October 24, 2021

What the heck were they thinking?

 I don’t care what Ford says. This is not a Mustang:


That is an abomination. It is an SUV for goodness sake. Taillights don’t make a car. This…thing…is the very antithesis of what the original Mustang represented:


Lee Iacocca is weeping.


We had a 64 Mustang exactly like that second one. Honey gold and all. Four of us rode to California and back in it. Dad installed seatbelts in the back seat. We still had it when I first started to learn how to drive. 

I doubt anyone keeps that electric SUV imposter for 20 years.


Edit. Ok, that is weird. I had over 10K hits last night, as in 10,400. What the bots were looking for, I don’t know. I’ve certainly written nothing of interest, that is for sure. The hits did not come on any particular post either.  Normally, about forty of you look at a given post. This is great and strange and going to screw my numbers for a while. Thank you mysterious Safari bot.

Fat in Indiana

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5 comments:

Cappy said...

That was me. Got bored during the OSU/Indiana wipeout and surfed a lot.

10/24/2021 09:20:00 AM
Joe said...

Well thanks, Cappy.

That score was pretty much what I expected.

OTOH, I don’t watch college FB

10/24/2021 09:53:00 AM
RI1 said...

I had a '66 baby blue convertible Mustang during my college year. Then I got a real live Mach 10 1970's mustang in 1970!!! It was jealousy green! Next I got a 1995 sexy red Mustang. I still have my eye on a Mustang, and yes, I will prob buy the new electric Mustang that looks like an SUV because I still want to follow in the Mustang journey no matter where it goes.

10/24/2021 04:39:00 PM
B said...

THey aren't marketing to you, Joe.....THey are marketing the kids in their 20's who have disposable income.

Selling the car today as the descendent of the mustang helps those sales.

It is the definition of "Marketing"

10/25/2021 08:24:00 AM
Greybeard said...

C'mon Joe...
Go hug a tree.
You'll feel better. (But don't hug too hard.)

10/26/2021 07:59:00 PM

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