Ford CDW27 platform

Overview
Manufacturer| Ford Motor Company
Also called| Ford 'World Car' platform (1993–2000)
Ford CD162 (1996–2000, outside North America)
Ford CD132 (2000–2009, outside North America)
Production| 1993-2009
Body and chassis
Class| Compact (C/D) platform
Related| Mazda GE platform
Chronology
Predecessor| Ford DE-1 platform
Ford CD14 platform (Tempo/Topaz)
Successor| Ford CD3 platform
Ford EUCD platform

The Ford CDW27 platform is a former automobile platform produced by Ford in worldwide markets from 1993 to 2007. Used for midsize cars, the CDW27 architecture was a "world car"[1] (co-designed by Ford and Mazda), becoming the second Ford world car (after the 1980 Ford Escort).

The CDW architecture was developed over six years, costing $6 billion at the time of its 1993 launch;[2][3] the shared development saved approximately 25% over developing separate vehicles for Ford and Ford of Europe.[3] The Global and the American versions were to have about 75 percent parts commonality.[4]

Derived from the Mazda GE platform (used by the Mazda Cronos/626 and the Mazda MX-6/Ford Probe), the platform replaced the DE-1 platform (Ford Sierra) and the CE14 platform (Ford Tempo/Mercury Topaz) under a single product range. First used for the 1993 Ford Mondeo,[5] North America began usage of the CDW27 for 1995 with the Ford Contour.

During the 2000s, the architecture was phased out in favor of two midsize platforms developed separately; the CD3 architecture (developed with Mazda) was used in North America and the EUCD architecture (shared with Volvo) was used by Ford of Europe.

## Contents

* 1 Models
* 1.1 CDW27 (first generation)
* 1.2 CD162 (second generation)
* 1.3 CD132 (third generation)
* 2 References

## Models

### CDW27 (first generation)

* Ford Mondeo Mk I (1993–1996)
* Ford Contour (1995–2000)
* Ford Cougar (1999–2002)
* Mercury Mystique (1995–2000)
* Mercury Cougar (1999–2002)

### CD162 (second generation)

* Ford Mondeo Mk II (1996–2000)

### CD132 (third generation)

* Ford Mondeo Mk III (2000–2007)
* Jaguar X-Type (2001–2009)

## References

1. ↑ "Has Ford killed its world car?" (in en). https://www.am-online.com/roadtests/review/has-ford-killed-its-world-car/27908/.
2. ↑ Popular Science March 1995 page 67
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stevenson, Richard W. (1993-09-27). "Ford Sets Its Sights on a 'World Car'" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/27/business/ford-sets-its-sights-on-a-world-car.html.
4. ↑ Plumb, Stephen E. (February 1993). "Forget the Escort fiasco, Ford wants a World Car". Ward's Auto World 29 (2): 26.
5. ↑ "Ford Mondeo (1993 - 1996)". https://classics.honestjohn.co.uk/reviews/ford/mondeo-mk1/.

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