Ghostalmedia to Electric Vehicles@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoFord 'revives' the Capri after 30 years as a four-door EVwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
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minus-square@Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•edit-22 months agoOr just stick the electric transaxle in an actual Mustang. Btw, any car guys here should know you can just buy the mustang transaxle as a “crate motor” from Ford and drop it in what you want.
minus-square@gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 months agoRight? I want to emphasize: my issue is NOT that it’s electric. My issue is that Mustang != SUV. Also SUVs are fucking stupid, but I digress.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoThe only modern Ford SUV worth a damn is the Bronco, because it’s a legitimate off-roader. Everything else is just a fucking station wagon, but stupider.
minus-square@mosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilink4•edit-22 months agoThe compact SUV is about as close to a electric light truck as you can get in the US, so it does fit a niche.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoOnly the high end one is a legit off-road vehicle. They also make a stupid little box version of the car that definitely cannot excel in the dirt.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoYeah, I did not say “Bronco Sport,” which is an entirely different model and also misleading bullshit.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months ago and also misleading bullshit. Right?
minus-square@Zipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•2 months agoAnd they’re all built off the stretched and lifted bones of the old Focus.
Or just stick the electric transaxle in an actual Mustang.
Btw, any car guys here should know you can just buy the mustang transaxle as a “crate motor” from Ford and drop it in what you want.
Right?
I want to emphasize: my issue is NOT that it’s electric.
My issue is that Mustang != SUV.
Also SUVs are fucking stupid, but I digress.
The only modern Ford SUV worth a damn is the Bronco, because it’s a legitimate off-roader. Everything else is just a fucking station wagon, but stupider.
The compact SUV is about as close to a electric light truck as you can get in the US, so it does fit a niche.
Only the high end one is a legit off-road vehicle. They also make a stupid little box version of the car that definitely cannot excel in the dirt.
Yeah, I did not say “Bronco Sport,” which is an entirely different model and also misleading bullshit.
Right?
And they’re all built off the stretched and lifted bones of the old Focus.