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FIRST LOOK I 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E
Ford hears you like giant screens.
And large knobs. The Mach-E
features both. Ford actually
considered getting rid of the screen
in front of the driver altogether
like the Tesla Model 3 but then
quite wisely decided not to.
The faux-leather is fully vegan.
wouldn’t drive a BEV in extreme weather; styling buck, the Mustang Mach-E is just
51 percent suffer from range anxiety; and barely an SUV. If the batteries weren’t
thanks to the success of the Toyota Prius, hidden inside the floor, the thing would
42 percent think BEVs require gasoline. look like a hatchback. I think it looks
The solution, then, if you’re going to sell pretty much OK, though the more butch,
an electric car, is to attract the buyers more aggressive GT version is where it’s
who think EV tech is sexy. Who dat? at. The Tesla-ish nose has been replaced
People who dig performance. by a Shelby-looking snout.
Ford’s design team began by working Inside, Ford smartly uses a no-
on three versions of the Mach-E. The first animals-harmed interior. Scowl and scoff
was meant to be powerful and emotional. all you want, but here in Los Angeles, I’ve
The second pure and minimal. The third known more than a few people who’ve
was slavish to the current Mustang’s flat-out refused to buy a car because dead
design language. In the end, Ford picked cow hides were the only interior option.
the first proposal then added healthy These seat coverings feel like leather but
amounts of Mustang couture. The aren’t; there’s no cloth option. Think of
result is an aggressive-looking, spacious the seats as Beyond Leather or Impos-
five-passenger electric SUV. Having sible Seats, and you get the idea. Feels just
climbed around inside a pretty-far-along like the real thing but ain’t.
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