ford u platform

The U platform is Ford Motor Company's full-size SUV automobile platform. It is available in rear wheel drive and all wheel drive and has V6 and V8 engine options.

U1

Explorers and Mountaineers are built at Ford's Louisville, Kentucky, Hazelwood, Missouri, and Valencia, Venezuela plants. Long wheelbase models are built in Wayne, Michigan Vehicles using the standard wheelbase UN105-150 version include:

Vehicles using the long-wheelbase UN93/173 version include:

U2

A new version of the platform (U2 short- and U3 long-wheelbase) will go into production in 2006 for 2007 models. U2 vehicles will be built in Ford's Louisville, Kentucky plant, and will probably continue at the Hazelwood, Missouri, and Valencia, Venezuela plants as well. Vehicles using the new U2 short wheelbase platform include:

2005 Land Rover Discovery/LR3 (modified)
2007 Ford Explorer (code name U251)
2007 Mercury Mountaineer (code name U251)

The Ford Explorer Sport Trac will move to the Ford P platform in 2006.

U3

The Expedition and Navigator will be built in Ford's Wayne, Michigan plant. The Mariner will be built in Avon Lake, Ohio, while the new crossovers will go to Atlanta, Georgia. Vehicles using the long-wheelbase U3 will include:

2007 Ford Expedition (code name U324)
2007 Lincoln Navigator (code name U326)
2007 Mercury Mariner (code name U364)
2007 Ford crossover (code name U387)
2007 Lincoln crossover (code name U388)

Ford U Platform

U1

U2

U3

See also