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The Ford DEW platform (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.

Ford's use of the platform ended in 2006, however Jaguar continues to use DEW98 even after Jaguar was sold to Tata Motors in 2008.

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:

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

Cancelled vehicles that were to use this platform:

2004 Ford Fairlane
2004 Lincoln D310 - Became the CD3-based Lincoln Zephyr^{[citation needed]}
2005 Ford Mustang - Used the D2C platform instead

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 The '''Ford DEW platform''' (or '''DEW98''') is [[Ford Motor Company]]'s [[mid-size car|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 (automobile)|Jaguar]] engineers, and debuted in the [[Lincoln LS]] sedan.
+Ford's use of the platform ended in 2006, however Jaguar continues to use DEW98 even after Jaguar was sold to [[Tata Motors]] in 2008.
 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.