hammered hell

[Elvis67]

It's not a Mustang.... it's a poser SUV on a VW skateboard... end.

It's a China pos

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[GP2017GT]

Amazing how just one - arguably minor - mis-step that doesn't affect this vehicle's usefulness or functionality can do so much damage to its overall perception in the eyes of those who are fans of the car it's trying to steal the name away from.


Norm

Just a minor misstep.

 

[Biggus Dickus]

It's a China pos

The Mach-e is made in Mexico

 

[Norm Peterson]

Just a minor misstep.

Even bad precedents get to be copied, I guess . . .


Norm

 

[Elvis67]

The Mach-e is made in Mexico

Manufactured in China assembled in Mexico

 

[dirtwarrior]

The new Bronko is awesome

 

[larr12]

Manufactured in China assembled in Mexico

Daaamn. I didnt know that.

 

[Dave TBG]

You’re about a year late to the party.

More than that, it was a hot topic when I joined 3 years ago.

 

[dirtwarrior]

I just joined

 

[MikeHTally]

The "E" in the Mach E stands for "EW!" And, boys and girls, they all are automatic.

Of course they are. What EV isn't?

 

[Hillsndale]

This is the only spec for the Aztec!

Also please get the tent that pops out the ass... definitely the best feature.

I always thought that was an external airbag to stop someone from rear ending you.

 

[ShadesOfBloo]

The "E" in the Mach E stands for "EW!" And, boys and girls, they all are automatic.

It's not even automatic: It just doesn't shift gears. Like most electric vehicles, it has a reduction gear with a fixed ratio.
Good news: If you own a Mach-E you can tell your gearhead buddies it has a 9.05 rear end.
It can go over 100mph because it can spin the motor(s) over 13,000rpm.
It's geared short for city driving, and that also serves the ever-important 0-60 test.

If you take it on the highway, it will probably lose efficiency due to spinning the motor so fast, just like any other EV.

People who drank the Tesla cool-aid carry on about how the motor has such a broad RPM range it doesn't need to shift gears. Tesla doesn't like everyone to know that they did see an advantage to shifting gears, tried to develop a 2-speed automatic for their cars, and failed. They failed at it, so they resumed the story that they don't need it. Their travel range is great at 35mph and 4000rpm, terrible at 75mph at 8,700rpm or whatever it is.

Porsche also saw an advantage to shifting gears, and their EV has a 2-speed transmission.
I think Tesla said "You can't make a viable transmission for something with this much torque"
and Porsche engineers were like "Hold mein bier".

Where many EVs are tiny things with ruthlessly utilitarian amounts of power, and the Tesla and Porsche EVs are mostly novelties for rich people, the Mach-E is somewhere in between.
I don't mind that it shares styling cues with the Mustang, though I also want to know how drunk the committee had to be to put the Mustang name on it.
I also don't understand why it needs so much ground clearance - Is someone going to drive it in snow when anybody who knows anything knows weather that cold is bad for batteries?
And why the **** did it have to have "electronically controlled" door handles? Hasn't the world figured out that Tesla's electric door handles are the least reliable part of their car? And maybe not something to emulate?

 

[olerodder]

I wouldn't mind parking one next to my GT, and would really like to park this one next to it. It would make a great weekend racer.

 

[olerodder]

I wouldn't mind parking one next to my GT, and would really like to park this one next to it. It would make a great weekend racer.

I wouldn't mind making this a weekend racer either, a nice solid low 8 second 1/4 mile car.

 

[Qcman17]

I wouldn't mind parking one next to my GT, and would really like to park this one next to it. It would make a great weekend racer.

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