The Ford Mustang Mach E Has Been Leaked And It's Quicker Than A V8 GT
Remember that contentiously-named Ford ‘Mustang Mach E’ which was officially christened this week? It’s effectively been revealed in full several days before you’re supposed to see it. By Ford.
Ford’s dedicated site for reserving the car went live early, and although the page was hidden, a Mach E forum member was able to access it after playing around with different URLs. The website shows the car from all angles, and even more awkwardly, some key details. It’s now been taken down, but not before screen grabs were taken and picked up by the world’s motoring media.
The page shows that the Mach E will be available in five flavours in the USA, starting with the ‘Select’ for $43,895. It can be specced in either all or rear-wheel drive forms, is estimated to have an EPA-rated range of 230 miles, and can do 0-62mph in the mid-five-second range when specced with AWD.
The $50,600 Premium Mach E has the same targeted 0-60mph time, but it’ll be able to do it whether you opt for all-wheel drive or not. It comes on 19-inch wheels compared to the Select’s 18s and has an EPA estimated range of 300 miles.
The California Route 1 will set you back $52,400, sits on 18-inch wheels, and has an estimated range of 300 miles. Intended to be the long-distance cruiser of the bunch (hence the name), it’s slower than the Select and the Premium with a mid-six-second 0-60mph time.
There’s a First Edition coming in at $59,900 with a range of 270 miles and similar straight-line performance to the Select and Premium, and finally, a $60,500 GT. Yep, Ford has gone there. It’s comfortably quicker than the V8-powered ‘proper’ Mustang GT with a mid-three-second 0-60, but it has the lowest range of the quintet at 235 miles. These final two are only available with all-wheel drive.
So the Mach E certainly has the right kind of go to live up to the Mustang name, and there are more styling cues to the Pony Car than expected. But does that just make the whole thing seem all the more cynical? We’ll let you thrash that one out in the comments.
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Comments
Sure it’s better than what we expected, but it’s still horrific
Honestly looks like a Tesla with Mustang face
…..🤔
The interior looks the same as a tesla besides the badge in the steering wheel and that small dash screen lol
Good numbers for the money but it’s still an electric egg with a fake grille
Better value than a Model X though tbh
Well it would just look retarded without a fake grille and it wouldn’t look like a Mustang inspired car.
Just… No
Not gonna lie, this is pretty sick, at least they didn’t call it the Mach 1 and make it NOT look like a mustang, this is probably my favorite ev as of now, and I don’t even LIKE evs!
Okay, so the front looks like a mix up of the Tesla X and an Audi, but over all I think it looks alright. Probably one of the few EVs, after the Jag I-Pace I would actually consider
Would this count as a crossover? Btw it seems to be a great car.
“OMG this car is so cool it’s electric Mustang crossover I hope we get more cars like this having name of those stupid wannabe sports cars and are made into something that is actually sporty like a crossover”
Said by not a single fking person in this world
Actually it’s the bubbled EV heads who despise anything with an exhaust pipe or anything that’s not a Tesla. Surprised they don’t even care Ford called it a Mustang. But then again, Elon is their lord and saviour 🙄
I wouldn’t care even if it did 400mph, no force on Earth could make me interested in that . . . thing
It looks ok but I’d prefer a Tesla