Mazda are the market leader in Australia and now have no affiliation with Ford from this year now the Ford based BT50 has ended to be replaced by the Isuzu platform which is just a rebadge sales thing. Their SUV range are totally their own design with the interior a very nice place to be in compared to most brands as they have retained button control for most functions instead of screen control. The Ford connection that ended this year was just a rebadged sales partnership that everyone who worked for Mazda was glad to see the back of given the problems it had. My son has worked for Mazda for 15 years so I see and hear a lot that others don't. I think all manufacturers are starting to rebadge or use other manufacturer's platforms, Ford and VW are an example of this, Toyota and BMW also have current models which are platform shared.