Talk:Ford Global C-car Platform

Wow, this misconception is prolific to say the least. That said, D2C is in no way C1 based, and there is nothing but conjecture and brief comments made by people not directly involved in the D2C program to seriously suggest otherwise. Even S197 Mustang Chief Engineer Hau Thai Tang, the man who actually designed the car, was quoted in Motor Trend saying that the floor pans, trans tunnel, front frame architecture, and fuel tanks were near direct carryovers from DEW98. Even if every other piece of the D2C platform the Mustang rides on was a C1 derived part D2C would still owe at least as much to DEW98 as to C1. And since the roof structure and rear frame rails are unique to S197 for obvious reasons there is virtually nothing left of the D2C platform to credit to C1. Borrowing the struts and rear trailing arms from C1 doesn't a platform relationship make.

Mazda BK nomenclature
In Japan, as well as in the US VINs, the Mazda3/Mazda Axela follows the Mazda B platform nomenclature as the BK-series. For instance, in the published spec sheet for the Mazda Axela in Japan, you can see the chassis type listed as "BK5P" for 1.5L cars, "BKEP" for 2.0, and "BK3P" for 2.3. 

Should this be noted here or in Mazda B platform? Or both? &mdash; AKADriver &#x260E; 15:07, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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