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heh, i think ford owns mazda. i've read somewhere that the next contour/mistique will be mazda 6 based. look at the ranger and mazda b series--same lines, look at the last mazda 626 and 97 stangs, same lines and everything, even where the stang has the foglights, the mazda has depressions in the bumper.
as for honda and gm i think honda went thru gm's parts bin and borrowed the plastic fenders off the avalnche and slapped them on the element. Even the 03 accord sedan has some saturn lines to it (ls that is). from what i heard the colaboration between gm and ahmc started in 97 when honda wanted to get into the truck market and needed some engines that can actually pull a truck with load and everything.
and if u ask me the 4cyl american engines (gm, ford, chrysler) are kinda crappy, quality wise, but the v6's and v8's rock.
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