is a ford probe a import or a domestic?

[jdm-civic]

i know it says ford on the back, but it had a mazda motor and mazda suspension from factory. im kinda confused. any thoughts?

[david068513]

Thats like asking if a DSM is a import.....

[S2KJD]

this thread needs a poll!

[DeeAOne]

Good question. Guess it's domestic since it's got the blue oval. If it was an import that means the ranger would be one too and that just can't happen, lol.

[DieselNuts]

someone is reaching....

[JITB]

the mazda club will accept our half breed ford brothers... it keeps parts cheap. When i had my protege, i would buy ford escort gt parts and save money all the time..lol

[punkr6]

It's a piece of shit, who cares...

[HypnoToad]

i guess it falls over how we talk bout DSMs and SRT-4s.

[quickdodge®]

i know it says ford on the back, but it had a mazda motor and mazda suspension from factory. im kinda confused. any thoughts?

You have a lot of issues, man. Later, QD.

[nreggie454]

More pressing question: WGAF?

[CHADbee]

if you look on the title and it says its a ford then its a domestic car.

[Barefoot]

if you look on the title and it says its a ford then its a domestic car.

[sirkus]

Ford eventually makes that motor and puts it in the contour/tarus and mazda 6. 3.0V6. But regardless... the whole car was designed in the US. The JDM parts won't make that turd any more shiny.

[JITB]

Ford eventually makes that motor and puts it in the contour/tarus and mazda 6. 3.0V6. But regardless... the whole car was designed in the US. The JDM parts won't make that turd any more shiny.

the F2T is all mazda. you may be mistaken with the 3.0 vulcan motor which is all ford that came in the probe lx.

[MidLifeCrisis]

the F2T is all mazda. you may be mistaken with the 3.0 vulcan motor which is all ford that came in the probe lx.

The F2T is the only semi decent thing about the Probe. Everything else is shit. The F2T and i are soulmates, but i would NEVER own nor drive a F2T probe. I'll stick to the 3 F2T Mazdas i own.

[jdm-civic]

The F2T is the only semi decent thing about the Probe. Everything else is shit. The F2T and i are soulmates, but i would NEVER own nor drive a F2T probe. I'll stick to the 3 F2T Mazdas i own.

whats wrong with probes?

[MidLifeCrisis]

whats wrong with probes?

Don't you drive one everyday? You should know then.

[RUFFIAN]

The Probe was designed from the European Ford Sierra concept and they do share parts with Mazda's. its a world wide mut.

[bdydrpdmazda]

what a stupid thread with stupid poll options. Almost all GMs have window regulators and other parts from mexico, does that make them imports?

[browningboy7]

what a stupid thread with stupid poll options. Almost all GMs have window regulators and other parts from mexico, does that make them imports?

You haven't been on xbox live in like a week!

[bdydrpdmazda]

You haven't been on xbox live in like a week!

I had a little issue that is being taken care of ASAP...

[HypnoToad]

ive always seen that probes and MX-6s were well reviewed.

id drive a KL one.

[GREENKOOLAID]

its a inbreed between the two worlds its a quick car if done right but even at that point its still heavy as hell lol

[jdm-civic]

^^ agreed.it is pretty heavy

[wonton]

if im not mistaken the motor that came in the ford probe gt also came in the ford taurus SHO (the early 90s body style) but the one that was in the probe was detuned and there was a detuned version in the late 90's taurus's NON SHO! its a duratech V6 DOHC 24v which is neither mazda or ford! Yamaha made the duratech motors!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Taurus_SHO

[EJ25RUN]

Is a Ford Cougar/ Mercury Cougar American?


No. It's just a garbage car.

[alpine_aw11]

I think about this all the time with my Talon. But it's different because a Probe isn't a rebadged anything, no matter who made the drivetrain it's still just a Probe, and wasn't sold by another brand. The argument applies to DSM's but I can't really think of anything else. Probe=domestic.

[Humphrizzle]

mazda=ford.

[jdm-civic]

its ok because i got a civic now

[KERR]

DEMPORT

[Gorilla Eg!]

DONT BE CONFUSED.... its a ford, they frequently interchange other companies parts such as mazda, just as dodge used mitsubishsi parts.....

[shubert]

ill say this to add , i had a second gen probe.....non turbo. the car handled like it was on rails up here in the mountains and the only thing id ever done was put toyo proxes t4s's on it. the car was absolutely dead till you got above 70 , once above 70 the car would move. the car would also hit the 130 it had on the speedo quick from a 70 roll. i also managed to outrun a GA state patrol in it around sixes rd. on 575 back in the day.

the body is made by fisher which is the same folks that made the camaro body back in the 80's-90's. so id say domestic. but the biggest thing i found about this car was that ford named it properly by calling it a probe......huge anal pain.....to work on , and get parts for.