This List of Ford platforms features

automobile platform A car platform is a shared set of common design, engineering, and production efforts, as well as major components, over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of cars, often from different, but somewhat related, marques. It is prac ...

s developed by

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. T ...

, its present-day subsidiaries, as well as those shared from subsidiaries from the past (

Mazda is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Fuchū, Hiroshima (town), Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima, Japan. The company was founded on January 30, 1920, as Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd. ...

, Mercury,

Volvo The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of truck ...

Jaguar The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large felidae, cat species and the only extant taxon, living member of the genus ''Panthera'' that is native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the biggest cat spe ...

, and

Land Rover Land Rover is a brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by British multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors. JLR builds Land Rovers in Brazil ...

). Ford announced in 2014 plans to reduce its vehicle platforms from sixteen to nine."Ford plans to trim global vehicle platforms from 15 to 9 by 2016"
- Reuters.com - DETROIT Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:14pm EDT. Retrieved 2024-03-29. In 2014, Ford vehicles were built on fifteen distinct platforms. This only applies to Ford and Lincoln and not to any brands that were previously held by the company (such as Mazda and Volvo), and is expected to cut costs by 20%. As of there are five global platforms and four regional platforms. The regional platforms are only sold in some continents and not others.

Table Fields

* Image: Photograph of a single example of each automotive platform. * Platform: Platform code name, linking to article (in some cases, platform articles are substituted with vehicle articles) * Type: Refers to types of

car classification Governments and private organizations have developed car classification schemes that are used for various purposes including regulation, description, and categorization of cars. The International Standard ISO 3833-1977 ''Road vehicles – Type ...

each platform vehicle falls under * Drive: Driven wheels in the drivetrain (front, rear, all, or four-wheel drive) * Production: Years produced, if not currently in production * Region: Primary market for platform vehicles (on a single platform, this can vary by brand and is noted) * Example(s): The nameplates produced on the platform * VIN code: code on the

VIN Vin or VIN may refer to: Abbreviations and codes Arts, entertainment, and media * '' Vos Iz Neias?'', American Jewish online news site * Coastal radio station VIN Geraldton (callsign), a station in the former Australian coastal radio service Pl ...

that designates each platform variation (typically with several vehicles produced on a single platform)

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Current Ford platforms

Virtually all Ford and Lincoln vehicles will use these platforms globally by 2024.

Current Ford platforms (global)

Historic Ford Motor Company platforms (global)

Ford Global Truck/Van/SUV/CUV platforms (current/historic)

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Ford platforms This List of Ford platforms features automobile platforms developed by Ford Motor Company, its present-day subsidiaries, as well as those shared from subsidiaries from the past (Mazda, Mercury (automobile), Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar Cars, Jaguar, an ...