i never knew that. Man, i don't know anything about this brand! Haha. Didn't know ford owned a bug chunk for awhile. Just call me clueless.
The Ford Courier pickup was a rebadged Mazda. Also, the Rangers in later years may have had Mazda engines. There was a lot of give and take then. A lot of Fords had Mazda stuff and Mazda’s had Ford stuff. Ford got a lot of technical education from Mazda right up to their current EcoBoost engines which are sometimes referred to as EcoBoom.
As far as I know, the only joint venture left between the two is a assembly plant in Thailand that makes pickups that are both Mazda and Ford badged.
In my opinion, Mazda has reinvented themselves by getting the Ford/Uaw monkey off their back.
Mazda in the not too distant future is getting it's utes done by Isuzu
I’m a bit surprised there because Isuzu is mainly run by Renault-Nissan though they have tons of side agreements. It may depend on the location and logistics.
I guess so
I was checking to see if Isuzu had any connection to Toyota but didn’t find any. Only a small agreement with Subaru who is a part of the Toyota family albeit small.
Interesting if those models show up in US. For those that don't remember Isuzu exited the passenger vehicle market in US in 2009... although the 2005-2009 were just rebranded GM products. My dad still drives his garaged 1993 Isuzu Trooper.
I suppose if Mazda felt there was a market then they might bring some in. The segment is so crowded right now but I alway wonder if there might be some demand for a plain bare bones pickup truck? The prices are way out of whack. Imagine getting something for the upper teens $ ?