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Ford D3 platform

Motor vehicle platform

The Ford D3 platform is an automotive platform used by Ford Motor Company for model years 2005–2019, as the fifteenth generation of full-size North American cars. The platform used unibody chassis construction with a transverse V6 engine and either front -or all-wheel drive. The platform derived from the 1998–2016 Volvo P2 architecture, relating to a period when Ford owned Volvo as part of its Premier Automotive Group.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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2010 Ford Taurus SHO -- 09-07-2009
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The Ford D3 platform is an automotive platform used by Ford Motor Company for model years 2005–2019, as the fifteenth generation of full-size North American cars.2

Products and brands

Between the 2005 and 2019 model years, the Ford D3 platform has been used by Ford, Lincoln, and the (now-defunct) Mercury brands. Introduced as the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego, which were subsequently re-branded as the fifth-generation Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable for 2008.

For model year 2009 and 2010 respectively, Ford also marketed a Lincoln D3 variant, the MKS and the D3-based sixth-generation Ford Taurus.

After discontinuation of the Mercury brand, the Mercury Sable ended production after the 2009 model year. For 2017, Lincoln replaced the MKS with the revived Lincoln Continental, based on the CD4 architecture.

Concept cars

2005 Mercury Meta One diesel-electric hybrid crossover SUV

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2008 Lincoln MKT luxury crossover SUV not to be confused with the production car of the same name that is on a modified version of the D3 platform known as D4.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ford D3 platform, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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