Quote Originally Posted by ruffian
its not as far fetched as you may think. mazda and ford have a long standing partnership. do you remember 302 miata swaps? think of the capri turbo. the probe/mx6 and mx3. the focus, mazda3, and mazda miata all use dirivatives of the duratech 2.3
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naw, the ford/mazda cars were mainly the probe/mx6/mx3/protege/escortgt/323/capri/ even the kia sephia ..they were mazda powered. The focus is mainly ford, and a euro ford at that the 3 is still a japanese car but they arent as close as the protege and escort were back in the 90's. The duratech motors are european built, but the Duratec 2.3 and the MZR 2.3 (2.3turbo in the mazdaspeed 6 and 3) they are seperate motors. But the 2.3 in the focus and the 2.3 in the mazda3's are the same. But nowadays u have the focus, mazda 3 and the volvo s40 shariing the same chassis.