RE: Ford Mustang Mach-E officially unveiled

[HRCM]

A little part of me died when I read this. Stupid name too.

[Evanivitch]

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

Without meaning to be rude, his opinion might well change once he can actually drive and has driven some proper cars.

Also electric is far from the only possibility going into the future. I was reading that there is a lot of research being done into bio fuel from algae, for example.

I personally feel, and I could be wrong of course, that electric might be superseded or atleast rivalled by a renewable flammable fuel.

I certainly have my fingers firmly crossed!

What part of burning stuff in an urban environment is a good idea? Renewable or not.

[Evanivitch]

RobDickinson said:

Where is 8 seconds coming from?


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As per above, Autocar.

[unsprung]

The US cars aren't slow. Three of the US variants are 5.5 seconds to 60 MPH. A fourth one is 3.5 seconds. The slowest is 6.5 seconds.

For three of the US cars, the base spec is used. For two others, AWD has been added, optionally. Here's what the US product page says:

SELECT
"Mid 5-second" 0 to 60 MPH
with standard range battery and AWD
(AWD is an upgrade cost of $2700 over the base for this variant)

PREMIUM
"Mid 5-second" 0 to 60 MPH
with standard or extended battery and AWD
(AWD is an upgrade cost of $2700 over the base for this variant)

CALIFORNIA ROUTE 1
"Mid 6-second" 0 to 60 MPH
with extended battery and RWD
(base variant; no optional equipment)

GT
"Mid 3-second" 0 to 60 MPH
with extended battery and AWD GT equipment
(base variant; no optional equipment)

FIRST EDITION
"Mid 5-second" 0 to 60 MPH
with extended battery and AWD
(base variant; no optional equipment)

[kurt535]

very sorry to see the name Mustang applied to this thing.

every suv seems to moulded from the same blob of clay.

[David87]

I think the performance is okay. The GT one will be quicker than an actual Mustang GT, so that doesn’t seem too bad! In all honesty, my Tesla Model 3 Performance is totally, unnecessarily fast.

[Betterbuyone]

LOL. This Mustang would get me within 40 miles of my break in Cornwall before looking for someone with a charging point.

[RobDickinson]

Betterbuyone said:

LOL. This Mustang would get me within 40 miles of my break in Cornwall before looking for someone with a charging point.

So, somewhere on the latter half of your trip you'd need a 10 min stop or so to topup those last 40 miles, thats after driving ~300 and several hours...

[ReaperCushions]

kurt535 said:

very sorry to see the name Mustang applied to this thing.

every suv seems to moulded from the same blob of clay.

Personally I think its genius... you wouldn't have noticed or really cared if they'd called it the 'E-Kuga' or something equally boring and nondescript.

Using the Mustang moniker raises emotions and interest they could not raise through any other name. Yes some hardcore muscle car lovers don't like it... but Ford don't care about that.

[tubs]

J.H.C that's hideous!!!

[unsprung]

ReaperCushions said:

Using the Mustang moniker raises emotions and interest they could not raise through any other name.

+1

Extending the brand name, design language and sporty cachet of Mustang... helps to transform the opaque world of battery-electric vehicles into something more familiar.

People have a lot of questions and concerns about BEVs. Ford is working hard to make it easier for people to buy and own their first electric car.

Bonus points: Ford is doing this in the most popular product segment today (the SUV).

[LarryUSA]

Betterbuyone said:

LOL. This Mustang would get me within 40 miles of my break in Cornwall before looking for someone with a charging point.

Then it’s not for you, what’s your point?

[Miserablegit]

Will no one think of the children!!
Just think - parent announces he’s going to buy a new car and it’s a mustang. Offspring Googles it and has images of Bullitt and 5.0 v8 only to be greeted with a Tesla.
Irrespective of the car’s own merits it’s tragic to call it a Mustang.

[unpc]

Betterbuyone said:

LOL. This Mustang would get me within 40 miles of my break in Cornwall before looking for someone with a charging point.

LOL, that is hilarious.

[Daaaveee]

unpc said:

LOL, that is hilarious.

ROFLMAO - literally the funniest thing I've read, I mean who is going to stop for a 10min top up on a 5 hour drive?! Nobody in their right mind could ever spare that much time!!!!!11

[stabilio]

RobDickinson said:

Burning stuff is old and bad, if anything kids will start seeing ICE cars in a poorer light over time.

My kids and their friends (all aged 12) who were here last weekend went crazy with excitement when i mentioned in passing we might be getting a Tesla.
My current Audi RS and previous M3 to them are just noisy things they didn't really like so definately a new generation coming through and Tesla is a cool brand to the younger folks it seems.

Edited by stabilio on Tuesday 19th November 10:19

[Hatson]

They are simply making a case (in the design) for stealing away one of the most famous names for use in boosting sales on what will likely become a world-beating range of SUV’s.

[RacerMike]

stabilio said:

RobDickinson said:

Burning stuff is old and bad, if anything kids will start seeing ICE cars in a poorer light over time.

My kids and their friends (all aged 12) who were here last weekend went crazy with excitement when i mentioned in passing we might be getting a Tesla.
My current Audi RS and previous M3 to them are just noisy things they didn't really like so definately a new generation coming through and Tesla is a cool brand to the younger folks it seems.

Edited by stabilio on Tuesday 19th November 10:19

And ultimately, it means there’s hope for another generation of car enthusiasts. So what if they’re not into ICE. They’re into cars!! This is a good thing. We’re constantly told young people don’t like cars anymore. I don’t entirely agree, and this would support that.

[sidesauce]

Chainsaw Rebuild said:

Without meaning to be rude, his opinion might well change once he can actually drive and has driven some proper cars.

Also electric is far from the only possibility going into the future. I was reading that there is a lot of research being done into bio fuel from algae, for example.

I personally feel, and I could be wrong of course, that electric might be superseded or at least rivalled by a renewable flammable fuel.

I certainly have my fingers firmly crossed!

You sound like someone who would have scoffed at the idea of horseless carriages ever replacing the horse as viable form of personal/individual transport. I find it funny as it's obvious you have trouble realising young people don't see ICE as a desirable thing anymore.

"Proper" cars, by your definition, are no longer seen in that way by youngest generation. You never saw a horse and carriage as "proper" transport so why would they think the way you do!?

[Miserablegit]

sidesauce said:

ou sound like someone who would have scoffed at the idea of horseless carriages ever replacing the horse as viable form of personal/individual transport. I find it funny as it's obvious you have trouble realising young people don't see ICE as a desirable thing anymore.

"Proper" cars, by your definition, are no longer seen in that way by youngest generation. You never saw a horse and carriage as "proper" transport so why would they think the way you do!?

I take comfort in the fact my son is still interested in old tech. Whilst waiting to be collected after school two of his friends were arguing about whether one's tesla model x was better than the other's model s. I arrived and my son said "that's my father's. And that's a V8"
...I know....I know. Cool story bro...