Ford D3 platform

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The Ford D3 platform (for "D-class" and called P2 in Volvo vehicles) is a Ford global full-size car automobile platform. The platform is designed for either front- or all wheel drive with an extended wheelbase option.

Overview

2008 Mercury Sable

Ford's D3 platform is slightly different from Volvo's P2.^{[citation needed]} For example, D3 features steel suspension arms, rather than aluminum, and other material cost-saving measures.^{[citation needed]} Ford's current D3 vehicles are built at the Chicago Assembly plant in Chicago, Illinois, while Volvo's are built in Torslanda, Sweden.

Vehicles to use this platform:

• 1999– Volvo S80 sedan (P23)
• 2001– Volvo S60 sedan (P24)
• 2001– Volvo V70 station wagon (P26E)
• 2002– Volvo XC70 station wagon (P26L)
• 2003– Volvo XC90 crossover SUV (P28)
• 2005–2007 Ford Five Hundred sedan (D258)
• 2005–2007 Ford Freestyle crossover SUV (D219)
• 2005–2007 Mercury Montego sedan (D333)
• 2008– Ford Taurus sedan (D258)
• 2008–2009 Ford Taurus X crossover SUV (D219)
• 2008–2009 Mercury Sable sedan (D333)
• 2009– Lincoln MKS sedan (D385)

D4

2009 Ford Flex Limited

D4 is a revision of D3 created to underpin the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT crossover SUVs.^{[citation needed]}

Current D4 vehicles:

• 2009- Ford Flex crossover SUV - (D471)
• 2010- Lincoln MKT crossover SUV - (D472)

D4 based concepts:

• Explorer America crossover SUV