{{Infobox automobile platform | name = Volvo P1/Mazda BK/Ford C1 platform | image = Ford Focus II (Modellpflege, seit 2008) front MJ.JPG | manufacturer = {{ubl |Ford Motor Company |Volvo Cars}} | production = 2003–2023 | related = Ford EUCD platform | class = Compact platform | predecessor = Ford C170 platform | successor = Ford C2 platform<br >Volvo CMA }}
The '''Volvo P1/Mazda BK/Ford Global C-car Platform''' is Ford's global compact car automobile platform. It replaces the Ford C170 platform and Mazda B platform (BJ). The C1 platform debuted with the European Ford Focus C-Max compact MPV in early 2004. The platform is designed for either front- or all-wheel drive.
First called the C1 platform, it was designed in Ford's European development center in Cologne, Germany, as the "C Technologies Program". It was said to be one of the largest platform programs in history at that time. The Ford Focus, Volvo S40 and V50, and Mazda3 (BK and BL) share about 60% of their parts and components. Thirty engineers each from Ford, Mazda, and Volvo worked in Cologne for two years to combine the compact-car engineering for all three automakers under the direction of Ford Director of C Technologies Derrick Kuzak, Ford of Europe vice president of product development.<ref>{{cite web |language=en |url=http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/c-technologies-common-parts-mean-compromise-ford-volvo-mazda |title=C Technologies: Common parts mean compromise for Ford, Volvo, Mazda |publisher=Automotive News Europe |author=Bradford Wernle |website=autoweek.com |date=24 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106125739/http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/c-technologies-common-parts-mean-compromise-ford-volvo-mazda |archive-date=6 November 2016 |access-date=25 May 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The platform has been stretched creating the EUCD for use in future Volvo vehicles.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
Among all of the cars, the floorpan is different, but the front and rear subframes, suspension, steering, braking, safety, and some<ref>{{cite web |language=en |url=https://www.skbowe.com/a/2016/05/30/p1-cem-teardown |title=Volvo P1 CEM Teardown |author=theshadow27 |website=www.skbowe.com |date=30 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104165731/https://www.skbowe.com/a/2016/05/30/p1-cem-teardown/ |archive-date=4 January 2018 |access-date=6 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> electrical components are shared.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}
Vehicles using this first iteration of the platform include: * 2003–2008 Mazda3/Axela (BK) (Note: production continued in China through 2013) * 2003–2010 Ford Focus C-Max (first generation) (C214), first European vehicle on this platform * 2004–2010 Ford Focus (second generation, Europe) (C307) (Note: the Ford Focus (North America) continued on the C170 platform through 2011) * 2004–2012 Volvo S40 II (P11) * 2004–2012 Volvo V50 (P12) * 2005–2010 Mazda Premacy/Mazda 5 (CR) (and related Ford i-Max) * 2006–2013 Volvo C70 II (P15) * 2007–2013 Volvo C30 (P14) * 2008–2012 Ford Kuga (C394) * 2008–2013 Mazda Biante * 2006–2012 Mazda CX-7
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==Second generation== The C1 platform has been replaced by the global C platform (or C-car)<ref name=MotorTrend0111>{{cite web |language=en |url=http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2010/1101_ford_global_c_car_platform/ |title=Big 10: Ford's Global C-Car Platform |author=Paul Horrell |work=Motor Trend |date=5 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526132916/http://www.motortrend.com/news/ford-global-c-car-platform |archive-date=26 May 2016 |access-date=17 April 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and combines three previous platforms as part of Ford's "One Ford" efficiency drive.<ref name = WSJ1112>{{cite web |language=en |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/11/01/ford-ceo-mulally-to-stay-through-at-least-2014/ |title=Ford CEO Mulally to Stay "Through At Least 2014." |author=Joseph B. White |work=Wall Street Journal |date=1 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317013927/https://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/11/01/ford-ceo-mulally-to-stay-through-at-least-2014/ |archive-date=17 March 2016 |access-date=4 January 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>
Ford global C platform vehicles: * 2011–2019 Ford C-Max (second generation) (C344) and Grand C-Max<ref name = WSJ1112/> * 2012–2018 Ford Focus<ref name = evo0413/> (C346) * 2013–2019 Ford Escape / Ford Kuga (C520)<ref name = evo0413>{{cite web |language=en |url=http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evocarreviews/288976/2013_ford_kuga_20_tdci_powershift_review.html?CMP=NLC-Newsletters&uid=1d9a228ddfbbf1a3300875dcac276eac |title=2013 Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCI Powershift review |author=Matthew Hayward |work=Evo Magazine |date=9 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104170616/http://www.evo.co.uk/ford/kuga/7233/2013-ford-kuga-20-tdci-powershift-review?uid=1d9a228ddfbbf1a3300875dcac276eac |archive-date=4 January 2018 |access-date=17 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015–2019 Lincoln MKC * 2013–2023 Ford Transit Connect<ref name = CarDriver0912>{{cite web |language=en |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-ford-transit-connect-photos-and-info-news |title=2014 Ford Transit Connect Unveiled in Europe, Arrives Here Next Year |author=Alexander Stoklosa |work=Car & Driver |date=September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621134406/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2014-ford-transit-connect-photos-and-info-news |archive-date=21 June 2017 |access-date=17 April 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015–2023 Ford Escort (China)
Vehicles partially based on global C platform: * 2009–2013 Mazda Axela/Mazda3 (J68/BL) * 2010–2018 Mazda Premacy/Mazda5 (CW) * 2013–2019 Volvo V40 II<ref>{{cite web |language=en |url=http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/279406/volvo_v40_revealed.html |title=Volvo V40 Review |work=Auto Express |date=30 November 2017 |access-date=4 January 2018 }}</ref>/V40 Cross Country (Y555/Y556)
<gallery widths="168"> File:2018 Ford C-Max facelift Front.jpg|Ford C-Max File:2015_Ford_Grand_C-Max_Titanium_X_TDCi_-_1997cc_2.0_%28150PS%29_Diesel_-_Red_Rush_Metallic_-_08-2024%2C_Front.jpg|Ford Grand C-Max File:2017 Ford Focus Zetec Edition 1.0 Front.jpg|Ford Focus File:2017 Ford Kuga Titanium 1.5 Front.jpg|Ford Kuga File:2018 Ford Escape Titanium 2.0L front 5.19.19.jpg|Ford Escape File:2021 Ford Transit Connect XLT, Front Right, 10-10-2021.jpg|Ford Transit Connect File:Ford Escort 2021MY facelift IMG001.jpg|Ford Escort File:2019 Lincoln MKC 'Select' 2.0L front 6.9.19.jpg|Lincoln MKC File:2013 Mazda3 Tamura 1.6.jpg|Mazda3/Axela File:2012 Mazda5 Sport in Liquid Silver, front left.jpg|Mazda Premacy/Mazda 5 File:2016 Volvo V40 (MY17) T3 Momentum hatchback (2018-10-12) 01.jpg|Volvo V40 File:2017 Volvo V40 Cross Country 2.0 Front.jpg|Volvo V40 Cross Country </gallery>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{Ford platforms}}
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