Ford Thriftpower Six

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Ford Thriftpower Six

From the comments section:

Little known fact, but the Fair Fairmont's 200cid. I6 (of Thriftpower heritage) was the basis for the successful 2.3L I4 used in Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz. Most people assume Ford just modified the coarse OHC 2.3 used in Pinto and Mustang for Tempo use. Not so. Ford engineers simply removed the castings for cylinders 5 and 6, made it fuel injection ready, and there you have the early version of the High Swirl Combustion 2.3L I4 used in early model Tempos.

So in that case, Ford's good old I6 really lasted (at least in spirit) until 1994.