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Originally Posted by KR-S 86
Kind of stupid to slap the Mustang name on this. They could have simply called it Mach-E if they wanted to keep it somewhat related to the Mustang. This is no better than the Eclipse Cross.
With that being said, I'm going to play angel's advocate here and say that at least Mustang fans still have the Mustang. They aren't making this the main Mustang model (and hopefully never will).
The way I look at it, if I were a Mustang owner, I'd be thrilled to buy this as a daily driver and save the actual Mustang (and the gas money for it) for weekends.
I still think the same concept applies. There was a time when Porsche build strictly sports cars only, but have since started making luxury sedans/SUVs. They're not any less prestigious than they were because of it. As long as Mustang fans have the actual Mustang, I don't see any reasonable backlash forming.
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But Ford has always made SUVs. Not even remotely the same thing. If I slapped a Mustang emblem on a pickup truck does that make it a Mustang? Should Porsche just call their whole line up 911 and hope the public goes for it? Porsche came up with a whole new name they didn’t try to take their iconic sports car models and turn them into electric crossovers.
I am not a Ford nor Mustang fan and the whole idea is just ludicrous to me so I can’t even imagine what they think of this hair brained badging.