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Replying to: eldaino (Jun 25, 2007 7:34 am) I agree about VW Rabbit's ride comfort beating just about everyone else's Those of you not happy w/ Mazda3's quicker-rebound ride movement can solve the problem simply by using Gabriel or std-S40 shocks to calm it down. That way, you are still keeping the only reliable "German" car on the road. 
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Replying to: creakid1 (Jun 25, 2007 5:53 pm) Not totally. The 2.0 and 2.3 Duratec is a Mazda design but built by Ford. Only the 4F27E (4 sp auto) tranny is a Mazda. The 1.8 in the Escort GT and Tracer was totally Mazda, also used in the Miata. It's a shame that we are not going to get the Mk2 Focus over here. That is one helluva vehicle...
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Jun 26, 2007 5:46 am) i didn't realize that the focus was reffered to in 'marks' like vw's are. i just thought they were generations.
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Replying to: eldaino (Jun 26, 2007 6:39 am) In Europe they are! I especially like the Focus RS... the current Focus has been rated the most reliable vehicle in its segment in Germany, outdoing all Jap and German brands....why the heck do they not give it to us!?!?! |
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Replying to: aviboy97 (Jun 26, 2007 7:23 am) That's incredible for an European car (MkII Focus)! This credit must go to Mazda, as European's MkI Focus never had a chance to run on Japanese-designed powerplant (did they?). By the way, the MkII RS was cancelled. Here's the MkIII regular Focus. Watch out, it's coming to America in the distant future, but even the MkII's overall width is so fat that the 6-ft-wide Lexus LS430 can't match. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/u/r0a9f0811324f75a7t/news/autoexpressnews/209134/ford_focus.html
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Replying to: creakid1 (Jun 26, 2007 7:45 am) |
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Replying to: creakid1 (Jun 26, 2007 7:45 am) the new focus is coming out soon and there have already been pics of it, and its nothing to write home about. and it certainly looks nothing like this. the interior still looks a bit chintzy though.
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Replying to: eldaino (Jun 27, 2007 8:28 am) |
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Since the Euro-market MkV Jetta's are built in Mexico, & this frugal super-&-turbo charged 1.4 is being assembled just south of our border... http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/u/r0a9f0811324f75a7t/carreviews/firstdrives/209156/volkswagen_jetta.html Aren't we getting this engine soon? A lighter-nose 4-cyl Rabbit/Jetta should handle better than the 5-cyl one.
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Replying to: creakid1 (Jun 27, 2007 9:57 am) i dont see any problems with the handling of the mkV chassis though, especially not in gti/rabbit guise; it handles well enough. the rabbit is still built in germany too, only the engine is sourced from mexcio. The jetta, however, is built there.
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