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- Ford_MN12_platform abstract "The Ford MN12 platform (Mid-size North America Project #12) was a car platform formerly used by the Ford Motor Company from 1989 to 1997 for the Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar two-door personal luxury cars. A variant of this platform, known as the FN10 (Full-Sized North American Project #10), was used for the Lincoln Mark VIII from 1993 to 1998. Each car based on this platform had a front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout with an independent rear suspension.The roots of the MN12 program began in the mid-1980s when Ford sought to build on the success of the then-current, Fox body-based Thunderbird and Cougar. Going beyond unique styling, Ford wanted to produce a Thunderbird and Cougar that could compete with more sophisticated and higher performing cars from European automakers such as BMW. To accomplish this, Ford needed to develop a new platform since the existing Fox platform couldn't satisfy the requirements of the MN12 program. Heading the program was Anthony \"Tony\" S. Kuchta, who was appointed to the position by Ford management in 1986. Kuchta decided to keep a rear-wheel drive layout for the MN12 platform as a basis for delivering better road performance, as opposed to following the Thunderbird and Cougars' front-wheel drive-based rivals from General Motors, such as the Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Regal. Kuchta also approved an independent rear suspension for the MN12 platform, something that would make the Thunderbird and Cougar the only rear-drive domestic cars, other than the Chevrolet Corvette to feature this. Ford engineers working on the MN12 program also explored the use of all-wheel drive for the platform with Ford going so far as paying German automaker Porsche to study the feasibility of its use, but Kuchta ultimately decided against it out of cost concerns.The front suspension consists of upper and lower control arms with coilover shocks. A common misconception with this platform is that the front end has struts; however, since there is an upper control arm they are actually coilover shocks. Brakes were a vented rotor / single-piston caliper with Sport model Thunderbirds receiving a larger diameter rotor. The rear suspension consisted of upper and lower control arms with coil spring and shock. Varying sway bar diameters were used among the different models of Cougar and Thunderbird. All MN12 cars shipped from the factory with a 5 x 4.25\" (5x108mm) lugnut bolt pattern.MN12 cars had a 113\" wheelbase and were available with a 3.8L V6 engine, a 3.8L V6 supercharged engine from 1989 to 1995 (1989-1990 in Cougar), a 5.0L V8 engine from 1991 to 1993, and a 4.6L V8 engine from 1994-1997.".
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- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Front-engine,_rear-wheel-drive_layout.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Front-wheel_drive.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink General_Motors.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Independent_suspension.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Lincoln_Mark_VIII.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Mercury_Cougar.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Personal_luxury_car.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Pontiac_Grand_Prix.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink Porsche.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLink File:2006-06_Tbird_re.jpg.
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ford MN12 platform".
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLinkText "MN-12".
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLinkText "MN12 chassis".
- Ford_MN12_platform wikiPageWikiLinkText "MN12".
- Ford_MN12_platform subject Category:Ford_platforms.
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- Ford_MN12_platform type Automobile.
- Ford_MN12_platform type Company.
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- Ford_MN12_platform comment "The Ford MN12 platform (Mid-size North America Project #12) was a car platform formerly used by the Ford Motor Company from 1989 to 1997 for the Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar two-door personal luxury cars. A variant of this platform, known as the FN10 (Full-Sized North American Project #10), was used for the Lincoln Mark VIII from 1993 to 1998.".
- Ford_MN12_platform label "Ford MN12 platform".
- Ford_MN12_platform sameAs Q5467837.
- Ford_MN12_platform sameAs m.05x2r5.
- Ford_MN12_platform sameAs Q5467837.
- Ford_MN12_platform wasDerivedFrom Ford_MN12_platform?oldid=682423688.
- Ford_MN12_platform depiction 2006-06_Tbird_re.jpg.
- Ford_MN12_platform isPrimaryTopicOf Ford_MN12_platform.