Farley Says It's Not a Mustang

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Well, IF we're going to get technical about naming Ford cars, the Mustang and Maverick were both based on the 1960 Ford Falcon platform. The 1971 Maverick came in a 4-door sedan body style. The word "Mustang" originates in Spanish as a term for wild, feral horses left over from the Spanish Conquistadors.

Maverick is an unbranded range animal, so near the same meaning regarding wild, free-range animals as is the Mustang horse. Maverick also is a term for an independent-thinking, non-conformist person, so perhaps the Mach-E should have been called the Mustang Maverick. That would have brought it full circle and inclusive of 1960's Ford history and vehicle legacies.
Interestingly the Maverick has been reborn as a pickup truck, Ford works in mysterious ways.
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Interestingly the Maverick has been reborn as a pickup truck, Ford works in mysterious ways.
According to my Mach Eā€™s service reports it is also a Truck.

Iā€™m not convinced Ford thinks they make anything besides trucks.
 

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According to my Mach Eā€™s service reports it is also a Truck.

Iā€™m not convinced Ford thinks they make anything besides trucks.
Thatā€™s wild.
 

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My idle mind is wondering whether Farley is hinting at end of product life for Mustang Mach E?

There are two future tense here...
Ford Mustang Mach-E Farley Says It's Not a Mustang 1716578739518-7h
 

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On the flip side, Ford did create the pony/muscle car class with the og Mustang, right? If so, they have every right to expand what they consider the ā€œpony/muscle carā€ segment šŸ™ƒ!
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Pony Car class yes. The 1964 Pontiac GTO was the father of the Musclecar class. Musclecars are mid-sized cars. Pony Cars are compacts. Both have large engines. šŸ¤”šŸ©
 


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According to my Mach Eā€™s service reports it is also a Truck.

Iā€™m not convinced Ford thinks they make anything besides trucks.
A few years back, Ford declared that they were abandoning ordinary passenger cars and were only going to make trucks, SUVs, and Mustang. I was kind of sad because I was looking forward to a fully electric car. The compliance SUV wasnā€™t all that exciting, but then they renamed it and re-did stuff to make it more fun. Too bad they kept the compliance HVBJB and other supporting systems. šŸ¤”šŸ©
 

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Pony Car class yes. The 1964 Pontiac GTO was the father of the Musclecar class. Musclecars are mid-sized cars. Pony Cars are compacts. Both have large engines. šŸ¤”šŸ©
Thanks for the clarification! Both released in the same decade, somehow got a little mixed up!
 

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You can ascertain what Farley said, and you can ascertain what some PR mouthpiece communication director claims he meant.
I beg to differ with you when it comes to brushing off Emma Bergg as "some PR mouthpiece". I have communicated with her before, and I believe that she is a person with integrity. I have also secured an answer from Darren Palmer, who holds the position of Vice President Global EV Programs. He says the same as Emma Bergg: "I believe he means an all electric Mustang Coupe." Would you brush off him too, or can we conclude that this explanation is the logical one? Ford will not build an all electric Mustang Coupe, but they have built an all electric Mustang crossover.
 

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to the Mustang fighter plane theme from which the Mustang car was imagined
This is not true. The name of a concept car, "Ford Mustang Experimental Sports car" was derived from the P-51 figheter plane, but the 1964 1/2 car took its name from the horse.
 

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Which generation? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚
I actually think the MME is part of the 7th generation. There are design elements carried over from the MME to the S650. The Exterior Designer (Chris Walter) is the same.
 

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I actually think the MME is part of the 7th generation. There are design elements carried over from the MME to the S650. The Exterior Designer (Chris Walter) is the same.
Interesting observation, had not noticed that.
 

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I wonder if they ever considered naming it a Thunderbird Mach-E.
I don't think so. But Henry Ford II suggested Thunderbird II as the name for the original Mustang. "Nobody else liked that one", Lee Iacocca said.
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