How Long Before People Accept The Mach-E As A Mustang?

[TonyaE]

They Should’ve called it the Jolt Horse And had a graphic with a galloping horse with an electrical cable right up his rectum.

Who gives a crap what they call it?

I might research getting a badge made with a horse electrified by the posterior for my fender

Jes sayin

#electronrichhay

Your name is soooo appropriate for you.??

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[nvabill]

Of course not - but it sure does make for some interesting conversation!

Lol Yes it does.

Of course not - but it sure does make for some interesting conversation!

Yes, it sure can. I’ll have to see how people react to mine when I finally get one.

 

[rodhx]

Thank goodness for the #notamustang people then!! Saved us from #nomoremustangs and instead it was the Probe that didn’t survive.

Probably the best thing Ford did last year was to NOT kill the ICE Mustang when the Mach E came out.

Probe didn’t survive because it was redundant to have two ”sporty” coupes, a genre that never sets sales records. Just think, we could have known the Focus RS as the “Mustang GT” and been deprived of the fabulous s550. No…don‘t think that because it’s really depressing. ?

MME was never intended to replace Mustang so that replacement hasn’t been a threat so far. Long ago Ford decided to get down to only one actual car product.

 

[Logal727]

I live out in the sticks and there are a ton of "real" mustangs around me. I get flipped off regularly. My neighbor has 2 fox bodies in his garage that sound like Armageddon is coming when he fires them up and he won't even wave back at me when I pass. I don't think it will be accepted.

What snowflakes.

 

[rodhx]

Could you imagine being a majority Mustang owner (meaning a V6 or EcoBoost) and having something called "Explorer EV" (*) leaving you in the dust at a light? The press would bring it up every single time the car was talked about - "The Explorer that beats the Mustang".

(*) mainstream use of the name, not Police Interceptor or whatever

Doesn‘t seem to bother pony car owners when they get walked by modern minivans. At least it would be a Ford ?

full disclosure: owned and raced (not street “racing” idiocy) an Ecoboost Performance Pack. Would still have that car if Ford knew how to size intercoolers.

 

[Logal727]

One more thing, I was at the Electrify America charger last night bc my wife was shopping nearby.....

There were 4 EV's near me using the chargers (VW ID4, BMW I3, Hyundai Ionic5, Polestar watever model)

Guess what car all the people walking GAWKED at the most?

Not the ID4

 

[kennethjk]

What I find the most interesting is when non car people say, why would Ford call it a Mustang, it’s not a Mustang.

I had someone who owned a 1973 Mustang complaining to me (she owns an Acura MDX)and a 35 year old at his wedding who still doesn’t own a car complain to me ” how could they name the Mach E a Mustang”

both are generally clueless when it comes to cars. Go figure.

 

[ChuckA]

I know this has been discussed ad nauseam, but we have yet another review (wired this time) which starts off with "THE NAME THROWS everybody." Yet they go on to say "Even transposed to a four-door SUV form, the Mach-E looks like a Mustang, with angular design elements carved into its swooping, curved bodywork and beefy haunches over the rear wheels". So...*looks* like a Mustang, but still not a Mustang.

Are we really still here debating this? So...how long before the Press / general public stop raising eyebrows at the name?

a) This year
b) Next Year
c) Eventually
d) Never

Review here: https://www.wired.com/review/ford-mustang-mach-e/

My opinion is “who cares!”. It’s a Mustang to the people who count.

 

[2021mustangdan]

Thank goodness for the #notamustang people then!! Saved us from #nomoremustangs and instead it was the Probe that didn’t survive.

Probably the best thing Ford did last year was to NOT kill the ICE Mustang when the Mach E came out.

I think it is great they did not kill the ICE Mustang coupe.
If I can afford it and if not too far in the future, I would trade in my MME for actual electric Mustang coupe if one comes out.

Dan

 

[EasyPass]

I know this has been discussed ad nauseam, but we have yet another review (wired this time) which starts off with "THE NAME THROWS everybody." Yet they go on to say "Even transposed to a four-door SUV form, the Mach-E looks like a Mustang, with angular design elements carved into its swooping, curved bodywork and beefy haunches over the rear wheels". So...*looks* like a Mustang, but still not a Mustang.

Are we really still here debating this? So...how long before the Press / general public stop raising eyebrows at the name?

a) This year
b) Next Year
c) Eventually
d) Never

Review here: https://www.wired.com/review/ford-mustang-mach-e/

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular adage from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are. This formulation is, however, a paraphrase of Shakespeare's actual language. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose saying that if he were not named Romeo he would still be handsome and be Juliet's love. This states that if he were not Romeo, then he would not be a Montague and she would be able to marry him without hindrance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_rose_by_any_other_name_would_smell_as_sweet

Also, some of the "real Mustangs" from the eighties were really just butt ugly designs with the era's ascetic of bulbous tail light lenses, fat swooping fender girth, and such. Were they really Mustangs or not? ?

 

[Tngo23]

What I find the most interesting is when non car people say, why would Ford call it a Mustang, it’s not a Mustang.

I had someone who owned a 1973 Mustang complaining to me (she owns an Acura MDX)and a 35 year old at his wedding who still doesn’t own a car complain to me ” how could they name the Mach E a Mustang”

both are generally clueless when it comes to cars. Go figure.

How funny is that.....Someone who doesn't own a car should not have a say in anything much less the Beautiful sculpted MachE......

 

[Zeromarine]

Make me think of Porsche.

Porsche is not a four door car! Now it is.

Porsche is not a SUV! Now it is.

Porsche is not electric! Now it is.

All are just called and accepted as Porsche.

That’s different that’s a brand not the name of a car

And no they won’t mustangs are 2 door pony cars not a 4 door electric sorry.

 

[devmach-e]

That’s different that’s a brand not the name of a car

And no they won’t mustangs are 2 door pony cars not a 4 door electric sorry.

They weren’t fastbacks. Until they were.
They weren‘t high performance racetrack worthy. Until they were.
They weren’t hatchbacks. Until they were.
They didn’t come with 4-cylinder turbos. Until they did.

Car models evolve. Move with the times or be left behind.

 

[NoEntiendoNada]

Does that mean you don't consider 4&6 cylinder versions Mustangs either??

It’s not really ME that has the problem. Let me try another way: prior to the existence of the Mach-E, a “highly desirable” Mustang that Ford would like the general population to think of would be a two-door sports coupe with a V-8…bonus points for a stick but I suppose that’s less relevant these days.

To your question, of course they’re real Mustangs. They’re what I’d call suboptimal Mustangs…but aside from the different motor, they fit the description above.

The Mach-E is a totally different chassis, totally different vehicle configuration, totally different drivetrain layout…again, none of which is a bad thing and frankly I prefer it which is why I have a Mach-E on order. But styling aside it’s a little tough for me to see “Mustang” and not, idk, an electric Edge ST.

 

[rodhx]

They weren’t fastbacks. Until they were.
They weren‘t high performance racetrack worthy. Until they were.
They weren’t hatchbacks. Until they were.
They didn’t come with 4-cylinder turbos. Until they did.

Car models evolve. Move with the times or be left behind.

and through it all the format, two door coupe/convertible, was so consistent that even those two “non-car people” mentioned a few posts above have an immediate expectation of what the name means. That’s the typical reaction of the “not a Mustang“ crowd, not so much that it’s electric.

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