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Ford DEW platform

DEW (or DEW98) is Ford Motor Company's mid-size rear wheel drive automobile platform. The platform debuted in the Lincoln LS sedan. A less-expensive variant, DEW Lite, was to be used for the 2005 Ford Mustang, but that car will now use the Mazda-derived Ford D2C platform.

Vehicles

This platform is used in the following vehicles:

• Lincoln LS
• Jaguar S-Type
• Ford Thunderbird

Future vehicles to use this platform:

• Ford 427 large sedan

Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform:

• 2004 Ford Fairlane - Ford gets a large CD3 car instead
• 2004 Lincoln D310 - Small lincoln sedan will use the Ford CD3 platform instead
• 2005 Ford Mustang - Will use D2C instead

See also

Current Ford platforms:

• B3 - subcompact FWD (ex: Mazda Mazda2)
• C1 - compact FWD (ex: Mazda Mazda3)
• CD2 - small SUV AWD (ex: Ford Escape)
• CD3 - mid-size FWD/AWD (ex: Mazda Mazda6)
• D2C - sports RWD (ex: Ford Mustang)
• P2/P3 - Ford F-Series)
• U2/U3 - large SUV (ex: Ford Explorer)
• V2 - minivan (ex: Ford Freestar)
• VN - full-size van (ex: Ford Econoline)
• D3 - full-size FWD/AWD (ex: Volvo S60)
• DEW98 - mid-size RWD (ex: Lincoln LS)
• Panther - full-size RWD (ex: Ford Crown Victoria)
• VH - sports RWD (ex: Aston Martin DB9)