The D3 head came into being as a substantial evolution of Ford's SC1 casting. Although it's something of a simplification, we can say it is essentially a high-port (intake and exhaust) version of ...

Jim, a virtual artist known as "jlord8" on social media, loves messing around with all things CGI from the automotive realm, ...

Open the doors and the rear liftgate and you immediately see evidence of the old Ford D3 platform that underpins this vehicle: the protruding lips that preclude a smooth floor transition at the ...

Sitting on the Ford D3 platform, utilizing a suspension with Macpherson struts in the front and multi-link coils in the rear, and offering AWD in a Taurus sedan for the first time, there was a lot ...

In production since 2009, the full-size sedan is underpinned by the Ford D3 architecture, which is basically an evolution of Volvo’s P2 platform. Offered in front and all-wheel drive guise ...

Ford calls its version of the architecture D3. For the Ford and Mercury vehicles, "we needed to lessen the cost. We couldn't copy Volvo or use all Volvo components," Nicosia said. For example ...