Found this on craigslist is it True?????

[GregYAMAHA]

i found a 1983 ford ranger and this guy says its rare cause of the "factory stock"mazda" motor. Im not sure on this so maybe it is true or not you tell me.
http://kalamazoo.craigslist.org/cto/1025888003.html

[BIG DOG]

MAYBE   

[Ranger Dave]

yup.  same as the  jeep liberty. they have a  diesel in some of them 35 MPG

[Econo-box from Hell]

Put a Ranger pick up and a Mazda pick up side by side sometime.  They look strangely the same..........

[creepyjon]

they are the same, mazda got them from ford and changed the headlight panel and the tail lights a bit. They sold them this way until the 2nd generation of rangers, but they never sold a lot of them.

Ford used the diesel engines in the first gen ranger, but they are really really rare. If anything ever goes bad, you might as well park it in a field and call it a historical landmark that you are preserving for future generations! 

[gator82]

yup just like if you've ever noticed a s-10 and a isuzu.same. just isuzu nose and badges

[gator82]

same goes for sterling trucks.satarted out ford then suddenly got sterling badges which is owned by daimler chrysler.Which they are going to discontinue Sterling if you have not herd.

[cj7on44s]

they are the same, mazda got them from ford and changed the headlight panel and the tail lights a bit. They sold them this way until the 2nd generation of rangers, but they never sold a lot of them.

Ford used the diesel engines in the first gen ranger, but they are really really rare. If anything ever goes bad, you might as well park it in a field and call it a historical landmark that you are preserving for future generations! 

if you have a good eye you can see they also changed the side windows on the back