Actually, they are both the exact same truck built as a joint venture
between the two companies. The Mazda gets great reviews but the ford does
not. Wonder why? It's because US car buyers expect a quality difference so
we see one!

Their relationship goes way back to the 70's Ford Courrier which was a
rebadged Mazda / Nissan.

Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Allan Streib
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Benny Boy Re: Need some assistance ...

Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> writes:

> I always said the the US car makers don't know how to built good small
> compact cars, i still think that, but for pick-up and small to medium SUV
i
> would trust American made product. Well, i had real bad comment on the
Ford
> Ranger, really bad on fuel and not that strong.

The Ranger is a rebadged Mazda.  Or is that vice-versa?

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL