jpd80 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) What you guys mightn't remember is that when original C1 was developed, Volvo was then charged with development of EUCD for the larger vehicles..it was originally known as C1 plus because much of the design was an extension of C1 with shared power train and electrical systems but suspension was changed to suit the needs of larger vehicles. When the American took hold of EUCD and made it into CD4, that moved the new platform further away from its C1 Plus roots. Now take what was known from that and apply it to Ford as a do over and you can see that all elements can be baked in at the start instead of growing and adding piecemeal over the years. C2 is everything that C1 and C1 Plus originally promised..and more. The all-new Focus is the first vehicle globally to be based on Ford’s new C2 platform designed to enhance crash performance; deliver more interior space for Ford’s mid-size models without negatively impacting exterior dimensions; and support improved aerodynamics for better fuel-efficiency. So if Ford calls it C2 then it's official.... Also, our next global mid sized vehicles will become more space efficient. without gaining weight. Edited April 18, 2018 by jpd80 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I think that whole snappy name comment was a shot at GM making fun of their Greek alphabet soup platform names. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelyD Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Did you read the article in the first post that this whole thread is based on? Don't need to read it. What Ford is doing is not related to VW. General Motors Trend needs to do their research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Don't need to read it. What Ford is doing is not related to VW. General Motors Trend needs to do their research. It’s not a modular platform? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadicalX Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Will Ford keep the nomenclature of traditional platforms for its modular platforms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Will Ford keep the nomenclature of traditional platforms for its modular platforms? They've said that C2 and CD6 are "Architectures" and not platforms. Each unique platform will have an identifier of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2b2 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 remember the D3 platform? remember those upgrades when Ford officially announced changing it to D4 and then D5? #meNeither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Honestly I don’t recall Ford ever using platform names like CD3, CD4 or D3 publicly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) C2 and CD6 is snappy enough for me Also remember this presentation from 2015 (under Fields)? https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/investors/investor-events/Conferences/2015/2015-deutsche-bank-conference.pdf It says Ford will have 8 global platforms... now we are down to 5: (and possibly 6 if you include the yet to be seen EV platform) C2 CD6 Transit BOF trucks Medium duty US trucks E1? Edited April 18, 2018 by bzcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 C2 and CD6 is snappy enough for me Also remember this presentation from 2015 (under Fields)? https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/en/investors/investor-events/Conferences/2015/2015-deutsche-bank-conference.pdf It says Ford will have 8 global platforms... now we are down to 5: (and possibly 6 if you include the yet to be seen EV platform) C2 CD6 Transit BOF trucks Medium duty US trucks E1? I think it was 5 - they weren't including medium duty trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 What Ford is really doing is splitting off all the variants at an earlier stage of development, using better basic engineering and better scoping of expected product envelope to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
630land Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Article was from Auto Week, not Motor Trend. "Snappy", referring to MQB and TGNA. And "dubious"? Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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