Originally Posted by Aero540T
Originally Posted by Burt
Originally Posted by Aero540T
I love it. Tired of the people complaining about the Mustang name. It's got serious performance so why not. Sure the front end isn't the best but it looks good. A lot of people would love the performance and convenience of a fast SUV.
At the end of the day it's another option for consumers. If you don't like it, cool, don't buy it!
At the end of the day, it's not about whether you or I buy it, but whether hundreds of thousands of consumers look at it as more than an option. I'm just making a projection that they are going to confuse people and sell fewer cars than they otherwise would.
There are examples of good vehicles that failed to sell (335d, honda cross-tour) because people scratched their heads and said "what is it?"
Sorry but I don't understand what's to be confused about. It's not a regular mustang. You're not going to accidentally buy this vehicle. The people that buy this are going to know what they're buying. EVs are getting more and more popular so it'll either succeed or it won't. I don't understand the hate
They'll be confused because it says Mustang, but as you say it's not a regular Mustang. Let's face it, the regular Mustang is a retro car, styled to resemble a 50 year-old model. Other than the retro Camaro and Challenger, nobody is making pony cars. So you named it after a famous pony car, but it's not a pony car. Well you can flip a switch and your SUV roars like a pony car, but you've just got a funny sounding EV SUV with horses running around the exterior and interior.
Please name one car that took the name from another model and put it on a completely different model and tried to convince buyers it was a heritage thing. LTD II? Dodge Dart?
Brands matter. Like when they took the Toyota label off a Corolla and put Chevy Nova on it and it didn't sell or resale as well. The VW Phaeton was a great car that nobody bought because they didn't want to pay a luxury price for a non-luxury brand.
Only 80,000 people buy a Mustang per year, including a heavy number of rental sales. There's just not that many people out there saying, "I'd love to have a Mustang, if only it had more interior room."