2020 Mach 1!

[@Car_Sick_Nick]

Its not a Mustang. It will be its own model model. Not a hybrid. All electric.

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[Nameless]

Its not a Mustang. It will be its own model model. Not a hybrid. All electric.

So, are you saying that there won’t be any Mustang Hybrid?

 

[JonnyMustang]

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?

Just re-watched the video...when the door opens, you hear a Mustang crank up @ 38 seconds.

 

[JZ150]

I wasn’t disagreeing with what was said. Who is he? I think it’ll be a hybrid

sorry didn’t mean that I was disagreeing with you. Guess I hit quote and didn’t realize it.

He started a site pickup trucks.com then was eventually hired by ford

 

[Nameless]

Didn't he mention something about getting the V8 sound with the electric acceleration? Maybe they'll just simulate the v8 sound?

He did.

 

[zackmd1]

Well context clues tells me it will be a Mustang. S650 hybrid already announced, Mach 1 was a type of Mustang, then the V8 which currently only comes in the mustang and F150, that all adds up to a hybrid V8 Mustang Mach 1 if you ask me. Now whether or not the Mach 1 name will be used like the ecoboost name is to be determined.

 

[JonnyMustang]

"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."

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??

Levine also clarified on Twitter:

High performance battery electric SUV inspired by a sports car and utility

 

[Nagare]

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.

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.

edit » completely missed the above post which puts a bit of a damper on it...unless it is a super low slung SUV coupe...like an X6 style SUV but lower.

 

[_M_]

Mike Levine is the North America communications manager for Ford Trucks. He’s the guy you see introduce and launch most of the full size trucks and the Raptor. I think he probably has a fairly good idea what it is. Even his quote is confusing, but it does read more to me as a full out EV a performance vehicle.

Either way, as a 2020 it’s not like it’s around the corner.

I also did hear from a good source that the GT500 had a delay. Maybe Chicago will be it

 

[fordmustangnerd]

guys bad news. https://jalopnik.com/a-ford-mach-1-battery-electric-performance-car-is-comin-1822073131

 

[_M_]

It’s a full EV. Check his Twitter

 

[_M_]

It’s a pure EV performance SUV. Confirmed by Mike Levine. No hybrid V8. Unless they have something else up their sleeves

 

[JZ150]

Levine cleaned up his tweet saying its a high performance battery electric SUV inspired by a sports car and utility. Guess that help? Hope it’s not like the ugly BMW SUV car like thing. Even the M version can’t make that thing look good.

Levine also said Ford is testing the Mach 1 name for it.

 

[ttime500]

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!

;)

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.

 

[Jarstang]

The hybrid Mustang is still coming but it is unrelated to this news. Looks like the Mach 1 name will be repurposed to be a full-on electric performance SUV built on a separate platform.

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