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11-09-2010, 01:00 PM

Adam Lueb

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Seeing that the X Type has a Ford engine. Who made the AWD system for the car? Is it a Ford design?

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11-09-2010, 08:40 PM

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11-09-2010, 08:49 PM

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Visteon was an in house supplier of Ford who had just been, or was just about to be, spun off as an independant company. Similar to how Delphi was a division of GM, but was spun off as it's own company.

So you could almost consider it to be a Ford design.

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11-09-2010, 11:09 PM

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Even current Jaguar - Land Rover engines are made by Ford. Apparently, there is a shortage of engines from Ford, as Jaguar sales have jumped over 50% this year.

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