Does the Mach-E Fly??

[Totallyford]

Yeah the naming history is pretty interesting.

Clearly the primary source of the name was the horse. You can tell from the horses everywhere on the car. That and the other animal named cars from Ford. Also the “pony” references.

The “ground speed” on some Mustangs is more of a tip of the hat to the plane.

Executive stylist John Najjr is credited for naming the mustang by ford. He named it after the P 51 one of his favorite planes. The car could not be sold in Germany for obvious reasons with that name. For Germany the name was changed to the T 5. Ford's marketing didn't think a plane on the side of the car would appeal to young women so they chose a pony. So began the era of the pony car.

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[timbop]

Executive stylist John Najjr is credited for naming the mustang by ford. He named it after the P 51 one of his favorite planes. The car could not be sold in Germany for obvious reasons with that name. For Germany the name was changed to the T 5. Ford's marketing didn't think a plane on the side of the car would appeal to young women so they chose a pony. So began the era of the pony car.

I am not a woman and I love the pony logo too - I don't like the "GT" (very "blah") and very much dislike the snake badges on the ICE cobras. The pony running full-tilt in the opposite direction of racetracks is a nice touch.

 

[Mach1E]

Executive stylist John Najjr is credited for naming the mustang by ford. He named it after the P 51 one of his favorite planes. The car could not be sold in Germany for obvious reasons with that name. For Germany the name was changed to the T 5. Ford's marketing didn't think a plane on the side of the car would appeal to young women so they chose a pony. So began the era of the pony car.

Had to google. I guess it’s not so simple. But with a bunch of dudes in the room coming up with name ideas, the real answer is probably “both.”

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66494/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-ford-mustang

“
Quickly nicknamed the “Pony,” the Mustang name has a surprisingly complicated history. According to designer John Najjar, he suggested the name Mustang after the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane. That was rejected because it was too "airplaney," so he pitched the name again as a type of horse, and everyone loved it.


But Lee Iacocca remembers it differently. He says there was a trend of naming cars after animals, so an advertising consultant gave them a list of mostly animal names for the car. And one of them was Mustang. Whichever version is true, according to Ford Motor Company, other names considered for the car as it was developed in 1962-63 were Cougar, Torino, Allegro, and Avventura. “

 

[apwelsh]

Recently I noticed that my dash shows me “Ground Speed.” That made me wonder if my car flies and it changes to “Air Speed!”

lol just wondering why it had to tell me it’s ground speed!!!

There is a difference worth noting. Ground speed is the actual speed the vehicle is moving on the ground. GPS computed speed is sometimes the speed the vehicle moves along a horizontal plane, as if looking down at a map. If traveling up/down hill, the ground speed will be different than GPS computed speed, unless GPS speed accounts for elevational changes in the computation of speed (this differs by GPS software — since the difference is rather negligible, some ignore elevation).

 

[Jrny127]

It’s an homage to the instrument cluster of its namesake, the p51 mustang, which included ”Ground Speed”. As far as I know this has always been included as a design element in the Ford Mustang

Now I’m really confused. The namesake is the P51 airplane but the badge on the grill is a horse!! Interesting!!

 

[timbop]

Now I’m really confused. The namesake is the P51 airplane but the badge on the grill is a horse!! Interesting!!

You've got it!

Now to blow your mind: the Corvette is named after a fast attack ship (which is an order of magnitude slower than a P-51) but whose logo is a checkered racing flag crossed with a bowtie and fleur-de-lis flag.

 

[thekat03]

Executive stylist John Najjr is credited for naming the mustang by ford. He named it after the P 51 one of his favorite planes. The car could not be sold in Germany for obvious reasons with that name. For Germany the name was changed to the T 5. Ford's marketing didn't think a plane on the side of the car would appeal to young women so they chose a pony. So began the era of the pony car.

I do love all the ponies! But I also like knowing I am not the only one who likes to name things creatively, like having dogs named Ruby and Curry, because they're programming languages. Or prior pets Odin, Loki, and Thor, all named after computer servers at my husband's workplace, which were named after the Marvel characters, not the Norse gods. It makes sense that my car and all the cars in the Mustang family were named after a plane. ?

 

[OcSteve39]

Recently I noticed that my dash shows me “Ground Speed.” That made me wonder if my car flies and it changes to “Air Speed!”

lol just wondering why it had to tell me it’s ground speed!!!

I got it to 88 and there were flashing lights and crackling.
I let off immediately. That was weird.

 

[timbop]

I got it to 88 and there were flashing lights and crackling.
I let off immediately. That was weird.

And then you needed more plutonium?

 

[steelwheels]

It’s a Mustang thing. They all say that. Not sure when it started.

The Mustang was named after a fighter aircraft in WW2. Its an homage to that aircrft.

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