manufacturing location of MSP

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Lil Freek

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'01 pro lx-t

• Jun 22, 2004

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Where are the 03 and 03.5 MSPs manufactured?

i've always thought Mazdas were strictly built in Japan, but from reading around, some people claim they are made in the US..

anybody got any clarification on this one?

 

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Stormtrooper77

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2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege

• Jun 22, 2004

• #2

Take a look at your serial number in the windshield.

 

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Dexter

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• Jun 22, 2004

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Yeah, built in Japan, but apparently the Turbo related stuff was assembled stateside. Not too sure of the accuracy of that statement though.

 

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jflo

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03.5 msp

• Jun 22, 2004

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the motor and chassis came from japan. the "aftermarket" parts (like the callaway turbo and kenwood mp3 player) were bolted on at a port in california.

also, the cars sat at the port so long that they accumulated rust on the rotors. that's why they have rust on them when you get your car.

 

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Lil Freek

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'01 pro lx-t

• Jun 22, 2004

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ok.
i'm actually wondering for importing purposes.. if the car was manuf. in the states, no duty.. but cuz it's made in Japan, and some in US, that might release me from SOME duty charges.

Thanks

 

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rocketspeed

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03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege, Titanium Gray

• Jun 22, 2004

• #6

Hiroshima, Japan. Its nuclear.

 

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bbrk753

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03 Spicy Orange MSP

• Jun 22, 2004

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Basically Mazda sent over stripped down proteges with the MSP paint, suspension, wheels, tires, and interior, and everything else mazdaspeed was installed at the ports. in fact i have a port installation manual i got from work, it shows how they installed everything and in what order they did it. thats also probibly why we have a lot of problems with turbos leaking intake tubes falling off, alarm wiring, ect. ect. because the guys that did the install arent really mechanics there just like hired help that normally installs body kits and such.

 

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bbrk753

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03 Spicy Orange MSP

• Jun 22, 2004

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Also mazda was trying to lower the cost per unit on the cars which is why they sent them over as un modded proteges because i believe there is a very large tax on sports cars shiped to the US somebody correct me on this one if im wrong

 

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chillinmcmillan

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2005 Premium White Pearl RSX Type-S

• Jun 23, 2004

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rocketspeed said:

Hiroshima, Japan. Its nuclear.

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No this sucker is electrical but we need a nucular reaction to generate the 1.21 jigowattes of electricity.....

 

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ONRAILS

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06 Mazdaspeed 6

• Jun 23, 2004

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chillinmcmillan said:

No this sucker is electrical but we need a nucular reaction to generate the 1.21 jigowattes of electricity.....

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haha

 

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UFO70

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2003 MSP, Spicy Orange

• Jun 23, 2004

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chillinmcmillan said:

No this sucker is electrical but we need a nucular reaction to generate the 1.21 jigowattes of electricity.....

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(hah) hahah GREAT reply!