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The Mustang brand will carry this car through your complaints. So what if the range sucks? It's a "sports" "car"; even with an ICE they had crappy range. Havin

by jbob2000 6y ago

The Mustang brand will carry this car through your complaints. So what if the range sucks? It's a "sports" "car"; even with an ICE they had crappy range. Having a bike rack affixed to your car destroys your aerodynamics, so it's kinda funny that you're complaining about 15 miles when a bike rack probably strips that much from the Model Y. AWD is great for racing, perfectly inline with the mustang brand. And again, who cares about range for a sports car.

ogre_codes 6y ago
I was looking at it as a crossover SUV, not as a sports car. If you want to look at it as a performance vehicle, it's a pretty sad offering for a EV. The Model Y Long Range completely crushes it in terms of performance and Range. But since you don't care about utility, you'd probably go for the Model 3 where the performance differences are even greater. The Mustang's performance numbers might look interesting for an ICE vehicle, but they are purely middle of the pack for an EV. Calling the Mustang EV a sports car is like calling a 70s Pinto with a 6 banger a performance car. EDIT: FWIW, I've had a hitch rack on my car for the past 9 years, I'm quite aware of the impact it has on range.
- jbob2000 6y ago
  The Mustang is a middle-of-the-pack sports car, it's perfectly on brand for the Mach-E to be middle of the pack. There's a great scene in the recent Ford V Ferrari, where Christian Bale's character Ken Miles goes off on a Ford exec for making a crappy car. The clip is on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFX_Oc5fAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFX_Oc5fAM
  - ogre_codes 6y ago
    > The Mustang is a middle-of-the-pack sports car It's not middle of the pack for a sports car. Middle of the pack for any EV. It's competitive speed wise with only the slowest base Teslas. It's slower than the mid-range Cybertruck will be. I guess they can brag about being faster than the Nissan Leaf!

ogre_codes 6y ago

I was looking at it as a crossover SUV, not as a sports car. If you want to look at it as a performance vehicle, it's a pretty sad offering for a EV. The Model Y Long Range completely crushes it in terms of performance and Range. But since you don't care about utility, you'd probably go for the Model 3 where the performance differences are even greater. The Mustang's performance numbers might look interesting for an ICE vehicle, but they are purely middle of the pack for an EV. Calling the Mustang EV a sports car is like calling a 70s Pinto with a 6 banger a performance car. EDIT: FWIW, I've had a hitch rack on my car for the past 9 years, I'm quite aware of the impact it has on range.

jbob2000 6y ago
The Mustang is a middle-of-the-pack sports car, it's perfectly on brand for the Mach-E to be middle of the pack. There's a great scene in the recent Ford V Ferrari, where Christian Bale's character Ken Miles goes off on a Ford exec for making a crappy car. The clip is on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFX_Oc5fAM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFX_Oc5fAM
- ogre_codes 6y ago
  > The Mustang is a middle-of-the-pack sports car It's not middle of the pack for a sports car. Middle of the pack for any EV. It's competitive speed wise with only the slowest base Teslas. It's slower than the mid-range Cybertruck will be. I guess they can brag about being faster than the Nissan Leaf!