j1mb0x99

Last I heard Ford owned a "controlling interest" in Mazda. Around 30 percent or so. Not enough to say Ford owns Mazda. It is enough to say that Ford saved Mazda's *** when they bought in. Therefore, Ford has had a large amount of sway in the company while Mazda got back a little stability. Now Mazda is back in control a bit more and are releasing their new line of cars, the 6, 8, & 3. This is thier do or die time. If they fail this you can probably say good bye to Mazda and say Hello to the Ford Import Company.

By the way, this is just my view from what I have seen and read, and then pieced together. In other words its an opinion. Do some research and discover your own opinion. This is so far the most opinionated thing I have said yet on these boards. Feedback is appreciated though.

-JiM

mikeb

I think your right, I remember hearing 30% too

AfroCreame

Humm

LMBLF8

lol, damn subby's

Squidward

to clarify, ford owns a controlling portion of Mazda.. It is the primary business decision maker for the company.. therefore it wouldn't be too far fetched to simply say they "own" Mazda, even though, like somebody said, they don't really own the entire company.. But from that perspective, every public company is mostly "owned" by individual shareholders such as you and I.

CERAMICSEAL

This is correct. 34%. Controlling rights. I understand they have a japanese gentleman back at the helm again. It's been a while. Some european Ford execs have been running things.