Ford C2 Platform

C2 is the name of a Ford Motors scalable vehicle architecture designed to underpin front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles of various types and sizes. It succeeds the Ford C1 platform and is currently used for compact applications. However, Ford plans on expanding it to midsize cars and crossovers as well.

One of the primary purposes of the Ford C2 platform is to drive scale economies even further by sharing parts with other vehicles. The platform will share a plethora of parts sharing technologies, including suspension structures, seat structures, electric parking brakes, air conditioning units, transmissions, electrical systems, infotainment screens and systems, connectivity modems, and more.

This platform is currently in production for vehicles sold under the Ford nameplate worldwide. Here are the Ford and Lincoln vehicles currently sold in the U.S. and Canada that ride on the Ford C2 platform:

The first vehicle to have been launched on this architecture was the fourth-generation Ford Focus (2019 model year and newer), a car that is not sold in North America.

Platform Vitals

Metric	Value
Type	Unibody welded steel
Size	Subcompact, compact, midsize
Supported Vehicle Type	Car, crossover / CUV, van
Suspension Type (front)	MacPherson strut
Suspension Type (rear)	Multi-link independent
Layout	Front-engine FWD/AWD
Powerplant Layout	Transverse
Predecessor	Ford C1 platform
Successor	Currently none

Supported Engines

Engine	Horsepower @ RPM	Torque @ RPM	Transmission	Vehicle Applications
1.5L EcoBoost I3	180 @ N/A	177 @ N/A	Eight-speed automatic	2020 Ford Escape
2.0L EcoBoost I4	250 @ 5,500 rpm	275 @ 3,000 rpm	Eight-speed automatic	2020 Ford Escape / Lincoln Corsair
2.5L hybrid I4	198 @ N/A	N/A	Continuously Variable Automatic (CVT)	2020 Ford Escape
2.5L plug-in hybrid I4	209 @ N/A	N/A	Continuously Variable Automatic (CVT)	2020 Ford Escape / Lincoln Corsair
2.3L EcoBoost I4	285 @ N/A	305 @ N/A	Eight-speed automatic	Lincoln Corsair

Future Models

The 2020 Ford Escape and 2020 Lincoln Corsair are currently the two new models expected from this platform in the U.S. and Canadian markets.

Availability

The 2020 Ford Escape will hit the market at the fourth quarter of the 2019 model-year, while the 2020 Lincoln Corsair is scheduled some time between the first and second quarter of the 2020 model-year.