Program codes

Example: Ford Mondeo

Program code = the internal name the manufacturer gives to the project, i.e. CDW27 (the W, standing for World, has been dropped)

Nameplate = Mondeo

Platform = CD1 (this is Ford’s internal code for their new product development realisation of platforms and it covers all carlines).

The latest Mondeo, launched late 2000, is the CD132[1]. It is based on what is now called the CD1 platform, which started life with the CDW27 and was launched in 1990. The facelifted version, CD162, was launched in 1996. The project or program code of 162 was sequentially higher than the one it replaced. Work on program 162, the 1996-facelift, was started later than the reskinned Mondeo project (132) and hence had a higher sequential code.

Please note that in all these cases the platform stayed the same, but the outer body has been changed. The most major change that can occur to a model is a new platform complete with a new skin (outside body). Without changing the platform the most major change to a platform is a re-skin – where the whole outer sheet changes and perhaps some minor changes are made to the floorpan and engine compartment. A less drastic change to the same platform is a major facelift (but this is still a major change); for example the change from the Toyota Carina to the Avensis where the front and rear changed substantially. All these changes will be clearly shown in Miru’s databases both by indicating them in a separate column and then by production crossover lines showing the production of the old and new model through the years or months.

Minor facelifts are small changes that consist of some metal changes to either the front or rear, or possibly even more minor with some grill, trim, and ornamental changes (GTO). The GTO changes won’t be indicated apart from a note in the model line. Some more significant minor facelifts will be shown separately.

 

We trust that these improvements will be to your satisfaction. Please feel free to contact us should there be anything that is not perfectly clear to you.

 

The Miru Team