Mustang Mach-E 2021 review - an EV that you actually want!

What the hell happened to the Ford Mustang? It has gained quite a bit of weight since the last time I

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ed one. Yes, I know it was stupid. This is the new Ford Mustang Mac. It is Ford's new electric car. In this video I am going to talk. around it, show it all its key features, Natalie, what I like about it, what I don't like, take it for a spin and see how much range you can get from its battery anyway, I'm on Watson, so you watching auto wow, buy a new car, then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price. auto wow, your one-stop car buying comparison site.

Let's start this video by talking about the starting price of this new Ford Mustang Mackey. from just over £40,000 and so doesn't qualify for the government's plug-in grant for hybrids and electric vehicles, you can still save just over £500 on the whole car. It's not a big savings, I know, but this car is a brand name. New as time goes on, the discounts will certainly increase and if you

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Now let's talk about the design of this car because it's tied to the price, you see, what I think happened is the Ford executive told his engineers, listen guys, we need to get and build an electric car and we should turn it into an SUV because Everyone

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s an SUV, so the engineers went away, did some calculations and came back and said: "Okay, yes, we can do that, but we'll have to sell the car for £40,000 and the executives will have said: Oh my God, Who will pay from 40?" £000 for a Ford electric car is supposed to be affordable.

Oh I know what we should do, we should make it a premium model and to do that let's call it Mustang because people are willing to pay more for a Mustang and let's make it look good. a bit like the

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coupe, let's change our heritage and here we have the finished car, it has a kind of coupe type rear window with a steep slope, these lights are like the ones on the

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coupe, you have the big pony badge, there are no badges Ford. on this car, a very interesting sort of mustang from the back, but quite tall and fat from the side, you can really see the mustang influence if you were to just cut the car there, that sloping roof line looks very sporty, but obviously you have this expansive bodywork and a fairly high ride height for their SUV now one of the tricks that Ford has done is to have this two-tone roof section here to make it look much more like a coupe, while in reality the roof is much higher than you.

I think it's a very clever design feature and I hope it means rear seat space is quite reasonable. I personally like the look of this car. Lewis behind the camera. What do you think Lois? I don't like. He does not like. I don't know why I think what's not so good is that as standard you get 18 inch alloy wheels and they look a bit puny don't they? If you get the top spec versions you get 19 inches, which I still think might be a bit much. Too small for a car this size, but yes, I personally like the look of it.

Lewis is bad here at the front, the long sculpted bonnet is very mustang, as are the headlights and the shape of the grille and of course the big pony badge, yeah. Again, here on the front, the mustangis have faux vents around this center grille in white and the fact that it has lowered vents that can open and close depending on whether the electrical system needs cooling or not here on the inside of the mackie really it's worth it. 40 grand, it has a really nice cabin, the materials are good and oh I like it, the texture on the dash feels solid and the design itself is really interesting.

I'll tell you which Ford is beating Volkswagen and its name cards in terms of interior quality. I prefer the interior of this one, I also prefer the screens. I really like this slim little digital driver's display, very clear and no matter where you have the steering wheel, it doesn't go dark. In fact, the driving position in this car, where is it? Yes it's good. You can lower it quite a bit for an SUV if you want to feel a little sportier, or raise it all the way up if you want to go for that elevated, imperious driving position.

I have to talk about this through this huge central screen that was clearly inspired by Tesla, the Teslas are now rotating them in horizontal format, which is the best way to do it. The resolution is good. It also comes with Apple Carplay and Android Auto, which has a wireless aspect. I'm running my Android Auto here, I wouldn't bother. with the built-in system there is simply no point in using the phone properly, but if you want it, it has navigation and responds reasonably to this system. One thing that's a little strange is how they have this physical volume button that they're built into. the screen I don't know why that bothers you because you're pretty much just going to use the button on the steering wheel or if it was a slider it would be fine on the screen the climate control is on the screen but it's pretty easy to access once again better which what they do on the volkswagen id4, you can just press the button, although you have to look down quite a bit to do it, which is frustrating and I'd probably prefer normal physical dials to stop that noise. there we go talking about the sudden fog, you

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have a physical button here, I don't know why they put it here, so yeah, you have a physical button that you can press but you can't

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see it, so you have to feel your way and It's not that prominent either, so they tried to create a solution and didn't do it particularly well other than that, although the rest of the car is pretty well thought out, so underneath you have some storage and there's a place for your key, there's your key too. 12 volt socket, you can cover it if you want, that's your gear selector and then here you have some cup holders that have enough grip but not too much and you have there is a large tray to charge mobile phones, it has wireless charging, in fact there is more storage space. storage here in the door bins which are a decent size, they're a bit awkwardly shaped, you don't really fit large bottles in there and there's some extra storage just underneath as well so you can put things out of sight and maybe forget about them and then think you've lost them anyway glove box average classic dashboard with place for your glasses I like it really very good interior I like it and the steering wheel feels nice and expensive too and of course you also have the pony badge to remind you that you don't have enough audio in a mustang.

It's completely different, completely here in the back, this mackie is absolutely moosive. I have a very long wheelbase, the distance between the front and rear wheels is like 2.9 meters and as a result, look at the amount of legroom I have. Also because it is an electric car and a purpose-built electric car, there is a completely flat floor, which is very useful if you need to transport three people at a time, which you can do because this car is quite wide and look, there is a lot of space for everyone's feet, really super comfortable in the back, I'm very very impressed so this The car has the panoramic glass roof and it comes as part of the technology package because this is the extended range version and it brings it as standard and the Technology package also includes a Bang Olufsen sound system.

You also get 360-degree cameras and a few other improvements. I'm really impressed, I mean the headroom is good too, look, that has good headroom, the headroom is a little bit bigger in a bmw ix3, so if you need to carry very tall passengers in the back, you might prefer that car if you want to see. My full in-depth video

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of that car put a link that appears in the top right corner of the screen that you can watch if you want, but actually this car will be practical enough for most people, it's so big. and it's comfortable, the seats are very comfortable here in the back and there's a decent amount of features like for example having some pockets on the backs of the seats where you can keep your ipads, you've got USB plugs in there so one is normal and the other is a USB so you can keep the older and younger generations happy.

You get some large door bins and of course an armrest with a couple of cup holders. It's a shame they aren't covered, but at least you don't put them on. Your elbow in them because the position of them is there instead of back here like in other cars, yes, all very nice and comfortable, Ford is doing a very good job so far, let's talk about the trunk space of the Mackey, so This car has an electronic tailgate. I have 402 liters of space, which is good, but an Opel ID4 has 543 liters of space behind the rear seats, so it's quite a bit less than that Volkswagen.

In fact if boot space is a key priority for you then you should check out my in depth review of the id4, you can see it by clicking there, if not stay with me, there is a small loading lip for lifting things up, don't ask Why do I carry this with me, like I have a spare tire. with me because underneath you don't have a spare tire that doesn't fit the car, but this is an adjustable trunk floor so you can lift it up and get rid of most of that load. Other functional features include tie-down points.

You have falcons, you have a 12 volt socket, you also have little eights to light the trunk and when you fold the rear seats, which you have to do by leaning forward, you have a continuous flat floor, so be patient. yo, you can roll things straight to the front like this anyway, enough about this part, let's go to the front, since it is a purpose-built electric car, there is no engine under the hood, so Ford has used the space to create an additional 81 liters of storage space for Be precise and have this handy little divider to make it the perfect place to store your charging cable bags and then you have a little extra space on either side.

There is one thing that is a little strange and that is This appearance obviously has to do with some kind of light regulations, probably American regulations, there is a release button here in case someone gets caught in this front boot, this fruit, although in Actually the only way you could get a human in there is if you wiped them out. and then he pours them in and then they wouldn't be able to operate this anyway because they would be like human juice and that brings me to five annoying things about this car. Ford is really trying hard to rename this whole car a mustang. as a premium brand in its own right and they've done a good job of hiding the fact that it's a Ford, but they forgot to remove a whole badge and it's here.

Look, don't go if you really have a pony to accompany your Pony Car, you might want to tow it and this car isn't particularly good at towing. The maximum tone capacity is only 750 kilos. Every time you turn off the car, you hear this annoying sound and message. Alarm system. Turn off motion sensors. Do not care. That, um, check the back seats for occupants. Now I admit there is a cameraman in the back, but even if he's not there, I would still ask that question. It's like, well, I'm going to forget about my kids, oh oh, I'm sorry if we have you there for some reason.

Ford has over-lubricated the trunk release mechanism, I mean look at it, it's covered in Vaseline, it's like it's been to some kind of weird chemical sex party. In fact, I have it everywhere, it's in my pants and in my hands, now on the inside door. The throws are a bit strange so there's a lever here that you have to pull and you end up doing it with your two fingers and it's really quite stiff so you get a workout on your fingers which means you'll end up with really very rsi or fingers. strong, sorry, and that brings me to five interesting things about the mackey because the outside door gives off a pretty smart look, so you just press this button here and the door opens and if you don't want to use a key.

There's actually a PIN code feature there, so you can enter a number and it will open the door for you. I'm not entirely sure why they have these little handles for you to pull because really all you have to do is just don't press the button and just open the door. It lights up, that's how they have it in the back. Just press the button. Open the door. No problem. In fact, you could try to remove them. I wonder if they will come off.I think? the cars wanted if i do this anyway let's move on when you press the start button to go drive the car makes this noise which is a bit like the tension building sound effect they use on the game show who wants to be a millionaire and The contestant has just been asked if it is his final answer.

Listen to this: your final answer. That's my final answer. This car is a really good solution for cargo cover. It's a very easy piece of fabric to put on and take off, so you don't have to like it and it fits under here, so if you have the tech package with a bag of knowledge and a sound system, you get a built-in sound bar. on the very high-tech front dashboard. There are several elements to this. A car that really feels premium and quite unconventional, such as to release the hood a bit like a BMW. You can do it by simply pulling the lever twice. inside the cabin.

There is nothing extra you have to let go of. It looks great here. I also have heavy duty gas shocks and I love the fact that when you open the hood you are greeted by this big pony badge. talk about batteries. motors and all that kind of stuff so you can get different versions of the mackie. You can have a rear drive version with a single motor or a four wheel drive version with dual motors and you can have two different sizes of battery pack. the normal battery pack that has a usable capacity of 68 kilowatt hours or the higher capacity one that is 88 kilowatt hours and you can have that battery pack with the rear-wheel drive version or with the all-wheel drive version, now the car Base level with the smallest battery pack and single motor on the rear axle have 269 horsepower and a range of 273 miles.

If you have the extended range version of the single motor car, then it has a range of 379 miles and increases the power of that car. engine to 294 horsepower if you have the dual motor version with a smaller battery, the combined power output is 269 horsepower as with the smaller battery in the rear drive car, but if you put the Extended range, power output increases to 351 horsepower, so it's a big change in terms of loading. If you can find a DC fast charger with a charging capacity of 150 kilowatt hours then this car can handle it and it means that if you want you can charge it to full 80 horsepower in about 45 minutes. to charge it in a wall box with home charger, if you have a seven kilowatt hour charger there, it will do it overnight, no problem, don't look down because you'll see that's actually what I said, don't do it.

Look, it's not plugged in, it's just for illustrative purposes. If you want to see a great deal I found on a much less expensive electric car, I'll put a link there, click on it and follow the link you can find. Find out what that car is and what its price is through Car Wang, okay, let's take this Ford Mustang Mackey for a spin. I've got my special timing gear up there, which means of course I'll throw it. It's electric. Dude, it's all about acceleration, right, I'm going to do that in a moment, but first, so I'm just going to drive a little bit in general, although there is a little teaser, let's see what the speed is like when building from 40, like this which is 40 to 70.

Yes it's fast, it's not as fast as a Tesla but it's fast enough and obviously there's no gearbox or anything to play with like with a combustion engine car internal, so it's an instant response and that's it. What does feel a little strange when you're driving fast is the steering, it has a slight rubbery feel to it so it doesn't feel sporty in a way that it doesn't feel like it's connected to the front wheels, however that works. . corners better than you would expect but not as well as I expected so compared to other electric SUVs it handles better a bit sportier, stays pretty flat in corners but ultimately There is no escaping the fact that it is quite a heavy car, it starts at around two tonnes and goes up to 2.2 tonnes and that affects the handling as does the high driving position, it doesn't lean much but it has a center high gravity even though the batteries are low to the floor, a tesla model. 3 handles better but it really needs a handle like a proper v8 mustang and if you want to see a video review of a v8 mustang click on the battery there anyway to go back to this electric car because that position of elevated driving means that when you're doing your daily business in the city you have a good view the only side problem i have is this one pillar creates a blind spot those door mirrors are a little small and look a little droopy a little sad and The Vietnam window isn't that amazing for a tall car because of the angle of that rear glass piece to make it look sporty, it's quite shallow the actual view you get from there, something that's a bit annoying when we're in the city, Although it is a suspension, in fact, even when you go faster, it seems to constantly move underneath it.

This happens a lot with electric cars because they are heavy due to the batteries, they have to put in stiffer springs. to stop the car by leaning loads in corners the trade off is that it can be a little firm it's not firm to crash it's firmer bouncy you're almost like poe spinning around a bit the car just can't settle it's like it's had too many cans of net bull and it's like oh or it's like some kind of mustang horse that's a little bit flying and jumping and it gets on your nerves after a while, another thing that gets on your nerves when you drive for the first time The brakes on this car don't They feel very natural now with electric cars, the first braking you do is actually use the engine in reverse to recover energy and put it back into the battery and then when you press the pedal harder, the real normal friction brakes They start to work and as a result the transition in this car is a little strange, so you push it a little, it doesn't happen much, it impresses a little more and then it's like it brakes very, very hard and it takes you a while when you get in this car for the first time to get used to it otherwise it's like oh whatever is happening no shit and that can be quite frustrating talking about breaking this car has a single pedal mode so you enter the driving settings and there we go.

Pedal drive, which I have on now and it means you don't really have to touch the brakes if you're driving sensibly around town because when you take off, I'm going to take off now, the car will slide and I'll come to a complete stop and while I'm doing This mode, it's probably worth pointing out these things here, which are the driving modes with fun names, active whisper and one called untamed, what it now does is alter the sound so that we have propulsion. The sound there also alters the throttle response and stuff like that, so now I have a propulsion sound on the road.

It sounds like this whisper, obviously, you only get a wine from the electric motors that can't hide and activate a little bit. light and tamed but less and tamed yeah enough of that anyway let's move on to the launch shall we see if this mustang is really like a mustang to launch so it's not my time and stunt gear oh no, it has one of those windshields. Isn't it a quick clear Ford windshield, which means you can press a button and it will defrost because you have little white things on there, but that means my specialized timing gear doesn't work?

Well, I have to go. bring the external aerial bear with me, I'll be back in a moment, sorry, I already have it installed, so let's launch this car. I'm going to put the mackie in d mackie d the car macd, let's go to McDonald's. hungry now now let's launch right here let's wait for the break a little slow away from the line what are you going to do naughty sixty 6.5 seconds actually felt slower than that 6.5 isn't that bad let's keep going and see if I can get it to stand a quarter before crashing 15.04 yes, it's more about the instant response when you just drive and put the pedal to the metal rather than accelerating off the line.

The last thing I need to check is the economy for every kilowatt hour used, it's going 2.8 miles, which means if I do the math based on the fact that it has a usable battery capacity of 88 kilowatt hours, that's 247 miles I would get out of this car with the driving I've been doing with it which is pretty far off the 367 mile claim now is not an absolute figure okay but yeah its not exactly what they claim it's mostly normal driving on the highway and in the city so I've been using it, well so what's my final verdict? on the mustang mackie on your knees forward, if you avoid it, if you consider it, if you shortlist it or if you just go ahead and buy it well, I think you should shortlist the mackie, it really is an attractive and premium feeling electric suv, I hope You'll enjoy the video if you did, please like it and let me know in the comments below what you think about Ford calling this car Homer, it's the right thing for them anyway, if you want to see more videos click those windows . there and if you click that box, I found an amazing deal on an electric car that's quite a bit cheaper than this car that you might rather have, so look at that, actually, don't do anything.