Yeah, I gawked when I saw the Mazda comment too. A bunch of Mazda's in those years, especially the 90's were rebadged Fords. Compare the Mazda Navajo to Ford Explorer Sport's of the same vintage [1]
Lots of design sharing in the sedans too. Ford Fusions/Mercury Milans/Lincoln MKZs were all based on the same platform as Mazda 6, and even use their transmissions.
The MKZ as well? That's impressive, would've never guessed.