Ford Gambles Big With An An All-Electric Crossover: The 2021 Mustang Mach E

Well, it's no Canyonero.

Most teslas I see are stuck in traffic so this is another option for people who sit and get fat in traffic. Moo.

I think its great looking - excellent design and cues to the Mustang. But the Audi all-electric SUV is better looking.

It's part of the new-ish micro-niche of Coupe SUV's, much like the BMW X6 etc., and it looks pretty decent, I'd say - the nose maintains the overall Ford family look whilst the rear haunches and tail-light treatment are particularly appealing. The slab-like infotainment screen is much less so, it doesn't look to be in any way integrated into the dashboard, and actually looks like an after-market add-on. The Tesla Model 3 is just as bad in that respect, mind you.

Guys, R3 & R4 specifically, do you think the overall chunkiness looks good? Whenever I've been behind an X6, they seem sort of comical to me. When people made fun of the BMW Bangle Butt, the X6 took that to new heights. I'd say the nose is the only thing Mustang about it to me.

The exterior bears a striking resemblance to the just discontinued INFINITI QX70, a design that's was around for fifteen years. I also dislike the Tesla style full size tablet tacked vertically on the center of the dashboard. Every other carmaker has figured out how to integrate long horizontal screen interfaces into their interiors. The slapped on iPad just looks incongruous.

The new Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator just had the worst and most embarrassing launches of any vehicles ever, so I'd be leery of this.

So true, R6. The Explorer/Aviator are assembled at a plant in Chicago. The finished product quality is so poor at the Chicago plant, the vehicles are shipped to another factory in Michigan where they are the numerous errors are corrected and repaired, then the vehicles are sent to dealers.

And 43K for the lowest price for the Mustang E? They're obviously not going for the mass market like the original Mustang did. The original 2 door coupe stickered for <$3K, fully loaded with all the goodies <$4K,

This is no Mustang. It looks like a frauwagen.

Why can't GM, Ford and Chrysler make attractive cars with elegant lines? They always have to add weird extrusions and creases and bulges and too-big logos. Just keep it simple. Even their luxury and performance models are dowdy-looking.

Why does it need all that grill if it’s electric? It’s like Ford slapped George Michael’s leather jacket on a decent car.

Well, there certainly have been some ugly Mustangs in the past.

[quote] ...specifically, do you think the overall chunkiness looks good?

I don't see the chunkiness you're talking about. High belt line? I don't see that either.

As far as I see it, the styling is in the vein of the Porsche Macan and the Jaquar F Pace.

I bet this is going to do well.

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I like it but I think it was a big mistake to name it Mustang.

Calling it Mustang and giving it familiar Mustang design cues is a brilliant marketing move.

It looks like it should be named Taurus

$43k for a bloated hatchback?

No one is going to look at this bloated Ford Escape and think " is that a Mustang ?"

R12, I guess we're seeing two different cars then. Your picture illustrates it best for me. The raised stance of the car, the bulging sheet metal that appears to be the bottom 3/4 of the car, and the relatively small amount of glass appear awkward to me. It is aping the design language of some of those other SUVs, but they are selling it as a crossover. I don't see Mustang fans flocking to it. The Tesla 3 appeals to me much more, design-wise.

R19 I much prefer the Tesla's design as well.

But I'm able to step back and objectively observe the Mustang.

The Tesla is elegant. It's the epitome of good taste in auto design.

That's not the Mustang clientele. The Mustang is going to have a tougher look. That's the design legacy of the car.

The kind of customer that wants a Tesla, isn't going to buy something called Mustang.

I think the Mustang looks right, however I would like to have seen an even stronger resemblance to the coupe.

But this is a good tough looking sporty design. If it had vertical grille opening it could pass as a new offering from Alfa.

Maybe it needs bold color on it, like that blue, R12/20. It certainly looks better there. I'm curious to see it in person, either way.I'm getting Ronan Farrow vibes, looks good from certain angles and hideous from others.

R13 looks like a click it or ticket poster.