@Car_Sick_Nick
SAVE THE MACH 1!
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Its not a Mustang. It will be its own model model. Not a hybrid. All electric.
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So, are you saying that there won’t be any Mustang Hybrid?Its not a Mustang. It will be its own model model. Not a hybrid. All electric.
Didn't he mention something about getting the V8 sound with the electric acceleration? Maybe they'll just simulate the v8 sound?Its not a Mustang. It will be its own model model. Not a hybrid. All electric.
sorry didn’t mean that I was disagreeing with you. Guess I hit quote and didn’t realize it.I wasn’t disagreeing with what was said. Who is he? I think it’ll be a hybrid
He did.Didn't he mention something about getting the V8 sound with the electric acceleration? Maybe they'll just simulate the v8 sound?
So it sounds like the Mach 1 is for sure going to be a V8 hybrid Mustang...but they're testing the idea of putting the same set up in an Explorer and sharing the name??Jalopnik said:"Update Jan 14 6:00 p.m. est: Mike Levine clarified his tweet in a message to Jalopnik, saying Ford is “researching the name Mach 1 to see how customers respond,” for a high performance battery electric SUV."
High performance battery electric SUV inspired by a sports car and utility
Well the S650 was supposed to come with a hybrid so I don't think we're that far off from seeing a hybrid mustang and the announcement didn't explicitly say it was going to be an SUV or a car so it could be one of them or a new trim for both.Ugh I was excited for a hybrid mustang. V8 power + electric motors, sounded awesome. Now it's a SUV? With the Mach1 nameplate? WTF Ford.
I’m not suggesting no V8, that’d be crazy. I was suggesting the hybrid could be using the turbo 4 not a V8. I sure would like to see the acceleration a V8 and batteries power the front wheels could do though. I was just thinking packaging for the V8 would be very difficult but they’d probably use the trunk either way.Based on Ford's history, legacy and heritage I would suggest that there is no way that they would consider a Mustang with only a 4 cylinder engine as a hybrid whether it is FI or NA.
In the history of the Mustang which goes back some ~53 years there was only one year that Ford did not produce a production V8 in a Mustang and that was during the 1974 MY.
I am suggesting that Ford will not go down that same road again!
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