Not from what I've seen everywhere, most people I see criticizing it is due to it being a crossover, not the electric aspect. The only complaint I would have for that is it makes it a genuine electric crossover competitor (specifically for the Model Y... apparently). Well, tell me if a car brand is that capable during possibly one of their worst periods yet, where they forced themselves to adapt to the new standards that the crisis upheld for American markets. It's not like today where they can take just weeks to fix a controversial issue, they must've been huddling between one process to another considering this was completely new to them. I don't know exactly how Ford would've operated back then, but I can say for sure that they probably didn't have many chances to test the Pinto, or that they didn't review thoroughly the design so they could rush it to production. Again, consider that car companies had much to worry about the gas crisis, so that might have taken affect on the quality of their cars. I'mma stop this Pinto conversation here, because I feel like a broken record whenever I hear the same story about the Pinto (and this thread isn't about that to begin with).
They should say the Mach-E is a Model X/Y inspired vehicle instead of Mustang inspired vehicle. Unibody and Open differentials? Not an SUV!
Nah I'm with you there. Looks like someone took a Model S, a Mustang, and a Model 3 and smooshed them together in a microwave.
A lifestyle vehicle with all-new underpinnings... how can this carry the Mustang legacy, when the 1964 was a lifestyle vehicle with off-the-shelf underpinnings? --- Post updated --- The Mustang is, in a way, a spiritual predecessor to modern crossovers: take a normal passenger car, put a fancy body and higher price tag on it, sell 'em by the boatload as "lifestyle" vehicles.
To echo the sentiment of others here, I'm fine with the car itself but not the branding. If Ford wanted to make an electric Mustang with a different body style, they should have made a 5-door fastback in line with the Tesla Model S. That would have fit the Mustang name nicely, not a goddamn SUV. If they wanted to make an high-end electric SUV, they should've branded it as a Lincoln...
If I had the money, I would buy an electric Mustang. This donkey-dick joke of an SUV is not a Mustang.
This is what the mustang was meant to be and the mustang sports car is IMPRACTICAL, so the mustang mach e is a 10/10 for making a nice practical car for carrying children and the mustang sports car is a 0/10 for being a loud impractical car driving by mean people. --- Post updated --- lol gotcha I support the electric mustang car but the SUV is just a renamed sport SUV that make karens happy because "Whoopdy doo I got a mustang too and I can beat your GAS CAR bc electric = fast and I can STILL carry my 9 children and give the 4 people I got fired to the police station" overall my real thing is SUV: 4/10 for being a overall good vehicle that just got a bad name and the sportscar: 8/10 because it has kinda stiff suspension and bc I hit like 175 KPH in mine.
"The Mach-E isn't replaceing the mustang" I'm not so sure. Ford leaked that the "next-gen mustang" will ride on an CUV/SUV platform. Ford knows that, by 2023, GM will release 20 EVs. 20. They know they must get there act together. Haven't you seen the articles on the bolt EUV? If you want to really turn a profit on EVs, go for a profitable segment. SUVs/CUVs are a profitable segment. So why wouldn't the Mach-E share it's platform with the next CUVs and SUVs. Oh, and you know what? 2023, the due date for all of the new GM EVs, just happens to be the discontinuation date for the current (6th gen) camaro! Seen the "our electric future is now" video by GM? Look, and above the EV platform, there are silluettes of cars. One of them resembles a camaro! Connect the dots, and the 7th gen camaro will most likely be an EV. Coupes don't sell. With the C8 out there, the camaro might not sell as an EV coupe. But do you know what definetly will? A mustang CUV. Another advantage of a Mustang CUV, is niche. The dodge twins are dominating the sub-corvette american V8 sportscar segment. The camaro is becoming an EV to differentiate itself from the C8 and dodge twins. The more it differentiates itself, the less cross-shoping there will be. Ford, knowing the cut-throat nature of the coupe marketplace, may want to put the mustang in a different segment, to give it a better chance at survival. Also, you may question that since the Mustang Mach-E is not just the Mustang, that means it won't be the only mustang, and therefore a coupe is coming. I agree that it won't be the only mustang (considering that both mustang and bronco are becomeing sub-brands), but that says nothing about coupe or not coupe. Mach-E only signifies being an EV (hence, the E). Lots of companies are using X for SUVs/CUVs, so why not mach-X? If it signifies being an EV, that only says that there will be hydrogen/gas mustangs also. Why wouldn't ford make mustang a performance SUV/CUV/sedan/hatch company? It is the smartest choice here.
