As soon as it was clear that the Pinto had a dangerous problem, Ford should've immediately recalled the car. But, the case with the Pinto was its manufacturer not caring about the safety of their car, and that got people hurt or killed. Which is understandable, we're all used to the Mustang being a sports car built for performance, so this is something completely different. People are simply mad that it's an electric crossover that happens to have the Mustang name on it. The case with the Mach-E is purely its identity and how people is reacting to it. I can easily see that occurring in another reality. It's honestly a shocker that the Pinto didn't put them out of business. Yeah, sure it's 'completely fucking unfair' to compare a modern electric crossover, that's going to be many times safer, to a 70's oil crisis car that had a deadly safety issue that Ford refused to fix, and only fixed after they got hit hard with lawsuits and an investigation by the NHTSA, because said safety issue had gotten people hurt or killed. It's honestly not the worst thing I've seen. Only time will tell how successful the Mach-E will be.

I'm glad they didn't call it Mach-1, because that I would've felt was inappropriate. Average folk couldn't afford it.Īnd honestly, people should be happy they called it Mach-E, because the name Mach-1 got floated around, until Ford listened to people and called it Mach-E instead. I won't count the GT if it ain't getting snapped, because let's face it, that's a rich toy. I mean, the Mustang is like the only car that is surviving Ford's Thanos snapping of cars in the US Market in order to focus on their trucks and SUVs. I think that unlike Mitsubishi, Ford is aware of how close the Mustang is with people. In a way, I see the Mach-E as a Mustang spin-off, and because of that, I can't be too mad at it.

If the Mach-E was slated to replace the Mustang like the case with the Eclipse, than yeah, I'd have some bones to pick with Ford. The Mach-E isn't replacing the Mustang, which was the case with the Eclipse Cross and the Eclipse. I admit that I'm not too keen on the Mustang name being slapped on it, though I have to give Ford SOME credit.

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