Vehicle
Mazda BT-50
The pickup, and three different parent vehicles across three generations — which makes establishing the year the entire first step, because none of the three shares parts with the others. To 2011 it is a Ford Ranger of the old shape; from 2011 it is a Ford Ranger T6; from 2020 it is an Isuzu D-Max. So a BT-50 wants Ford documentation or Isuzu documentation depending on nothing but its age, and Mazda's own material is the thinnest of the three.
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Generations
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UN 2006–2011
A Ford Ranger of the pre-T6 shape — Ford information applies and Mazda's is the thinner source.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Ford Ranger
- Engines
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- 2.5 MZR-CD — diesel · 105 kW (141 hp) · 330 Nm (243 lb-ft)
- 3.0 MZR-CD — diesel
- 2.6 petrol — petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed automatic · 5-speed M5OD manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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UR 2011–2020
A Ford Ranger T6 with the five-cylinder Duratorq — the same vehicle as the Ranger of those years in every mechanical respect.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Ford T6
- Engines
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- 2.2 Duratorq — diesel
- 3.2 five-cylinder — DURATORQ · diesel
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 6-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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TF 2020–present
An Isuzu D-Max — the parentage changes completely, so Ford information stops applying and Isuzu's starts.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- Isuzu RG
- Engines
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- 1.9 diesel — RZ4E-TC · diesel · 110 kW (148 hp) · 350 Nm (258 lb-ft) · Isuzu RZ4E
- 3.0 diesel — 4JJ3-TCX · diesel · 140 kW (188 hp) · 450 Nm (332 lb-ft) · Isuzu 4JJ3
- 2.2 — RZ4F-TC · diesel · 120 kW (161 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 6-speed Aisin AE6 manual · 6-speed AW TB60-LS automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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