Ford Fox platform

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The Ford Fox platform is an automobile platform that was used by Ford Motor Company from the 1978 to 1993 model years. Originally introduced to underpin compact sedans, the rear-wheel drive Fox architecture was utilized across multiple design segments for Ford and Lincoln-Mercury vehicles. Produced across 26 model years, the Fox platform is the second-longest car architecture ever designed by Ford Motor Company (behind the 33 model years for the Panther platform). Originally developed to replace the long-running Ford Falcon architecture, the Fox platform quickly took on a wider role within the company. Along with Ford shifting its Mustang and Capri model lines from subcompact chassis, the company downsized its intermediate-segment vehicles for 1980 (replacing the Ford Torino platform). Contrasting with the Mustang and the Fairmont, Ford brought several of its flagship vehicles onto the Fox chassis, including the Ford Thunderbird, Lincoln Continental, and the Lincoln Mark VII. Designed...

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