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"Hau Thai-Tang, head of product development and purchasing at Ford, told attendees at 2018 J.P. Morgan Auto Conference in New York about the company's new platform portfolio plan as part of its drive to cut US$25.5 billion ($34.3 billion) from costs between now and 2025.
The five modular platforms will be: Rear- and all-wheel drive body-on-frame for pickup trucks and utes Rear- and all-wheel drive unibody, which should appear first on the next-generation Ford Explorer Front- and all-wheel drive unibody Front-wheel drive commercial van unibody Battery electric unibody" https://www.caradvice.com.au/675159/...lar-platforms/ |
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Interesting to see what impact this will have on Mustang which doesn't appear to be covered in these?
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might just mean global cars not american cars
they still would keep the F trucks and ranger separate so i guess the US will still make mustang also lets just hope they want to keep making right hand drive mustangs for export
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Sounds a good plan, including RWD, ten years to late but better than never.
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Just a hunch But we may see them coming off the same production line as the Lincoln's meaning the possibility of an AWD Mustang.
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RWD/AWD unibody SUV was done 14 years ago by Ford Australia, well done Detroit for catching up
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On an old orphan platform not suited to any other markets.
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Done nonetheless and done well.
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Being a good boy and not biting!
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and with that, Mustang gains a hybrid version. Along with Mustang, Explorer and Lincoln Navigator, word is that at least one Sedan is planned. Quote:
- 3.3 V6 - 3.3 V6 Hybrid - 3.0 V6 EB - 3.0 EB V6 PHEV Last edited by jpd80; 13-08-2018 at 05:31 PM. |
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And they're not platforms, they are global architectures which means a lot of the
engineering modules used now will be grouped together to form new product sets. |
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Will be interesting to see how the Mustangs unique dimensions fit within a platform also used by Explorer. Huge size differences and proportions.
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They are rather a set of pick up points (from what i understand) meaning production lines can be easily changed to suit different models. For example, BMW use the same platform for the X3/X4 as they do 8 series.
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Ford playing catch-up again. Volkswagen announced their MQB strategy in 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksw...p_MQB_platform
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Some more information on Drive, including a mention of the Mustang:
https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/...trackLink=SMH1
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I know they use "modules" that can be interchangeable between models, and some bits can be scaled up and down. But it's interesting how they will do this because a Mustang and an Explorer are significantly different in just about any way. |
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Imagine Falcon platform + Territory platform + Mustang platform = variable architecture When the product envelope is scoped to include it at the beginning, it's much easier than trying to accommodate it on an existing Falcon. In a variable architecture, those hard points that proved so difficult to overcome in the past are now flexible enough to accommodate so much more.. |
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