The Ford DEW platform (or DEW98) was

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's midsized

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. The D/E nomenclature was meant to express an intermediate size between D- and E-class vehicles, while the W denoted a worldwide platform. The platform was developed by both Ford and

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engineers, and debuted in the

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sedan. Its de facto predecessor in Europe was the DE-1 platform which underpinned the 1985

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, however this vehicle was cancelled in 1998 without a direct replacement as in the European market, buyers were increasingly turning away from executive class cars manufactured by mainstream manufacturers. Ford's use of the platform ended in 2006, but Jaguar continued to use DEW98 after Jaguar was sold to

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in 2008, building the XF on it. Jaguar's use of the platform ended in 2015 with the introduction of the second-generation XF using the Jaguar Land Rover iQ l(D7a) modular platform.

Vehicles

This platform was used in these vehicles: * 1999–2008

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* 2000–2006

* 2002–2005

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* 2008–2015

Jaguar XF Jaguar XF may refer to: * Jaguar XF (X250) (2007–2015), an executive/ luxury mid-size sports saloon car * Jaguar XF (X260) (2015–2024), the second generation of the executive/mid-size luxury sports saloon {{set index article XF ...

Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform: * 2004 Ford Fairlane * 2004 Lincoln D310 - became the CD3-based

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* 2005

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- used the D2C platform instead File:2001 Jaguar S-Type.JPG, Jaguar S-Type File:00-02 Lincoln LS.jpg, Lincoln LS File:2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird.jpg, Ford Thunderbird File:2009-2010 Jaguar XF (X250 MY10) Luxury sedan (2011-01-13).jpg, Jaguar XF

References

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