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Ford to use own platform for next wave of mid-size vehicles
http://www.freep.com/article/2009041...ture+next+time
The 2010 Fusion and its siblings will probably be the last Ford cars that use an architecture developed by Mazda. Advertisement The Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Mercury Milan all come from a Mazda-led engineering program that created the architecture for those vehicles and the Ford Escape, Edge, Mercury Mariner and Lincoln MKX crossovers and the Mazda 6 midsize sedan, Tribute SUV and CX-7 crossover. An architecture is a set of components and systems that can be used as the basis for a wide variety of vehicles. Ford turned to Mazda for midsize help when the Dearborn company inexplicably forgot to develop any new midsize models of its own. Since then, Ford has made its European engineering centers its global centers for engineering midsize, compact and subcompact cars. The next generation of the Fusion will share its architecture, and much of its styling, with the replacement for Ford of Europe's Mondeo. Ford has reduced its stake in Mazda, but the companies still cooperate closely. The next Mazda 6 could use the Mondeo's architecture, but that's not set yet. By Mark Phelan |
European platforms? This coudl be interesting.
Prepare for tiny little fords driving around everywhere |
Originally Posted by Jedi54
(Post 2971858)
European platforms? This coudl be interesting.
Prepare for tiny little fords driving around everywhere |
the mondeo is not small, but its not large by any means. im pretty sure the 08 honda accord is bigger.
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
(Post 2972024)
the mondeo is not small, but its not large by any means. im pretty sure the 08 honda accord is bigger.
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