FUTURE SHOCK
@DeanGbsn
COME up with a list of motoring icons, and the Ford Mustang is sure to be in there. It’s a car, like the Beetle or Jeep, that’s identifiable by a single name, and it has provided performance for the masses since the first cars hit showrooms back in 1964.
The Mustang has had its ups and downs – from racing success in a variety of disciplines, to the ill-conceived Mustang II ‘economy’ model of the 1970s – but the current car, first launched in 2015, is a true global success story. Yet it now exists at a time when the car industry is in the biggest state of flux it’s seen in its 130-year history.
Electrification is upon us, but rather than consign the Mustang to combustion-powered history, Ford is reinventing it for this new era. Traditionalists have baulked at the electric Mustang Mach-E, and some would say they have just cause. How exactly can a five-door SUV live up to the Mustang’s hairy-chested reputation?
Proportions
Lining the electric model up against the Mustang Mach 1 – the flagship of the
