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The following year, it was merged with Ford South Africa to create the South African Motor Corporation (Pty) Ltd., known as Samcor for short. [15] In 1988, Ford Canada divested its equity interest in Samcor and donated most of it to the Samcor Employees' Trust. [16] However, Samcor continued to build Ford as well as Mazda and Mitsubishi ...
In 1988, Ford divested from South Africa and sold its 42 per cent stake in Samcor, although it would continue to sell Ford-branded automobile components for assembly and sale in the country. [6] In addition to Ford and Mazda products, Samcor also assembled Mitsubishi commercial vehicles, [7] with the Mitsubishi L300 minibus being badged as the ...
The Mazda3 is based on the Ford global C1 platform, shared with the latest European Ford Focus and Volvo S40.Previewed by the MX-Sportif concept car, the first-generation Mazda3 was available in two body styles, a four-door fastback sedan/saloon, marketed as a "4-door coupé style" in Europe, and a five-door hatchback, branded the Sport version in Canada, Japan, and the United States.
The Mazdaspeed3 features the same turbocharged 2.3-liter MZR L3-VDT I4 engine from the Mazdaspeed Atenza (known as Mazdaspeed6 in North America and Mazda 6 MPS in Europe, South Africa, and Australia). In this application, it produces 263 bhp (267 PS; 196 kW) and 280 lb⋅ft (380 N⋅m) when running on 91 octane gasoline ((R+M)/2).
Mazda has created three families of in-house V6 engines. As of 2000, they build and use the Ford Duratec V6 design. J engine – 2.0 L–3.0 L 60° V6 (–1995) K engine – 1.8 L–2.5 L 60° V6; Diesel V6 – 4.1 L–5.5 L ZB/ZC V6; AJ/MZI – 2.5 L and 3.0 L V6 - The Mazda version of the Ford Duratec DOHC V6. The 3.5 L MZI is the Ford ...
The importer was Automotive Holdings, a subsidiary of Mazda Cars Ltd, the official Mazda UK importer. It was a rebadged version of the Mazda 323, imported from South Africa, where the 1985 model was still assembled by Samcor (now Ford Motor Company of South Africa), although it had ceased to be imported to the UK in 1989. [76]
2020 : Mazda buys out Sumitomo and takes 100% ownership of Mazda de Mexico. Production for Toyota ends 2022: CX-3 production begins Chonburi Plant Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) (MPMT) – Si Racha, Chonburi, Thailand: January 2015–present: 2013 : Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing (Thailand) established as a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
The Kia Enterprise was a sedan built by Kia Motors at its Hwaseong Plant and was based on the Mazda Sentia. It was made available for sale in 1998. It was powered by one of three Mazda-sourced petrol engines of 2.5, 3.0, or 3.6 litres. As before, Kia's full-size sedan was based on a Mazda platform and its predecessor was called the Kia Potentia.