Ford DEW platform

Template:Short description The Ford DEW platform (or DEW98) is Ford Motor Company's midsized rear-wheel drive automobile platform. The D/E nomenclature was meant to express an intermediate size between D- and E-class vehicles, while the W denoted a worldwide platform. The platform was developed by both Ford and Jaguar engineers, and debuted in the Lincoln LS sedan.<ref name="Jewel">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Boca Raton 1">Template:Cite news</ref> Its de facto predecessor in Europe was the DE-1 platform which underpinned the 1985 Ford Scorpio, however this vehicle was cancelled in 1998 without a direct replacement as in the European market, buyers were increasingly turning away from executive class cars manufactured by mainstream manufacturers.

Ford's use of the platform ended in 2006, but Jaguar continued to use DEW98 after Jaguar was sold to Tata Motors in 2008, building the XF on it. Jaguar's use of the platform ended in 2015 with the introduction of the second-generation XF using the Jaguar Land Rover iQ[Al] (D7a) modular platform.<ref name="Car Advice">Template:Cite news</ref>

Vehicles

This platform was used in these vehicles:

• 1999–2008 Jaguar S-Type<ref name="Jewel" />
• 2000–2006 Lincoln LS<ref name="Boca Raton 1" />
• 2002–2005 Ford Thunderbird<ref name="Boca Raton 1" />
• 2008–2015 Jaguar XF<ref name="Jewel" />

Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform:

• 2004 Ford Fairlane Template:Citation needed
• 2004 Lincoln D310 - became the CD3-based Lincoln Zephyr<ref name="MIM 1996">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2005 Ford Mustang<ref name="Mustang">Template:Cite book</ref> - used the D2C platform instead

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  Jaguar S-Type
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  Lincoln LS
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  Ford Thunderbird
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  Jaguar XF