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Ford Mustang E1 Rendering Is the Ultimate Electric Muscle Car

Here is a question that's got to be on a lot of people's minds these days: is there a future for muscle cars once internal combustion engines are gone for good?
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Photo: Tyler Kwon on Instagram
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Granted, the same people are likely afraid even to dream about such a scenario. Despite everything that's going on, their mantra is 'It's not going to happen! It's not going to happen!' And, to be fair, they might be right, at least as far as their lifetime is concerned.

The automotive industry has tremendous inertia it needs to overcome before changes of such magnitude happen. How long has it been since Volkswagen's Dieselgate scandal? We're coming close to five years, and the only electric VW vehicles you can still find on the road are the sub-par e-Up and e-Golf. Things take time. They also have a deep impact on finances, so it's baby steps at the moment.

However, the shift is becoming more and more obvious. One company that has stepped up its electrification lately is Ford. The American carmaker is now taking orders for the Mustang Mach-E (starting $43,895), its first bespoke electric vehicle, and what some might describe as a tainting of the brand's history considering the name choice.

Indeed, Ford used the name of its most iconic model, the Mustang, to launch something that is as diametrically opposite to the classic muscle car as diameters and opposites go. But, at the same time, Ford knew it would have to break the ice with the type of vehicle everyone seems to want these days: a mid-sized crossover.

Imagine for a second it was muscle cars that people were craving for and not these slightly obese vehicles that frankly have no real purpose we call "crossovers." In that case, Ford might have opted for something closer to this rendering made by Tyler Kwon. Just look at it. Now, look at the Mustang Mach-E. A clear case of mistaken identity if there ever was one.

Tyler calls his creation the Mustang E1 and despite the simplicity of the name, he's clearly put a lot of detail into the making of the car. The really beautiful part is that if you take the size of the wheels down a notch or two and slap some regular side mirrors on it (the concept has cameras mounted on the black fins), you've got yourself a hardtop convertible sports/muscle car hybrid that looks very much production-ready. And definitely production worthy.




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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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