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Ford CD4 platform

motor vehicle platform

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ5467675 ↗
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The Ford CD4 platform is a Ford global midsize/fullsize automobile platform. The transverse engine platform is designed for either front or all-wheel drive and Ford's hybrid powertrain. Ford Motor Company developed the CD4 platform, as part of the One Ford strategy, to allow it to cut months of development time, reduce costs and bring vehicles to market faster.

CD4 is split into various variants:

CD4.1: For mid-size cars.

2013–2022 Ford Fusion/Mondeo (CD391)

2013–2020 Lincoln MKZ (CD533)

CD4.2: For CUVs and MPVs.

2015–2024 Ford Edge (CD539N / CD539X / CD539C / CD389)

2015–2018 / 2019-2023 Lincoln MKX/Nautilus (U540)

2016–2023 Ford S-Max (CD539E / CD389)

2016–2023 Ford Galaxy (CD390)

CD4.3: Stretched version for full-size cars.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2022, 2020, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Ford, platform and motor can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ford CD4 platform” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.