Definitions

Something has always been bugging me and i never wanted to say anything cuz i feel kinda stupid but...what does DTM, DSM, and JDM all mean?

i know dsm are the eclipses and the eagle talons

well the first two have me stumped, i even browsed google, and nothing.
 
but the last one, JDM, stands for the Japan Domestic Market
for example, if you bought headlights off a mazda3 from japan, your headlights are JDM
just check out a honda forum.... that accronym comes up ALOT!!

and by the way, a chevy would be a USDM (united states domestic market)
and on a plus side, our mazda's are made IN japan, so they technically are JDM, which is friggin sweet!!

for the JDM def....it has to come from stright from the manufacturer in japan for it to be called JDM, cuz i saw a Prelude in modified mag that had the title all JDM but it had a molded widebodykit on it, also i saw a integra with a front mount intercooler branded with the name JDM on it.

so in a way, our mazda3's are JDM.... i love it!!
cuz they come straight from japan!!

i went to a japanese site for mazda and the only difference between us other than the obvious is the reflectors on the ends of the rear bumper are amber instead of red

In a way our cars are not JDM, just because of the above stated but our engines dont have the same hp and tq, also i dont think they have a 2.3 model, but i know they dont have a 6, also we need to be right side drive in order to be true jdm.

oh yeah true.... thats why i said "technically"
 
lol. one if these days, when i have money, im taking a trip over there and buying a pure JDM car.  like a civic Si or something

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ORIGINAL: Tracker

 i know they dont have a 6

japan has a 6.  its just called the "Atenza".  and it looks virtually identical inside and out. 
-BUT- with 100% japanese built parts

my mazda6 (and all the US spec ones), are from Michigan, with like 50% ford parts lol

yeah, thats the one thing i gont like about mazdas.
i cant make fun of ford now cuz our engines are made by ford, at least some of them anyways

DSM is "Daimler (soemthing*) Mitsubishi". It is when Daimler Chrysler and mitsubishi came together to run a plant that would put out the identical chassis to the:
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Eagle Talon
and one other car that keeps slipping my mind I think it was the Lazer... something, a Dodge? I don't know.


*not really "somehting" but there is a word that starts with an S the belongs there

DSM: Diamond Star Motors heres a link for it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Star_Motors

DTM: Deutsche Tourenwagen Master....try saying that 3 times fast, anyway it has to do with something in German auto racing, the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Tourenwagen_Masters

JDM: Japanese Domestic Market (as stated by dentiger) heres a link for a discription of it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Domestic_Market

there ya go

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ORIGINAL: dentinger

yeah, thats the one thing i gont like about mazdas.
i cant make fun of ford now cuz our engines are made by ford, at least some of them anyways

 
The sticker from my MS3 says it's 95% Japanese content, and the engine parts originated in Japan, so I don't see them being built in a Ford Plant.  I guess they were designed by Ford -- SSTLAURE knows about all of that. 
On my car, so far I've spotted "FoMoCo" on the dipstick and the front brake calipers, but these parts may be outsourced, and have it stamped on so the actual manufacturers can't use tooling that Ford paid for to make aftermarket parts.