The Ford CDW27 platform was Ford's midsize carautomobile platform from 1993 to 2006, It was co-designed by Ford and Mazda and was designed to be used as its 'World Car' platform.[1] The platform was developed over six years and at a huge expense totalling $6 billion,[2] but was expected to save 25% compared to developing separate models for Europe and North America[3] The design is based on Mazda's GE platform, used by the Mazda Cronos/626
Descendants of this platform were used in the second generation European Mondeo CD162, the third generation European Mondeo CD132 and Jaguar X-Type. The successors to many of these cars use the new Ford CD3 or EUCD platform.
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