Ford V platform

Ford V platform
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company
Production	1999–2007
Body and chassis
Class	Large minivan
Layout	front-wheel drive
Body style(s)	4-door minivan 5-door minivan
Vehicles	Ford Freestar Mercury Monterey Ford Windstar
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford D186 platform
Successor	Ford D4 platform

The Ford V platform is a dedicated minivan platform exploited by Ford and Mercury. It was the second minivan-specific platform utilized by Ford in North America (the first being the VN1 used by the Ford Aerostar). It was introduced for the 1999 model year when Ford introduced the second-generation Windstar minivan. After the 2007 model year, the V platform was discontinued in favor of large CUVs based on the D4 platform. The V platform is also the largest minivan platform ever used by Ford.

The V platform was used for the following vehicles:

1999–2003 Ford Windstar
2004–2007 Ford Freestar
2004–2007 Mercury Monterey

Ford platforms

Ford Motor Company

Subcompact cars

Current	B3

Historic	B Mazda DA

Compact cars

Current	C1

Historic	CE14 Mazda B C170

Mid-size cars

Current	CD3 CD4 DEW EUCD

Historic	Fox D186 CDW27 Mazda G

Full-size cars

Current	E8 Ford D3

Historic	Full-size Ford Full-size Lincoln Panther EA169 EA26

Other cars

Current	S550 (pony car)

Historic	FN10/MN12 (personal luxury car) SN-95 (pony car) D2C/S197 (pony car)

Trucks/SUVs/
crossovers/Vans

Current	P2/P3(full-size pickup) T1 (full-size SUV) D4 (full-size CUV)

Historic	CD2 (compact CUV) U2 (mid-size SUV) V (front-wheel drive minivan) VN1 (rear/AWD mid-size van) VN (full-size van) Mazda S (minivan)

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