Engine and Trans MADE IN Germany and France?

351CJ said:

Don't forget that the Camaro, Firebird, Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis are ALL imports.

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Yup, so is the Windsor engine, lots of your oil/gas/natural gas, aluminum, nickel, iron, softwood and electricity...all from the same place...

Svtpilot said:

In the 80's the Ford Escort was advertised as "The Word Car" because it was built from components manufactured all over the world.

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Nice try but it was called "world car" becuase it was a car that was sold almost unchanged all over the world. That was the new cost saving idea of the 80's.

351CJ said:

Don't forget that the Camaro, Firebird, Crown Victoria and Grand Marquis are ALL imports.

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CAFE.

falchulk said:

Nice try but it was called "world car" becuase it was a car that was sold almost unchanged all over the world. That was the new cost saving idea of the 80's.

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Wrong

ryanrule said:

well they used to be the same company almost, thought i think mitsu was dropped

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close, it was a joint venture. Mitsu was never wholly owned by chrysler at any point. The plant was based out of illinois, known as Diamond Star Motors. (diamond = mitsu star = chrysler). About the only product they had a hand in that's still being sold is the Chrysler Sebring, briefly sold as the Dodge Avenger. They also were involved in the Mitsubishi Eclipse/Eagle Talon/Plymouth Laser and the Mitsubishi 3000GT/Dodge Stealth.

Tex81 said:

Ford Motor Company is Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover, and Mazda. Is this a surprise?

One of the RX8 guys from Mazda apparently had a big hand in the '05 Mustang, too.

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The front suspenison of the Mustang is actually a regurgitated Mazda 6, which is a copy of the BMW M3.

RacerCosmo said:

The front suspenison of the Mustang is actually a regurgitated Mazda 6, which is a copy of the BMW M3.

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Wrong! The Mazda 6 uses a double wishbone design. The '05 Mustang uses a highly modified version of the Lincoln LS suspension which does not use double wishbone. It uses a McPherson strut design. Even the BMW M3 you mentioned has a strut front suspension not a double wishbone.

Just read an article linked from Blue Oval News that I found interesting. Seems 38,000 Germans were surveyed on how they rank Automotive Manufacturers and suprisingly they seem to prefer Japanese makes over their own countries Auto Makers. The German manufacturers didn't even make the top 5. The closest one was Porsche which was 8.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1044433,00.html

This jives with other surveys that have been done which put the European manufacturers even behind US auto makers in customer satisfaction.

Svtpilot said:

Wrong

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Right goofy. WTF sense would it make to call it world car becuase of the parts origin???? Every freaking car made today had parts from all over the world. I am absolutely 100% right. This is the internet, look it up.

Did the searching for you, "world car" is defined in this:

Ford's Indianapolis plant steers 'world car.' - making steering components for car being built in Belgium - Brief Article
Ward's Auto World, Oct, 1992


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Ford Motor Co. says it will export power-steering components, V-6 engines and automatic transmissions to Europe for its new "world car" built in Genk, Belgium. Shipments of power-steering components from Ford's indianapolis, IN, plant will reach 400,000 units annually - $100 million - by the end of 1993. Option rates on V-6 engines and automatic transaxles, built in Cleveland and Batavia, OH, respectively, are expected to be low. CDW-27, which replaces the Sierra compact cars in Europe and the Tempo/Topaz vehicles in the U.S., is called the world car because k is engineered and designed to use common components in different markets. The indianapolis plant, which is the sole source for Ford steering components in North America, also will supply steering components for the Escort and Fiesta in Europe starting in the mid-'90s, sources say, outbidding Toyota Motor Corp. and other competitors for the business.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3165/is_n10_v28/ai_12794669

Stangar said:

I get up at the crack of dawn here in Cali to look at the '05 Stang before the sales guys drag themselves into work.

I was suprised to see that the V6 Mustang's engine is made in GERMANY and that the auto transmission was made in FRANCE. "Help me, Mr Wizard" I guess I had never read that before and was blown away. Ford is very global, maybe too much.

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The 3.8L V-6 from the 1994-2004 Mustangs was made in Canada. I'm glad they went to the 4.0L V-6. It is a much better engine.