My leaf center console plastic looks almost the same as the MACH-E, lots of scratches on it. I noticed in one of the recent photos on the forum of the interior the same thing showing up on the center console bezel. So that is the only thing so far I can see that would annoy me, the rest is looking really good. FYI, best place to get a large amount of SHRIMP for the FRUNK party (post covid) would be Costco unless you live in a sea based village off the gulf. Personally I think it's best fit for a wing party during tailgating, but I have to admit the dividers will be the first mod I make after getting it home.
Yeah, I hate piano black on center consoles because of the scratching too. Hopefully, the aftermarket comes out with decals or wraps to cover it up as they've done for Tesla's center consoles.
That's my hope as well. Not a fan at all, but we should hopefully see some wraps coming. I may even just see about a custom job if it doesn't look like pre-cuts come around.
VW OK, but Honda data is solid in regards to squeak and rattle. Lucky you, you got an outlier.
. I gave the central console a good wobble test and gave the dash a good look over everything was nice and sturdy within minimal contact points so I expect it to remain creak free, of course only time will tell but seeing as most of my commute is over a large strip of concrete rubble that the state is trying to pass off as a freeway it probably won't take long to put that to the test lol. only long term ownership will reveal what interior cost cutting took place on the mach-e however based on first impressions it should hold up well.
Nice summary, have to agree with all of it.Most of the rattles you get with fords are due to bean counting on the interior, USA models also suffer a lot of decontenting over time (you only have to see the bits that go missing vs some euro versions of the same vehicle) add in the use of sub par plastics in some models (looking at you mustang) and in the lack of felt between possible rub points over time they can become a rattle trap
Most of the additional rub & creak points typically comes from the vast spread of trims you can get with a model so the dash ends up being a jigsaw of pieces to cater to all these trim levels adding far more contact points than would typically be necessary.
The huge plus point for the mach-e is that this vast interior trim selection is not present pretty much all vehicles have the same base interior setup with the trim differences being at logical places no heated seats, steering etc and with the lack of physical buttons for a lot of features that jigsaw puzzle of differences is just not there so I suspect the interior should remain rattle free
I got to sit in the mach-e during one of the road show visits last week, my overall impression of the interior was that is was solidly put together
Overall quality wise it was up at the titanium level with soft touch front and rear, however for the price point it really should be at the viginale trim level as it is missing features that are present on cheaper models so ford gets a large demerit for that from me, not yet sat in a model Y but compared to the interior of a model 3 it was a step up, but I find the interior of quality of all teslas I have been in sub par.
Until BEV's become truly mainstream you are going to be paying more than the equivalent ICE so unfortunately being in the early adopter club means comparing quality at similar price points to between BEV and ICE is going to typically leave the BEV of worse
Thank you all for the info and making this a civil informative convo. Im also concerned with the soundbar dash if with time that could cause rattling or even worse gets dirty/stained and impossible to clean. Its a new idea that i have my reservations about.Most of the rattles you get with fords are due to bean counting on the interior, USA models also suffer a lot of decontenting over time (you only have to see the bits that go missing vs some euro versions of the same vehicle) add in the use of sub par plastics in some models (looking at you mustang) and in the lack of felt between possible rub points over time they can become a rattle trap
Most of the additional rub & creak points typically comes from the vast spread of trims you can get with a model so the dash ends up being a jigsaw of pieces to cater to all these trim levels adding far more contact points than would typically be necessary.
The huge plus point for the mach-e is that this vast interior trim selection is not present pretty much all vehicles have the same base interior setup with the trim differences being at logical places no heated seats, steering etc and with the lack of physical buttons for a lot of features that jigsaw puzzle of differences is just not there so I suspect the interior should remain rattle free
I got to sit in the mach-e during one of the road show visits last week, my overall impression of the interior was that is was solidly put together
Overall quality wise it was up at the titanium level with soft touch front and rear, however for the price point it really should be at the viginale trim level as it is missing features that are present on cheaper models so ford gets a large demerit for that from me, not yet sat in a model Y but compared to the interior of a model 3 it was a step up, but I find the interior of quality of all teslas I have been in sub par.
Until BEV's become truly mainstream you are going to be paying more than the equivalent ICE so unfortunately being in the early adopter club means comparing quality at similar price points to between BEV and ICE is going to typically leave the BEV of worse
That sound bar is definitely not designed to take abuse from kids throwing food and drinks around, the dog jumping around, etc. Ford definitely went for style over family SUV indestructibility here.
I gave the sound bar a good poke it had some solidity to it, again time will tell how well it will hold up if you have passengers that like to put feet up on the dash well then all bets are off lol. However with it being a speaker grill then worse case having to replace it should be less of an issue.
, so I suspect the material is expected to be fairly durable as items are typically blinding placed / reached for out of door pockets so chances are the speaker grill is going to get knocked a bit and will hopefully have been tested as such. all piano gloss black interior should really be banished to the deepest levels of hades, manufactures really need to stop it. Can fully understand wanting to add some contrast but would have preferred another material if they want shiny then at least go with carbon fiber. Thankfully it is not a huge area of piano black but is located in the worst possible place so the potentially to be scratched up is high, fumble around with plugin something into the usb (the lack of usb in the storage area under the arm rest doesn't help), be a bit clumsy with grabbing your phone or just placing a hand bag in the lower storage, or even a ring / watch are all just a moment away from scratching it up.
LOL Yeah I've scared people in the Focus Elecric sneaking up on them before...(story elsewhere in the forums)
