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The Ford DEW platform (or DEW98) is Ford Motor Company's Mid-size car Rear wheel drive Automobile platform. The D/E nomenclature was meant to express an intermediate size between D and E class vehicles, while the W denoted a worldwide platform. The platform was developed by both Ford and Jaguar (automobile) engineers, and debuted in the Lincoln LS sedan.

A less-expensive variant known as DEW Lite was originally to be used for the 2005 Ford Mustang, but the platform was significantly redesigned to become the Ford D2C platform instead.

Vehicles

This platform is used in the following vehicles:

• 2008-present Jaguar XF
• 2000-2006 Lincoln LS
• 2000-2008 Jaguar S-Type
• 2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird

Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform:

• 2004 Ford Fairlane - Became the CD3-based Ford Fusion
• 2004 Lincoln D310 - Became the CD3-based Lincoln Zephyr
• 2005 Ford Mustang - Used the D2C platform instead

Current Ford platforms

B3 (Subcompact car Front-wheel drive) · C1 (Compact car Front-wheel drive) · CD2 (Compact SUV Front-wheel drive/Four-wheel drive) CD3 (Mid-size car Front-wheel drive/Four-wheel drive) · D3 (Full-size car Front-wheel drive/Four-wheel drive) · EUCD (Mid-size car Front-wheel drive/Four-wheel drive) D2C (Sports car Rear-wheel drive) · P2/P3 (Full-size car Pickup truck) · U2/U3 (Sport utility vehicle) T1 (Sport utility vehicle) · V2 (Minivan) · VN (Van) DEW98 (Mid-size car Rear-wheel drive) · Panther (Full-size car Rear-wheel drive) · VH (Sports car Rear-wheel drive)