Mach-E Proves It's A Real Mustang By Spectacularly Failing Moose Test

[alexgorod]

https://www.motor1.com/news/537006/ford-mustang-mache-moose-test/
and another one:
https://insideevs.com/news/536999/mustang-mache-fails-moose-test/

Tires?

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[jjhenry]

Tires?

I'd like to see the GT and GTPE in the same test to see if there is any improvement, and what difference the summer tires and magnaride of the GTPE offers.

 

[MachE1977]

I thought the GT and GTPE were slower than the regular Mach-E?

 

[Garbone]

Mehh.. better than my 62 C10 so good enough for me.

 

[skeighle]

Awd or rwd tested.? Not enough info

 

[tuminatr]

https://www.motor1.com/news/537006/ford-mustang-mache-moose-test/
and another one:
https://insideevs.com/news/536999/mustang-mache-fails-moose-test/

Tires?

correction its a Model Y extended range with 20" 255/40/20 tires

The Ioniq 5 has 20" wheels 255/45/20

A fair comparison would be against the GT with 245/45/20 much more grip with a wider tire.

And the driver is terrible he turns the Tesla and Inoiq back to straight but not the Mach E


Don't know why I am defending because I switched out for a wider tire to get more stability & grip.

 

[Jimmy2]

I'd like to see the GT and GTPE in the same test to see if there is any improvement, and what difference the summer tires and magnaride of the GTPE offers.

I predict the GT version would perform better with its wider tires, and GTPE would perform even better with magna ride suspension.

 

[JoeDimwit]

It’s the bicycle tires…

 

[tuminatr]

It’s the bicycle tires…

Yep, I put 245/50/19 on mine very different ride

I predict the GT version would perform better with its wider tires, and GTPE would perform even better with magna ride suspension.

and 1/2" lower

 

[alexgorod]

I put 245/50/19 on mine very different ride

Which ones?

 

[therealpinto]

It´s an AWD, long range. As a Swedish car it should have "real" summer tires (but I can't guarantee that).

The car is built in March 2021 so it is one of the first cars to reach Sweden. This magazine usually tests the cars fully laden. It's interesting to see another magazine, doing a similar (but not the same) test on wet tarmac and winter tyres;



Only two persons in the car but they are way over 80 km/h.

To me it looks like the steering isn´t turned when the car leaves the track - is it that slow or is it the driver?

Gustaf

 

[JamieGeek]

I bet the GT will do the same thing tires or not.

Ford has said that the Mach-E is rear biased in its power delivery. In other words: I think that is intentional.

They wanted it to be fun to drive so they gave it a little bit of a loosey goosey rear end (RWD and AWD).

 

[jwhamlin244]

The mache completed the test up to 42mph. The model y passed up to 47mph. I'm not saying the difference is negligible, but is it really warranting "The model Y did really good. the mustang did really bad."?

 

[CharleyCarlos]

https://www.motor1.com/news/537006/ford-mustang-mache-moose-test/
and another one:
https://insideevs.com/news/536999/mustang-mache-fails-moose-test/

Tires?

On the bright side, the windshield and roof didn’t fly off during maneuvers! Maybe this car already got the recall fixes?

 

[ARK]

The mache completed the test up to 42mph. The model y passed up to 47mph. I'm not saying the difference is negligible, but is it really warranting "The model Y did really good. the mustang did really bad."?

If you want your article to get as many clicks as possible, yes. Saying something is a ‘spectacular failure’ gets more hits than describing the same thing as ‘mildly worse’ or the other option as ‘somewhat better’ in this test.

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