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Ford 'revives' the Capri after 30 years as a four-door EV (www.engadget.com)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

The “mustang mach E” - while by all accounts a great car - is just an absolutely catastrophic branding decision imo.

A Mustang is a sports car. A Mustang is not an SUV.

Honestly, it’s just so dumb. They could have picked another horse-oriented name if they really wanted to, but this is like calling an electrified Blazer a “Camaro” (to GM: please… don’t…)

Edit:

Good horse names instead of “mustang mach e”:

  • Clydesdale (honestly, this seems like a slam dunk. The car is heavy, but very powerful, and will likely be used by families as a “workhorse” car)
  • Andalusian
  • Appaloosa
  • Percheron
  • Shire
  • Ardennais

And this way, instead of the inevitable profusion of suffixes that special and sporty editions will create, you can clearly differentiate between the “sports car” line and the “electric sporty SUV” line. And do not try to fucking tell me “it’s an electric sports car!” It is not. You are lying to me and you are lying to yourself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I have one and I just call it a Mach e.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Or just stick the electric transaxle in an actual Mustang.

Btw, any car guys here should know you can just buy the mustang transaxle as a "crate motor" from Ford and drop it in what you want.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right?

I want to emphasize: my issue is NOT that it’s electric.

My issue is that Mustang != SUV.

Also SUVs are fucking stupid, but I digress.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The only modern Ford SUV worth a damn is the Bronco, because it's a legitimate off-roader. Everything else is just a fucking station wagon, but stupider.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The compact SUV is about as close to a electric light truck as you can get in the US, so it does fit a niche.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

And they're all built off the stretched and lifted bones of the old Focus.