Ford Global C-car Platform explained

Volvo P1/Mazda BK/Ford C1 platform
Production:2003 - 2023
Related:Ford EUCD platform
Class:Compact platform
Predecessor:Ford C170 platform
Successor:Ford C2 platform
Volvo CMA

The Volvo P1/Mazda BK/Ford Global C-car Platform is Ford's global compact car automobile platform. It replaces the Ford C170 platform and Mazda B platform (BJ). The C1 platform debuted with the European Ford Focus C-Max compact MPV in early 2004. The platform is designed for either front- or all-wheel drive.

First called the C1 platform, it was designed in Ford's European development center in Cologne, Germany, as the "C Technologies Program". It was said to be one of the largest platform programs in history at that time. The Ford Focus, Volvo S40 and V50, and Mazda3 (BK and BL) share about 60% of their parts and components. Thirty engineers each from Ford, Mazda, and Volvo worked in Cologne for two years to combine the compact-car engineering for all three automakers under the direction of Ford Director of C Technologies Derrick Kuzak, Ford of Europe vice president of product development.[1]

The platform has been stretched creating the EUCD for use in future Volvo vehicles.

Among all of the cars, the floorpan is different, but the front and rear subframes, suspension, steering, braking, safety, and some[2] electrical components are shared.

Vehicles using this first iteration of the platform include:

Second generation

The C1 platform has been replaced by the global C platform (or C-car)[3] and combines three previous platforms as part of Ford's "One Ford" efficiency drive.[4]

Ford global C platform vehicles:

Vehicles partially based on global C platform:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: en . C Technologies: Common parts mean compromise for Ford, Volvo, Mazda . Automotive News Europe . Bradford Wernle . autoweek.com . 24 March 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106125739/http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/c-technologies-common-parts-mean-compromise-ford-volvo-mazda . 6 November 2016 . 25 May 2003 . live.
  2. Web site: en . Volvo P1 CEM Teardown . theshadow27 . www.skbowe.com . 30 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104165731/https://www.skbowe.com/a/2016/05/30/p1-cem-teardown/ . 4 January 2018 . 6 November 2017 . live.
  3. Web site: en . Big 10: Ford's Global C-Car Platform . Paul Horrell . Motor Trend . 5 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160526132916/http://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-global-c-car-platform . 26 May 2016 . 17 April 2013 . live .
  4. Web site: en . Ford CEO Mulally to Stay "Through At Least 2014." . Joseph B. White . Wall Street Journal . 1 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160317013927/https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/11/01/ford-ceo-mulally-to-stay-through-at-least-2014/ . 17 March 2016 . 4 January 2018 . subscription . live.
  5. Web site: en . 2013 Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCI Powershift review . Matthew Hayward . Evo Magazine . 9 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104170616/http://www.evo.co.uk/ford/kuga/7233/2013-ford-kuga-20-tdci-powershift-review?uid=1d9a228ddfbbf1a3300875dcac276eac . 4 January 2018 . 17 April 2013 . live.
  6. Web site: en . 2014 Ford Transit Connect Unveiled in Europe, Arrives Here Next Year . Alexander Stoklosa . Car & Driver . September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170621134406/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-ford-transit-connect-photos-and-info-news . 21 June 2017 . 17 April 2013 . live.
  7. Web site: en . Volvo V40 Review . Auto Express . 30 November 2017 . 4 January 2018 .

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