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Motor vehicle platform

Ford DN5 platform

Overview
Manufacturer	Ford Motor Company
Also called	Ford FN9 platform Ford WIN88 platform
Production	1985–2002
Body and chassis
Class	Mid-size
Layout	FF transverse
Body style(s)	4-door sedan 5-door station wagon 4-door minivan
Vehicles	Ford Taurus Mercury Sable Lincoln Continental Ford Windstar
Chronology
Predecessor	Ford Fox platform (Long wheelbase) Ford VN1 platform (Minivans)
Successor	Ford DN101 Platform (Cars) Ford V platform (Minivans)

The Ford DN5 platform is an automobile platform that was produced by Ford Motor Company. Serving as the front-wheel drive replacement for the mid-size sedans of the Ford Fox platform, the DN5 chassis was produced in its initial form for the 1986 to the 1995 model years.

Developed as Ford transitioned its mid-size Ford and Mercury sedan ranges to front-wheel drive, the long-wheelbase FN9 variant of the platform was used by Lincoln; the 1988 Lincoln Continental was the first front-wheel drive vehicle ever sold by the division. As Ford developed its second generation of minivans, the WIN88 variant was used by the 1994 Ford Windstar.

In the late 1990s, the DN5 chassis was gradually replaced through model revisions and retirements.

Models

1986–1995 Ford Taurus
1986–1995 Mercury Sable
1988–2002 Lincoln Continental
1995–1998 Ford Windstar

Replacement

For 1996 production, the DN5 chassis underwent a substantial revision, receiving the DN101 chassis code for the third-generation Taurus and Sable. For 1999, the Ford Windstar retired the WIN88 chassis (derived from the DN5) in favor of the Ford V platform. Retaining an identical powertrain configuration (and wheelbase), the V platform was developed specifically as a minivan.

Following a substantial revision of the FN9 chassis for 1995 (to accommodate the 4.6L DOHC V8 for front-wheel drive), Lincoln produced the front-wheel drive Continental through the 2002 model year until the withdrawal of the model line.

Ford platforms

Ford Motor Company

Subcompact cars

Current	B3
Historic	B Mazda DA

Compact cars

Current	C2 GE1
Historic	CE14 Mazda B C170 C1

Mid-size cars

Current	C2
Historic	Fox D186 CDW27 Mazda G CD3 EUCD DEW Ford DE-1 Platform CD4

Full-size cars

Historic	Full-size Ford 1949 Ford 1952 Ford 1957 Ford 1960 Ford 1965 Ford 1969 Ford Panther D3 EA26 EA169 E8 Ford DE-1 Platform

Other cars

Current	S650 (pony car)
Historic	FN10/MN12 (personal luxury car) SN-95 (pony car) D2C/S197 (pony car) S550 (pony car)

Trucks/SUVs/
crossovers/Vans

Current	CD6 (SUV) T3 (full-size SUV, pickup) V363N (full-size van) V227 (compact MPV)
Historic	CD2 (compact CUV) D4 (full-size CUV and mid-size Crossover SUV) P2/P3 (full-size pickup) E265 (mid-size CUV) T1 (full-size SUV) U2 (mid-size ]) V (front-wheel drive minivan) VN1 (rear/AWD mid-size van) VN (full-size van) Mazda S (minivan)

Category

References

"Team Taurus - revisited for '96; an early look at the workings of Ford 2000". WardsAuto. 1995-06-01. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
Walton, Mary (February 1999). Car: A Drama of the American Workplace. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393318616.

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