| Ford Fox platform | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Production | 1978–2004 |
| Successor | Ford SN95 platform Ford D2C platform |
| Class | Compact Midsize |
| Body style(s) | 2-door convertible 2-door coupe 3-door hatchback 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon |
| Vehicles | Ford Fairmont Ford Granada Ford LTD Ford Mustang Ford Thunderbird Lincoln Continental Lincoln Mark VII Mercury Capri Mercury Cougar Mercury Marquis Mercury Zephyr |
The Ford Fox platform was a rear wheel drive, unibody automobile architecture that Ford used for 26 years in the North American market. The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design development manufacture marketing and sale of Motor vehicles In 2007 more than 73 million motor vehicles Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Ford D2C platform (for " D-class 2-door Coupe " and also known as DC2 and S197) is Ford 's newest global Rear-wheel Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories or do not fit well into any A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini A mid-size car (occasionally referred to as an intermediate) is the North American and Australian term for an Automobile with a size between Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production while others are of historical interest only A convertible is a type of automobile in which the vehicle's roof can retract and fold away converting it from an enclosed to an open-air vehicle Hatchback is a term designating an Automobile design containing a passenger cabin with an integrated Cargo space accessed from behind the vehicle by a single A station wagon (or simply wagon) in American, Australian, Canadian and New Zealand usage and an estate car (or just estate See Ford Fairmont (Australia for the Australian built vehicle of the same name The Ford Mustang sports coupe, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, was initially based on the Ford Falcon The Thunderbird is an automobile manufactured by Ford in the United States from 1955 through 2005 &mdash through thirteen generations and various The Lincoln Continental, an automobile produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company, began for the 1939 model year See Lincoln Mark for a complete overview of the Lincoln Mark Series The name Mercury Capri has been used for several different Cars over the years The Mercury Cougar was an Automobile sold under the Mercury brand of the Ford Motor Company 's Lincoln-Mercury Division The Mercury Marquis was a vehicle produced by the Ford Motor Company under its Mercury brand from 1967 to 1986 For other Ford related cars called Zephyr see Ford Zephyr, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln Zephyr The Mercury Zephyr was a Monocoque, from the French for single ( mono) and shell ( coque) is a construction technique that supports structural load by using an object's external An automobile platform is a shared set of common design engineering and production efforts as well as major components over a number of outwardly distinct models and even types of It was designed to be relatively lightweight and simple, in keeping with the general downsizing of Detroit designs in the late 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
Its initial appearance was in the compact car class, when the Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr appeared in 1978. A compact (North America small family (European or c-segment car is a classification of cars which are larger than a supermini See Ford Fairmont (Australia for the Australian built vehicle of the same name For other Ford related cars called Zephyr see Ford Zephyr, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln Zephyr The Mercury Zephyr was a Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Eventually, a wide range of Ford models in several market segments would be built off it, with multiple bodystyles and powertrains.
Vehicles using this platform:
The Ford Fox Mustang was redesigned in 1994 under the program code name SN-95. See Ford Fairmont (Australia for the Australian built vehicle of the same name For other Ford related cars called Zephyr see Ford Zephyr, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln Zephyr The Mercury Zephyr was a The Ford Mustang sports coupe, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company, was initially based on the Ford Falcon The name Mercury Capri has been used for several different Cars over the years The Thunderbird is an automobile manufactured by Ford in the United States from 1955 through 2005 &mdash through thirteen generations and various The Mercury Cougar was an Automobile sold under the Mercury brand of the Ford Motor Company 's Lincoln-Mercury Division The Lincoln Continental, an automobile produced by the Lincoln division of Ford Motor Company, began for the 1939 model year The Mercury Marquis was a vehicle produced by the Ford Motor Company under its Mercury brand from 1967 to 1986 See Lincoln Mark for a complete overview of the Lincoln Mark Series This version was wider and many parts were redesigned. The Fox saw gradually decreasing use as more Ford products went to front wheel drive. Front-wheel drive (or FF layout) is a form of engine / transmission layout used in Motor vehicles where the engine drives the front Wheels It finally ended production with the last 2004 Mustang. This platform was replaced for the 2005 Mustang (code named S-197), with the new Ford D2C platform. The Ford D2C platform (for " D-class 2-door Coupe " and also known as DC2 and S197) is Ford 's newest global Rear-wheel
Vehicles using this platform:
| Current Ford platforms |
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| B3 (subcompact FWD) · C1 (compact car FWD) · CD2 (compact SUV FWD/AWD) CD3 (mid-size car FWD/AWD) · D3 (full-size car FWD/AWD) · EUCD (mid-size car FWD/AWD) |