2024 Mach-E Rally first live look from Detroit Autoshow debut

[blkadr08]

I prefer my premium.

Me too. I mean, I just don’t get it. Who is this car supposed to appeal to? Maybe a Low Rider Edition next. Or a Tractor Pull edition. Strange To me.

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[Mach1E]

I think you could be right - late 24 at the earliest and if there's an OTA recall for something (God forbid) it could get shelved even longer. They've been building BC 1.3 cars for months(?) now and nothing has come OTA.

Why is everyone so pessimistic about Ford OTA update rollouts? Most of the time the distance between announcement and updates is measured in weeks and months. Very rare for something to take longer than that.

And while no one has BC 1.3 OTA yet, they have already sent out the first related update. Kinda like when people got BC 1.0, it was a series of updates.

 

[Ciero]

Most of the time the distance between announcement and updates is measured in weeks and months. Very rare for something to take longer than that.

I think most of us job 1 folks would tend to disagree about that which shall not be named.

 

[thekat03]

This new computer age of cars is interesting. When I bought my 2010 Prius and my husband's 2015 Highlander, that was it. We didn't expect significant improvements to the car. I am glad we are moving into more regular and expected software updates for car now, but i suspect that there is a degree of how much updating and improving of older model years should be done vs focusing on just making newer model years better. I do hope the older GTs have that 5 second limit fixed if it's possible to fix, but wouldn't bank on it being done.

 

[HuntingPudel]

I think you could be right - late 24 at the earliest and if there's an OTA recall for something (God forbid) it could get shelved even longer. They've been building BC 1.3 cars for months(?) now and nothing has come OTA.

LOL they have been putting electronic frunk releases into cars for years. Stilll no OTA for the GFM, BCM, and center screen button (mush less the FordPass App button).

 

[Electric Goat]

This new computer age of cars is interesting. When I bought my 2010 Prius and my husband's 2015 Highlander, that was it. We didn't expect significant improvements to the car. I am glad we are moving into more regular and expected software updates for car now, but i suspect that there is a degree of how much updating and improving of older model years should be done vs focusing on just making newer model years better. I do hope the older GTs have that 5 second limit fixed if it's possible to fix, but wouldn't bank on it being done.

The big difference between the 2010 & 2015 cars that you purchased vs the mach-e is that the mach-e was built and sold before it was even finished. Ford has used OTA updates over the past few years as a crutch. In 2021, after they stared rolling off of the assembly line, the car was nowhere near ready to be in the hands of the general public.

So many bugs and missing functionality galore!

I strongly believe that the GTs have the 5 second limit because Ford didn't adequately test the car and they rushed the product out of the door. They rely on their simulators too much. The GTs should have been punished by test drivers on and off track before release.

 

[Mach1E]

I think most of us job 1 folks would tend to disagree about that which shall not be named.

This sounds like you agree with what I said. The button that shall not be named was rolled out to almost everyone within a couple months and the job 1 people getting it way later? That’s the “very rare” example i mentioned.

 

[leeman]

This is just silly marketing. I would never take electric car like that off road for a dirt road for that matter there's not enough for cooling cables etc. underneath the car yes there are panels but they don't cover everywhere and I've heard horror stories of things breaking off around the battery etc. etc. plus there's a lot of plumbing in the front of the car where things could get lodged in etc. etc. bad idea Ford

 

[tuminatr]

I like the looks. The wheels look cool to me.

But even bigger, Redline Review stated that the front motor is upgraded to get rid of the "5-second limit." That's a big change.

They said the same software is coming to GT and GTPE owners, It will probably be a 10-second rule but I will take it.

 

[MachSpeed]

Mach E Rally with aerodynamics package

 

[TheSteelRider]

Thank you for horizontal video! A pox be upon youtube shorts and tic toc for the stupidization of film.

 

[MachGT]

Raised 20mm higher than the GT. Sooooo... 10mm higher than stock. That's a bit of a let down.

 

[DBPNW]

another stupid "stickers" edition car. Rally?

For those of us who have actually driven a rally car, this is a total joke. Like almost an april fools level joke.

This is akin to rolling out a limo version of the f350. "It's so crazy, it just might work!" I can just see the type of person this would appeal to. You know, that guy at a party that no one wants to be seen talking with. This is who a "Rally" Mach-e appeals to.

Wake up Ford.

 

[Mach-E VLOG]

Here's our look at the Mach-E Rally at the Detroit Auto Show:

 

[Bigdaddy's mach e]

Yeah, the white wheels are ugly, but you can plastidip that.

That car is ugly. Ford can keep it!

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