Just saw this
http://www.leftlanenews.com/2011-for...ago-plant.html
So the Explorer is to be built on D3 platform - the same platform as the Taurus.
There has already been speculation that next Terry would be built on same platform as Explorer, so it looks more and more like the stars are aligning for Falc and Taurus to share platforms people.
Queue starts here for an AWD 6.2l GT, people