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Originally posted by svtcarboy:
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Originally posted by Contouraholic:
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Ironically, the Japanese are using the american iron quite a bit for there stuff now, IE Mazda B series is a ranger, Isuzu uses S-10.
Don't get me started on how Ford's ridiculous parsimony wrecked the B-series by putting it on the Ranger platform and alienating the Mazda truck's customer base. Now they want to ruin the Protege the same way by sharing a platform fith the Focus. Keep them separate Ford, and enjoy owning more breadth of the small car market.[/b]
The Escort is/was on the Protege PLatform (which improved the product, Escorts had a high reliability rating).

I bet the Protege will be degraded if it goes to the Focus platform.

It's getting harder to buy a "genuine" Japanese car.

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