# Mustang electric SUV? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520 "2020-12-21T23:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/1 "2020-12-21T23:53:27Z")
I saw this vehicle on the ABC News site. [https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-mach-e](https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-mach-e) It just feels wrong to call an electric SUV a “Mustang.” Then again, I have similar feelings about the Porsche Cayenne. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/2 "2020-12-22T00:03:09Z")
I saw one at the Boston Car show last year. One of the most popular exhibits. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/3 "2020-12-22T00:32:32Z")
From what I have read, it is a very good EV. But it isn’t a Mustang. Ford needed a strong brand to sell it and Mustang and Bronco are all they really have. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/4 "2020-12-22T01:05:15Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Ford needed a strong brand to sell it and Mustang and Bronco are all they really have. Agreed but it’s closer to a Bronco than a Mustang. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/5 "2020-12-22T01:16:36Z")
The new Bronco is retro styled except for offering a four-door. But I, with I’m sure many other Mustang owners, hated it when Ford announced a year ago they were putting the Mustang name on an electric SUV. Much like Charger owners were irritated when Chrysler decided to name a four door sedan a Charger. If I had the $$$$$, I would consider a new Bronco. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/6 "2020-12-22T02:34:32Z")
> [@davepsinbox\_157004](#): > > closer to a Bronco than a Mustang. Agree but the Broncos were not announced yet… I think Ford was saving the name. Explorer E might have been a better choice? ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/7 "2020-12-22T02:55:20Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Much like Charger owners were irritated when Chrysler decided to name a four door sedan a Charger. That one annoyed me too. > [@Mustangman](#): > > Explorer E might have been a better choice? Excellent idea IMHO. That or Escape E. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/8 "2020-12-22T03:01:52Z")
Escape E? That sure looks like a joke, and a funny one at that! Comics could run with that… ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/9 "2020-12-22T06:40:36Z")
The Porsche Cayenne was at least a new nameplate rather than trading on the 911 or other models. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/10 "2020-12-22T07:01:07Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > Much like Charger owners were irritated when Chrysler decided to name a four door sedan a Charger. I only knew of one other Charger owner at the time and he didn’t care if the name was used on modern sedans, the goal is to sell vehicles. The people that criticized the use of the Charger name plate were not owners of classic muscle cars. Should Chrysler have named the vehicle Coronet? BTW the Dodge Magnum in the 1970’s was not a wagon, that doesn’t seem to be a disturbance. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/11 "2020-12-22T13:54:52Z")
I thought it was odd at first, but the Mustang will likely be the only car they manufacture in the US after they discontinue the Fusion. Maybe Mustang will be the new Mercury brand, leaving the name Ford for trucks and SUVs. Kinda like Dodge and RAM. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/12 "2020-12-22T17:44:03Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Should Chrysler have named the vehicle Coronet? As a former Coronet owner, I resemble that remark. Seriously, Coronet probably wouldn’t fly today but they could’ve resurrected the Monaco name. > [@jtsanders](#): > > Maybe Mustang will be the new Mercury brand, leaving the name Ford for trucks and SUVs. Kinda like Dodge and RAM. Interesting possibility. You may be onto something. TBH, I thought the Fusion was already gone. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/13 "2020-12-22T19:19:07Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Escape E? > > That sure looks like a joke, and a funny one at that! Comics could run with that… “A Ford Escapee ya said? … So… Ya bought a Chevy?” ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/14 "2020-12-22T20:17:33Z")
I see using the Mustang name (a current car which is very different than the EV version) as a much bigger deal than using the Charger name, out of use for decades (on a muscle car that is, used on a little hot hatch later on), on a sedan that can be had with a ‘hemi’, outperforming any old Charger. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/15 "2020-12-22T21:39:33Z")
> [@shadowfax](#): > > “A Ford Escapee ya said? … So… Ya bought a Chevy?” “A Ford Escapee?” “Yeah, it escaped from the GM plant.” Seriously, I’m sure some bright young thing could come up with a name that was reasonably immune to ridicule. Besides which, the Escape was available as a hybrid so a full on electric version wouldn’t be a stretch. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/16 "2020-12-23T03:29:39Z")
They did offer an electric Focus for awhile, ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/17 "2020-12-23T23:13:16Z")
> [@wolyrobb](#): > > They did offer an electric Focus for awhile, Thanks, I’d forgotten about the Focus electric. It does seem like they could’ve come up with something besides “Mustang.” I guess it’s okay as long as they don’t call it the “Pinto.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PintoKid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pintokid/32/45996_2.png) [@PintoKid](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PintoKid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/18 "2020-12-23T23:43:46Z")
Ford doesn’t learn. In the early 2000’s everything became a Taurus. That did not work out. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/19 "2020-12-23T23:52:00Z")
IIRC, at one point they had the Taurus and the 500 at the same time, which were basically the same car. We haven’t seen the Torino in a while, maybe it’s time for that name again, except currently all the cars start with “F” (until they quit making cars altogether) and all the SUVs start with “E.” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520/20 "2020-12-24T00:14:16Z")
Ford won’t quit building cars, just stop building them for the US market. Cars are still the mainstream for much, if not all, of the rest of their markets. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-electric-suv/173520.md?page=2)