Ford's New Mach 1 Will Be A Focus-Based FWD Electric Crossover
The Mach 1 name is a legend. Used by Ford on various Mustangs from 1969 to 1978, it returned for a brief stint on the fourth-gen pony before disappearing for good. As Ford announced a few weeks ago though, it’s coming back, and in a form that might not go down too well with purists.
We already knew about the new Mach 1 being an electric performance SUV, but now Autocar is reporting that it’ll be a front-wheel drive and based on the ‘C2’ architecture used for the new Focus. If those Mustang fans weren’t triggered already, they probably will be now.
The electric crossover will have some Mustang-derived styling features to go with the Mach 1 name, and will be joined by another resurrected Ford moniker: Bronco. These two cars - both expected to arrive in 2020 - are part of a crossover/SUV product offensive from Ford, which will see the firm kill off most of its conventional passenger cars in the North American market.
Thanks to Ford’s new global strategy, we can expect both to be sold in the UK.
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“Ford will make a new Mach1!”
Me: This is exciting!
“It will be Focus based FWD electric crossover”
Me: Nooooooooo!
It’s like everything petrolheads hate rolled into one…
At least it’s pretty hard to ruin the bronco. That thing was an SUV from day obe
This just in. The new bronco will be a full electric crossover
They went full Mitsubishi. Don’t ever go full Mitsubishi.
Ford went Full mitsubishi back when they decided to discontinue Hatchbacks and sedans in the USA
Mitsubishi went really boring a while ago and nobody ever thinks about cars they make now, because they are so bad. We only keep thinking of how good the Lancer was
Can’t the fans boycott the company? I honestly think we had enough of SUV’s on the world of cars
id say some cars deserve to go back to their former forms, like the espace(large mpv[now a large luxury crossover]), outback(allroad/high station wagon[now a crossover]) and vitara(SUV[now a compact crossover])
The fans are not those who bring money so they dont care. They have marketing team. Theyr only concern is making money. And they doing it just fine.
Time out. MACH1 and ELECTRIC FWD CROSSOVER shouldn’t even be in the same sentence!!
By saying that
You’ve done just that
Next Ford GT will be an electric smart-like car…mark my words!
It’ll be in partnership with smart or mini
Wait, it’s not April 1st today, is it?
no
Why does it has to be the Mach One?!
atleast its not mach 3