Ford Mach E Prototype Spotted For The First Time

Ford Mach E Prototype Spotted For The First Time

The idea of a Mustang fan complaining about accelerated tire wear is laughable. Which "Mustang" are we talking about? The GT500, or the other 99.6% of them on the road? 1. we aren鈥檛 talking tire wear, we鈥檙e talking tire heat management. As a tire gets beyond its heat threshold, it loses grip. Additional weight pushes it beyond that threshold faster. 2. talking about 70% of Mustangs out there. It won鈥檛 be faster in every metric than a standard GT with either PP, a GT350, or a GT500. I鈥檇 guess it鈥檒l be worse in most performance metrics than even the Ecoboost performance packs. The ONLY thing it MIGHT have going for it is acceleration, and that鈥檚 yet to be seen. I don't have a horse (ha ha) in this race, but I imagine this is going to have a few people up in arms. Not just 'mustang inspired', it's wearing the mustang name.

I鈥檓 considering buying used (and in turn, not giving Ford any money directly). While I don't see a huge issue with using the pony, outright naming it a Mustang probably has more disadvantage than advantage. Alienating the purists while at the same time failing to fool any new buyers into thinking they are gaining access to the exclusive Mustang "club" may not be the best avenue. Possibly the worst of both worlds. The "Mach" name would have been enough to tie it to Mustang's pedigree - even absent the pony - without appearing desperate to give it a persona it doesn't actually share with Mustang. If it's a good car, what they name it would be irrelevant. If it can't stand on its own, a plastic icon and the name of another successful model won't keep it afloat. I hope it blows us away with performance and technology, but what I interpret as trying too hard in the branding department makes me skeptical. I knew if there was going to be a badge, it wouldn鈥檛 be a badge alone. This is just going to push away ex-Ford faithfuls while not boosting sales over simply calling it 鈥淢ach 1鈥? Ford isn鈥檛 dumb, they HAD to have known that would be the outcome. Why else would they do it then?

Tim Sweet 100% on board with the smaller chambers. What you will see unfold in these updates is an exercise in project management for the modifications. When I originally scoped out the components for the 302 that replaced the 250, I used a similar process, but very detailed. But this time it鈥檒l be different. There is a lot to do and unlike the previous rebuild, money will be tight and free time limited. The main goal I have is to keep the car in operation in between stages of modification. This will take a clear and well laid out plan, where issues similar to the installation of the dash pad before the pillar post trim arrived (doh!), could be more than just a cost in time. Below is a high level sketch of what I鈥檇 like accomplish with the Mustang. I鈥檒l update this list with more details as I figure which brands, sizes and the like that will be used. Over on my Facebook pages I have already received some feedback and suggestions and I鈥檒l post these up here in some cleverly titled entry. So give me your suggestions or opinions and as the progression goes even tell me if you don鈥檛 like the choice and why. Black Hood stripe (1970 Boss 1970 302 or 1970 Mach 1) - See images below - What do you think? O.K., let鈥檚 hear your thoughts. They will automatically appear to the right of this posting and I鈥檒l add the good ones in the update posts.

LXs remained more visually restrained than GTs. Their grille, for instance, was a simple slot with a horizontal bar bearing a small Ford oval. Below was a body-color bumper with integral spoiler and wide, black rubstrips that wrapped around as body side protection moldings to a color-keyed rear bumper. GTs wore sculpted rocker-panel skirts that looked like the add-ons they were, plus a dummy scoop ahead of each wheel, a burly spoiler on the hatchback, and busy "cheese-grater" taillamps instead of the LX's simple tri-color clusters. At least the grille-less GT face was aggressively handsome -- rather like the SVO's, with a wide "mouth" intake in a forward-jutting airdam with flanking round foglamps. So you shouldn't miss it, large "Mustang GT" lettering was molded into the rocker extensions and rear bumper cover. Because instrument panels are among the costliest components for a carmaker to change, the brand-new '87 dashboard implied the foxy Mustang might hang on for more than a few years (as indeed it would). The design could have come from Mazda. The right side was cut away on top to form a useful package shelf and lend a greater sense of interior spaciousness.