Ford Probe

Why did they stop building this gem? Was driving one for many years and loved every minute.
Pic related, my friend's probe V6.

I believe is was going to replace the mustang, It's based on a Mazda Platform.

It got embarrassing having to admit to driving the probe home every night.

It was just a front-wheel-drive Mustang. There was no real niche for it.

Why do manufactures do this to sports car platforms?

>v6
Lol

In my understanding they tried to bridge the gap between a mustang and a normie car. But yes, it was a mazda engine.
A shame really, it got quite a community and hype here in Europe

You can't really compare them cars. I think the probe tried to compete agains real sports cars.
But yeah that's probs why no one wanted it. To sporty for a family car, too slow and shit for a sports car

*I DON'T think

>A Mazda 6 with different sheet metal
>oh it's just a fwd mustang

626 please. But tbf it was a better car than the mustang of the 90s

if it was rwd i would buy 3
also, the name
must be pretty strange for you murricans, pretty obvious why

Despite being FWD, it's a very reliable and happy car

Some guy modded his to a rwd, but it would be illegal over here.
Would have been also great to have the KLZE engine instead of DE, 200hp instead of 165

That was literally the plan for the probe you dum cuck

There was a 2.0l 4cyl version too...

I'm aware, but saying it's a fwd x is saying it's the same chassis with a different drivetrain, which is false.

Don't really recall, but before I go lookitup, I'm going to guess they lost their partnership with Mazda and since it's more or less a reskinned 626, along with Mazda it went.

horrible name
along with the escort

It was literally only made to replace the Mustang, but as people still wanted the Mustang they eventually got rid of it. It was a fine car yeah, but didnt really have a place in the current Ford or Mazda line up.

Impossible to work on rebadged Mazda shit. They didn't call them probelems for nothing.

FWD is cheaper. It's appealing to corporate Jews and normies that know nothing about performance.

Because the escort cosworth was more desirable and could rape it in any conceivable speed test.

nice viper OP!

Had a low km 93 MX-6. I wasn't a car guy when I bought it & didn't know my shit. That thing was in the shop more than a Jag. It was an ok car though. Got stoned & blown in that thing more times than I could count, so I guess it wasn't all a bad car.