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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is hilarious. They obviously didn’t realize their target audience was drivers who don’t know how to handle a muscle car 😂

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The newer mustangs are not muscle cars. They are suvs pretending to be muscle cars

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

All the bulk of an SUV without the ease of getting in and out.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Mustang just got a dad body

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no idea why they called this entirely different car a mustang.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because nostalgia sells cars to boomers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but the mach e had a 0 to 60 time that matches the mustang GT so comparing this relevant stat, it might as well be. Plus, they need even more power because it's so heavy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And the Ford Focus RS had a 0-60 about the same as a Mustang, but I didn't hear anyone wanting to pretend it was a muscle car or should be called a "Mustang 4-tech"....

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's your point? The focus RS isn't electric sooooo it's not a part of this conversation about ford EVs and their design woes lmao

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@[email protected] wrote

What’s your point? The focus RS isn’t electric sooooo it’s not a part of this conversation about ford EVs and their design woes lmao

I was being sarcastic towards Ford whoring out the Mustang name on an SUV with apologists claiming that the performance made it a Mustang. Electric or not probably doesn't even matter.

Sorry if I was too subtle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can retcon that all you want but you just don't know how to read

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Far from any overlap. Over 70% of buyers are first time Ford customers.