Ford EUCD platform

Ford EUCD platform
Ford EUCD platform
Overview
Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company; Land Rover; Volvo Cars;
Also called	Volvo P3 platform;
Production	2006–2018
Assembly	Ford Motor Company:; Genk, Belgium; Volvo Cars:; Torslanda, Sweden; Gent, Belgium; Land Rover:; Halewood, UK;
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size car
Layout	Transverse front engine; front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive;
Related	Ford C1 platform; Ford CD4 platform
Powertrain
Engine(s)	I4; I5; I6; V8;
Transmission(s)	5-speed manual; 6-speed manual; 6-speed automatic; 8-speed automatic; 9-speed automatic;
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford:; Ford CD132 platform; Volvo:; Volvo P2 platform;
Successor	Ford:; Ford CD4 platform; Jaguar Land Rover:; JLR D8; Volvo:; Volvo SPA platform;

The Ford EUCD platform (for "European Class D") is Ford's global midsize car automobile platform launched in 2006.

EUCD was chosen by Ford's European operations instead of the Ford CD3 platform due to the large number of components shared with the smaller C1. Another factor was reportedly the inability of the CD3 to accept Volvo's straight-5 engines.

The first EUCD cars were introduced at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show: Volvo's S80 (Volvo P3 platform) and Ford's S-MAX and Galaxy share about half of their total parts; for example, the steering columns on the Galaxy, S-Max and S80 share 80 percent of their parts.

The Jaguar Land Rover D8 platform is a heavily modified derivative of the EUCD.

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