Funny, the rebadged Mazda has a complete Ford drive train. At least it does 100 feet away in our driveway. Our 04 is a 4x4 and it's actually a pretty impressive little car. Been the best car we've ever had. Mazda doesn't make the 3.0L Duratec V6. Ford does. Mazda doesn't make the CD4E transaxle. Ford does. I think it's a more fair statement that the Mazda is a rebadged Ford. Although they could be different where you are, I am not sure.
