amk91
Well-Known Member
Exactly, it's not VW related at all. That implied VW connection is a fallacy and not accurate.The Mach E is a pure Ford design, it shares nothing with the ID4.
The Mustang Mach-E is built on the Global Electrified 1 (GE1) platform which is a heavily reworked version of the C2 platform that is used on the fourth generation Focus and third generation Kuga/fourth generation Escape
This is not accurate, considering Ford and VW had no agreement in place even prior to 2018. C727 was the original chassis code name for the compliance Ford BEV on C2, initiated in 2015. What became Bronco Sport (CX430), was a simply a Gen Y-targeted Ford crossover on C2 using the code C430 and initiated in 2015 as well.I have to disagree. Ford may have a different āplatform code nameā, but itās the VW ID4.
Take a very good, deep look at the VW ID4 from every perspective (design concept, interior and exterior) - itās the basis for the MACH-E. Ford and VW are collaborative partners working on same/similar EV designs - the ID4 existed before the ME...
Go ahead, take a peak.... Iāve posted the ID4 links before in other ME threads.
Grab online photos and post side by side and front/rear images of each.
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Thats all Iāll say on that subject, donāt want to turn this into a Mach-e thread.
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Now go back to my post above showing the VW Aero1 images and compare the profile to the ā4-door Mustangā profile image seen at the top of this page... you canāt tell me that image is not the same as the VW Aero1.... dimensionally and by appearance...
It went from being a sporty, youthful road-oriented crossover to being a offroad-themed Bronco family product under Hackett in 2017. Ditto for Mach-E in 2017 becoming CX727.
Where did this idea that VW's MEB has any direct connection to Ford C2-based RWD GE1 come from? Do you have any proof that Ford had any existing partnerships prior to 2018 with VWAG? Particularly in 2017, when the program took a Mustang focus?
Otherwise, this claim falls flat and can seen as misinformation.
A future Ford based on MEB might be coming, but that vehicle is most certainly not the GE1 CX727 Mach-E.
The Mach-E is not a VWAG related vehicle and no one should believe that, as it was locked in before Ford made any agreements with VWAG.
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