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Originally Posted by Palum6o
I read somewhere that the Volvo S40/V50 share the Mazda 3 chassis. We picked up a V50 with the T5 motor last year and it's surprisingly fun to drive, its the way the car rides and handles that makes it a lot of fun.
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The Mazda3 was a "pieces parts" kinda car. It does share the same suspension at least with the Volvo. Various individual parts are shared between the Mazda3, Volvos, Fords, and the RX-8.
I think that's what makes it so liked by people, it's a heck of a lot of car for not much cash, because all of the engineering costs were already passed along from other product lines.