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| Production | 2006–2018 |
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| Class | Mid-size car |
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| Related | Ford C1 platform Ford CD4 platform |
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The Ford EUCD platform (for "European Class D") is Ford's global midsize car automobile platform launched in 2006.
EUCD was chosen by Ford's European operations instead of the Ford CD3 platform due to the large number of components shared with the smaller C1. Another factor was reportedly the inability of the CD3 to accept Volvo's straight-5 engines.
The first EUCD cars were introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show: Volvo's S80 (Volvo P3 platform) and Ford's S-MAX and Galaxy share about half of their total parts; for example, the steering columns on the Galaxy, S-Max and S80 share 80 percent of their parts.[2]
The Jaguar Land Rover D8 platform is a heavily modified derivative of the EUCD.
- ^ "All-new Volvo S80 - Protective safety, Advanced system thinking behind the high safety level in the all-new Volvo S80". www.media.volvocars.com. Volvo Car Corporation. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
- ^ Wim Oude Weernink; Bradford Wernle (30 March 2006). "Building Blocks: Ford learns a lesson from Lego". AutoWeek. Archived from the original on 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2017-11-27.