More Mazda3 News
January-30th-2003, 02:19 PM
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More Mazda3 News
Hey folks, here's more "this is weird" news...
You want to buy a Mazda? Buy a Ford! No wait! Buy a Volvo...
What's the difference!?
Your comments?
You want to buy a Mazda? Buy a Ford! No wait! Buy a Volvo...
What's the difference!?
Your comments?
January-30th-2003, 02:32 PM
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I do not see much difference, they are just using Focus's skin, but its all Volvo toys underneath. It pretty typical of Ford to do this, I remember they used Taurus' skin to hide the V70 wagon.
January-30th-2003, 03:21 PM
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Volvo is the novelty
I found it interesting to note that Volvo would also be making use of the platform for the upcoming Mazda3-- I've seen no one on the board saying anything about Volvo. We knew of the Focus involvement, but no one mentioned Volvo. THAT'S the novelty here, and I doubt many others knew about it, otherwise it surely would have been discussed long ago...
Last edited by ProtegeMaster; January-30th-2003 at 03:25 PM.
February-1st-2003, 01:03 AM
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Not too much different from the Lincoln LS, T Bird, and Jag S type (and soon to be mustang) from sharing the same platform. They are quite different cars tuned to different agendas. THe probe and MX 6 also shared the same platform, and while similar, each had thier attributes. I beleive that VW has the beetle, Jetta, Golf, GTI, and TT all on the same platform also, so all those cars are quite a bit different and share similar powertrains, chasis etc.
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