The Ford CD2 platform is an automobile platform for crossover SUVs. It is the basis for the Mazda Tribute and Ford Escape and was the first automobile platform jointly developed by Mazda and Ford. The design was based on Mazda's GF platform, used by the Mazda Capella/626.
CD2 is a front wheel drive platform with an all wheel drive option. Tributes and Escapes are manufactured at Mazda's Hofu, Yamaguchi and Ford's Claycomo, Missouri plants.
