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Page 39 of Motor Trend, complete with photo inset;
SVT is said to be preparing a hotter Focus for the 2004 model year. In place of the current car's 170 hp Ford four is a turbocharged Mazda four banger, capable of 225 hp. That's enough to take on the 215 hp turbo Dodge SRT-4 as well as the Subaru WRX. Mazda power hints at the upcoming, all new 2005 Focus, which will have substantially different sheetmetal from its Euro sibling. That Focus will get a 2.0 liter Mazda powerplant to replace the 2.0 split-port induction Ford engine. A 2.3 liter Mazda four will replace the 2.0 liter ZETEC. Both engines will find thier ways into the next generation Protege and Focus based Volvo S40.
Well, to some extent we knew of the future sharing of platforms, but this is a little over the top!! A 225 hp Mazda four sounds like the one from the all new Mazda6, and would give family member MazdaSpeed Protege some in house competition! If there is an 04 MSP, what are the odds that the 2.3 225 hp turbo charged engine will find its way into its orange bonnet
? And what of people that buy an MSP now? Does this mean they'll get shafted by the blue oval's pulling of puppet strings when a faster Focus and Protege come out?
SVT is said to be preparing a hotter Focus for the 2004 model year. In place of the current car's 170 hp Ford four is a turbocharged Mazda four banger, capable of 225 hp. That's enough to take on the 215 hp turbo Dodge SRT-4 as well as the Subaru WRX. Mazda power hints at the upcoming, all new 2005 Focus, which will have substantially different sheetmetal from its Euro sibling. That Focus will get a 2.0 liter Mazda powerplant to replace the 2.0 split-port induction Ford engine. A 2.3 liter Mazda four will replace the 2.0 liter ZETEC. Both engines will find thier ways into the next generation Protege and Focus based Volvo S40.
Well, to some extent we knew of the future sharing of platforms, but this is a little over the top!! A 225 hp Mazda four sounds like the one from the all new Mazda6, and would give family member MazdaSpeed Protege some in house competition! If there is an 04 MSP, what are the odds that the 2.3 225 hp turbo charged engine will find its way into its orange bonnet
? And what of people that buy an MSP now? Does this mean they'll get shafted by the blue oval's pulling of puppet strings when a faster Focus and Protege come out?