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(Wasn't sure where to post this, it might already be elsewhere, but since I have a S550 thought I'd put it here)
In CarrBuzz today, an article saying that the S650 Mustang will be in production until 2029, at which time it will be replaced by an all-electric battery Mustang (basically a Mach-E Coupe?):
https://carbuzz.com/news/fords-all-electric-mustang-will-begin-production-in-2029
As an 'old school' (and just plain old) gear head, I'm sad to see the end of the ICE Mustang. Both because for me no battery powered EV could ever be as much fun and have the same soul as an IC car, and because I think the lemming-like blind rush to EVs is premature, and driven by politics and lack of understanding and not sound science. Ford seems to have drunk the EV KoolAid a bit more enthusiastically than most, though not all car company executives are so blindly smitten with rainbow-colored visions of a battery powered future -
https://carbuzz.com/news/auto-executives-are-losing-confidence-in-ev-adoption
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/02/toyota-ceo-akio-toyoda-electric-vehicles-happy-dance.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota...as-doubts-about-pursuing-only-evs-11671372223
https://jalopnik.com/auto-executives-are-losing-confidence-in-ev-adoption-1849920171
https://artdiamondblog.com/archives...are-afraid-so-they-cant-speak-out-loudly.html
It's frustrating to watch, and rarely works out well when governments take a 'field of dreams' approach and try to legislate something into existence just because they feel like it and not because the fundamental science, engineering, and economics support it. But it is what it is, ICE's are going away and soulless, anodyne, boring, battery-powered transportation pods are coming.
I don't care about the 'numbers' and how EV's have 'maximum torque at zero rpm.' So does my washing machine, and I don't think it would be much fun to drive. I care about how a car feels to drive in the seat of my pants, about its soul and personality, about how it makes me feel and not some arbitrary numbers to brag about to people I don't care about.
Regardless of where one stands on EVs, the passing of the gas engine Mustang will be a very sad day. It will be the end of the line for one of the most storied, legendary enthusiast's cars in history, a car that created an entirely new class of performance car, the Pony Car. It captured the hearts, dreams, and imaginations of generations of car fans. Songs were written about it. Probably no other car has inspired so much passion as the Mustang. It was unique in being an aspirational car, but one that was also affordable. Once it's gone it will be gone for good. The ICE Mustang won't be coming back. Enjoy it now while we still can. Take it out and go for a drive just for the hell of it, to row through the gears along a winding road, and hear the sound of an old-school V8 rumble one more time.
Raise a glass and toast the Mustang, the car that brought so much fun to literally millions of car enthusiasts everywhere. Time for some nostalgia and a beer...
https://mailchi.mp/29e07fba8897/ant...-of-an-american-icon-antique-cars-were-better
https://mailchi.mp/a31cf9a15857/antique-autos-the-original-mustangs-potent-ponies
https://mailchi.mp/e7d462b50327/antique-autos-mustang-grows-up-1950s-winter-driving
In CarrBuzz today, an article saying that the S650 Mustang will be in production until 2029, at which time it will be replaced by an all-electric battery Mustang (basically a Mach-E Coupe?):
https://carbuzz.com/news/fords-all-electric-mustang-will-begin-production-in-2029
As an 'old school' (and just plain old) gear head, I'm sad to see the end of the ICE Mustang. Both because for me no battery powered EV could ever be as much fun and have the same soul as an IC car, and because I think the lemming-like blind rush to EVs is premature, and driven by politics and lack of understanding and not sound science. Ford seems to have drunk the EV KoolAid a bit more enthusiastically than most, though not all car company executives are so blindly smitten with rainbow-colored visions of a battery powered future -
https://carbuzz.com/news/auto-executives-are-losing-confidence-in-ev-adoption
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/02/toyota-ceo-akio-toyoda-electric-vehicles-happy-dance.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota...as-doubts-about-pursuing-only-evs-11671372223
https://jalopnik.com/auto-executives-are-losing-confidence-in-ev-adoption-1849920171
https://artdiamondblog.com/archives...are-afraid-so-they-cant-speak-out-loudly.html
It's frustrating to watch, and rarely works out well when governments take a 'field of dreams' approach and try to legislate something into existence just because they feel like it and not because the fundamental science, engineering, and economics support it. But it is what it is, ICE's are going away and soulless, anodyne, boring, battery-powered transportation pods are coming.
I don't care about the 'numbers' and how EV's have 'maximum torque at zero rpm.' So does my washing machine, and I don't think it would be much fun to drive. I care about how a car feels to drive in the seat of my pants, about its soul and personality, about how it makes me feel and not some arbitrary numbers to brag about to people I don't care about.
Regardless of where one stands on EVs, the passing of the gas engine Mustang will be a very sad day. It will be the end of the line for one of the most storied, legendary enthusiast's cars in history, a car that created an entirely new class of performance car, the Pony Car. It captured the hearts, dreams, and imaginations of generations of car fans. Songs were written about it. Probably no other car has inspired so much passion as the Mustang. It was unique in being an aspirational car, but one that was also affordable. Once it's gone it will be gone for good. The ICE Mustang won't be coming back. Enjoy it now while we still can. Take it out and go for a drive just for the hell of it, to row through the gears along a winding road, and hear the sound of an old-school V8 rumble one more time.
Raise a glass and toast the Mustang, the car that brought so much fun to literally millions of car enthusiasts everywhere. Time for some nostalgia and a beer...
https://mailchi.mp/29e07fba8897/ant...-of-an-american-icon-antique-cars-were-better
https://mailchi.mp/a31cf9a15857/antique-autos-the-original-mustangs-potent-ponies
https://mailchi.mp/e7d462b50327/antique-autos-mustang-grows-up-1950s-winter-driving
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