 2015– Land Rover Discovery Sport (Compact SUV)
The Range Rover Evoque (code name L538), which was launched in 2011, uses a platform called LR-MS, which is loosely based on the EUCD platform.[4]
Ford's new global CD-segment platform
In 2012, the Fusion mid-size (C/D) car migrated to the Ford CD4 platform, a new common global platform.[5] Its European counterpart, the Mondeo, will also have make the transition to CD4 when its fifth generation hits the market for the 2014 model year.
References
- "Meet the next X-type". Autocar. March 7, 2006.
Notes
- ↑ Wim Oude Weernink and Bradford Wernle. "Building Blocks: Ford learns a lesson from Lego". AutoWeek. Retrieved March 30, 2006.
- ↑ Swiss Bliss, Ward's Auto World, March 1, 2006]
- ↑ First Images of the New Volvo S60 Sedan Swedespeed.com, November 10, 2009
- ↑ Bickerstaffe, Simon (11 May 2011). "Range Rover Evoque". European Automotive Engineers Cooperation (EAEC). Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ↑ http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=30791
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