We’re one week out from the debut of the seventh-generation Ford Mustang, and the rumors are flying in like spit on the premier of Don’t Fear Darling. Too quickly? By no means too quickly.
The subsequent era of Ford’s iconic muscle automobile will make its international debut in precisely one week at an occasion Ford is asking The Stampede.
Commerce publication Automotive Information studies that the brand new automobile is “not anticipated to depart drastically” from the present mannequin’s traditional rear-wheel-drive, gas-powered method. Dodge might have introduced the tip of the Challenger and teased its possible electrical successor. However Ford is sticking with the old-school pony automobile method for one more era.
“A hybrid variant that was deliberate for mid-decade has been scrapped,” AN studies, quoting three folks “aware of the plans.”
A protracted-rumored all-wheel-drive model won’t seem, both, the sources say.
Nonetheless, AN notes, this may nearly actually be the final gas-powered Mustang. Their sources anticipate a “change to battery energy round 2030.”
Ford, in spite of everything, has offered extra electrical Mustang Mach-E SUVs this 12 months than typical gas-powered Mustangs.
In the meantime, Ford might have posted a brief teaser of the upcoming pony automobile final week. A transient video posted to Fb reveals a decidedly retro-looking piece of bags sitting in a trunk that quickly closes to disclose an all-new GT badge. The phrase “efficiency” seems etched into the highest of the brand – a contact we’ve by no means seen earlier than. The display then goes black and reveals an commercial for The Stampede.
It’s tough to inform a lot past the badge from the shot. It may simply be from the decklid of the present Mustang or a brand new model. We’ll know extra on Sept. 14. We anticipate Ford to drop extra teasers within the meantime.
