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Actually the Holden underpinnings started life as an Opel, both of which are GM companies. If Im not mistaken the Ford Duratec V6 was a design by Mazda, the new Ford Fusion was built from the Mazda 6 platform. The Five Hundred was a Volvo platform. Sure GM could have built an excellent V6 to put in the Vue, but that costs loads of money, and then the bugs have to worked out once it's put into production vehicles. Much cheaper to put a proven engine in just don't put a 'H' on the intake plenum.
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Originally Posted by johntucker09
/\ and the foreign companies are just as guilty of this...go find an early 90's model nissan mini van, the door jam will say "Ford Motor Comany"
Originally Posted by Phinxter
the new Ford Fusion was built from the Mazda 6 platform
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Originally Posted by Ford_Six
I would never buy a car in it's first year of production, especially not a convertable, ESPECIALLY not from a company on the verge of bankruptcy. I think they built it to compete with the Miata/MX5. I ould go with the Mazda anyday, since it's been around, it's from a Ford owned company, and the japanese have a pretty good reputation for screwing things together right.
