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The Ford DN5 platform is an
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 ...
that was produced by
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. Serving as the front-wheel drive replacement for the mid-size sedans of the
Ford Fox platform The Ford Fox platform is an Car platform, automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1978 to 1993 model years. Originally introduced to underpin compact sedans, the Fox architecture was utilized for a wide variety of vehicle ...
, the DN5 chassis was produced in its initial form for the 1986 to the 1995 model years. Developed as Ford transitioned its mid-size Ford and Mercury sedan ranges to front-wheel drive, the long-wheelbase FN9 variant of the platform was used by Lincoln; the 1988
Lincoln Continental The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced between 1939 and 2020 by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker Ford Motor Company. The model line was introduced following the construction of a per ...
was the first front-wheel drive vehicle ever sold by the division. As Ford developed its second generation of minivans, the WIN88 variant was used by the 1994
Ford Windstar The Ford Windstar (later the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey) is a minivan that was produced and sold by Ford Motor Company, Ford. The replacement for the Ford Aerostar, the Windstar adopted the front-wheel drive configuration of the Chrysle ...
. In the late 1990s, the DN5 chassis was gradually replaced through model revisions and retirements.


Models

* 1986–1995
Ford Taurus The Ford Taurus is an automobile that was manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company in the United States from 1985 to 2019. From 1985 to 2009, Ford marketed the Taurus alongside its rebadged variant, the Mercury Sable. Four generati ...
* 1986–1995
Mercury Sable The Mercury Sable is a range of automobiles manufactured and marketed by the Mercury brand of Ford Motor Company. Introduced on December 26, 1985, as the replacement for the Mercury Marquis, the Sable marked the transition of the mid-size Mercur ...
* 1988–2002
Lincoln Continental The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced between 1939 and 2020 by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker Ford Motor Company. The model line was introduced following the construction of a per ...
* 1995–1998
Ford Windstar The Ford Windstar (later the Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey) is a minivan that was produced and sold by Ford Motor Company, Ford. The replacement for the Ford Aerostar, the Windstar adopted the front-wheel drive configuration of the Chrysle ...


Replacement

For 1996 production, the DN5 chassis underwent a substantial revision, receiving the DN101 chassis code for the third-generation Taurus and Sable. For 1999, the Ford Windstar retired the WIN88 chassis (derived from the DN5) in favor of the Ford V platform. Retaining an identical powertrain configuration (and wheelbase), the V platform was developed specifically as a minivan. Following a substantial revision of the FN9 chassis for 1995 (to accommodate the 4.6L DOHC V8 for front-wheel drive), Lincoln produced the front-wheel drive Continental through the 2002 model year until the withdrawal of the model line.


References

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