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I think you are equating the word "defiance" with violence or muscle. I think "bucking the current trends" might be another way to express what Norm was stating. The Mustang was small, simple, sporty and relatively inexpensive when it came out. And that defied the trends of the day. Current...

RIght. Some people seem to have a religious fervor about electric cars. I don't care one way or another. That's why I bought a used car last time. I thought my 2017 was better than the new cars Ford (and GM/Dodge) is currently offering. Otherwise I would have bought new. I think people who...

I'm a little younger than you, but currently I want my next "new" car to be a 2017 or so GT350. And I want to buy in 3-6 years. There's no need to deny yourself the pleasure of owning a Mustang. Just buy whatever year and model you prefer. That's why I currently own a 2017 that I bought last...

Yeah you don't need the expensive chargers. This $700 charger that must be professionally installed is enough. :crackup:

I don't think afraid is the right word, but I do have respect for high voltage and the danger it represents. Higher voltage will overcome a lot larger of a gap or insulator than low voltage does. Just like I don't work on my ICE engine when it's running unless necessary, I would stay away from...

I don't stand inches away from dump trucks as they speed by me, but putting a 440 volt plug into a receptacle means I'm less than an inch away from voltage (and current) that will easily kill. And in MN it is rarely dry. Areas like southern CA there's less concern with everything being soaked...

That is a good point on competitiveness related to time to charge - but you have to make some other assumptions. 1. You never ever go on long trips. So you either have to spend the money to purchase an entirely different vehicle you use for long trips, or you end up paying the price with long...

2 minutes might be a slight exaggeration. Possibly it's 4 minutes TOTAL. The Fiesta's range is well over 300 miles on a 12.4 gallon tank of gas, but time to put 10 gallons in the tank to fill completely up is not long. And the card takes a few seconds to read. You must go to a place with...

If people don't buy electric vehicles, something will happen to allow ICEs back in. On the other hand, if electric vehicles somehow suddenly become great enough that everyone wants them, I guess at that point there won't be much of a problem.

Dream on. Far more efficient motors? I'm sure there will be some improvements, but no doubling of efficiency is going to happen in the next 9 years. Might as well believe it will be powered with cold fusion and room temperature superconductors. And they are not going to offer a 900 hp...

I wasn't saying that it would cost anywhere near the Mercedes. I said it would probably cost 20% of the Mercedes, though. Are you really trying to say that a 900 hp performance Mustang with a manual transmission would be offered by Ford at an MSRP between $25 and $40K? :giggle: I hope you...

You must make a lot more money than I do. If you look at competing electric cars, most don't make 900 hp. The Tesla model S with ~400 some hp is $70K. The Mercedes SLS AMG coupe electric drive is closer with 740 hp and it costs an astounding $544K. Just nuts. So this Mustang would probably...

Cows contribute more to greenhouse gas emissions than cars do. The rumbling comes from government officials who are proposing to get rid of cows before they kill us all. And then they say something like "you can't ignore the science". Sorry I'm getting off track. I think it's directly...

One thing that makes me hope is that the same people who want to outlaw the ICE want to make it illegal to eat meat. I just hope that there are enough voters who like meat to keep cows and ICEs alive. And the other thing is money. If there is more money in the ICE than electrics, politicians...

I agree shifting is a lot of fun. I don't really enjoy driving without shifting. And someone is always faster. In my opinion trying to be the fastest or always own the fastest is a losing game. Don't get me wrong, I like a quick vehicle. But I've found it's not the top of my list. Heck, I...

I agree 100%.

Your grill and headlights look really great and I only hope the new Mustang looks that good. I think the splitter is missing from your render, which is the only real negative I see. I wouldn't be surprised if you are right and the shape of the green house and the sides of the car don't change...

That's another legitimate answer. Too much work for me personally.

I remember when I was in college some of my high school classmates were making money converting gasoline powered vehicles over to propane. Push comes to shove I'd do a conversion to natural gas on my older vehicles. Natural gas isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

The average age of a car on the road today is 12 years. Just because the automakers offer a couple EVs for sale doesn't mean that suddenly all the ICEs will be gone. The only way those ICEs will go away in 15 years is if black booted thugs take them from the people.