Full-size Ford

Full-size Ford
Overview
ManufacturerFord
Production1908–2019
Body and chassis
Classfull-size car
Layoutrear-wheel drive, body-on-frame (1908–2011)
front-wheel drive/all-wheel drive (2005–2019)
Body style(s)Sedan
Station wagon
Coupe
Convertible
Pickup truck
Coupe utility
Powertrain
Engine(s)I4 (1908-1934, 2014-2017)
I6 (1935-1972)
V6 (2005-2019)
V8 (1932–2012)
Transmission(s)2-speed planetary
3-speed manual
4-speed manual
2-speed automatic
3-speed automatic
4-speed automatic
6-speed automatic

Full-size Ford is a term adopted for a long-running line of Ford vehicles with a shared model lineage in North America. Originating in 1908 with the Ford Model T, the line ended in 2019 with the Ford Taurus, as Ford withdrew from the full-sized sedan segment in North America. Across 111 years, 15 generations, and over 60 million examples of the model line were produced across over 50 model nameplates. By contrast, the longest-running single nameplate worldwide is the Chevrolet Suburban, in use since the 1935 model year.

While best known for its production as a four-door sedan, the model lineage supported a wide range of body configurations, including coupes, hard tops, convertibles, station wagons, and retractable hardtops. Prior to the 1948 model year, the Ford chassis was also the basis of Ford pickup trucks (which were replaced by the Ford F-Series). To different extents, Mercury and Lincoln shared either a body and/or chassis with full-sized Fords from the 1940s to the 2010s.

Alongside with its status as the physically largest sedan offered by Ford in North America, nearly the entire line shared a common design lineage, including a rear-wheel drive layout and body-on-frame construction (excepting the final Ford Taurus), a V8 engine was offered for nearly all generations. At the time of its 2012 model-year discontinuation, the Ford Crown Victoria was the final mass-produced sedan offered with a separate frame.