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DEW (or DEW98) is Ford Motor Company's midsize 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 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-???? 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

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 This platform is used in the following vehicles:
+* 2008-???? Jaguar XF
 * 2000-2006 [[Lincoln LS]]
 * 2000-2008 [[Jaguar S-Type]]