The brand new Ford Mustang is only a week away, however the long-rumoured hybrid and all-wheel drive variations are reportedly on the slicing room flooring.
Three sources have instructed Automotive Information the hybrid variant has been scrapped. It’s believed the all-wheel drive Mustang has additionally been cancelled.
An earlier Automotive Information report acknowledged the hybrid was due for launch in 2025, however an alleged engineer’s profile on LinkedIn indicated the Mustang was set to debut with each a four- and eight-cylinder hybrid variants.
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Present Mustang
Codenamed S650, the seventh-generation Mustang can be unveiled on September 14, Detroit time, on the firm’s headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.
The brand new automotive can be a 2024 mannequin, indicating that though will probably be on present at subsequent week’s Detroit motor present — the primary for the reason that COVID pandemic began — the Mustang received’t hit US showrooms till a while in 2023.
Ford has teased the brand new Mustang a number of instances, together with a camouflaged take a look at its exterior and, most not too long ago, the unmistakable rumble from its V8 engine.
The seventh-generation mannequin will change in the present day’s S550 mannequin, and can persist with its tried-and-true method of rear-wheel drive, two-door our bodies, expressive styling, and loads of retro-styling cues.
The seventh-generation Mustang is broadly anticipated to function a 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine, and a V8. If latest historical past is something to go by, there can be varied V8 variants all through the automotive’s lifespan.
The automotive publication believes the brand new Mustang ought to keep in manufacturing for no less than eight years, with the follow-up mannequin switching to a devoted EV structure.
Over the previous 12 months Ford has been quickly reorganising itself to be extra EV-centric. In March the automaker created three divisions: Mannequin e specialising in EVs, Ford Professional for business and authorities autos, and Ford Blue focussed on present petrol and diesel mannequin strains, similar to Mustang, F-150, Bronco and Ranger.
Whereas electrical autos presently solely account round 4 per cent of Ford’s gross sales globally up to now this 12 months, the corporate anticipates a speedy uptick.
The adoption of EVs can be partially pushed by buyer demand, in addition to laws, such because the EU’s proposed ban on new vehicles with inner combustion engines (ICE) from 2035, and California’s ban on new pure ICE autos from 2035.
For these , the Mustang Mach-E has grown its US gross sales by 49 per cent this 12 months to 25,765, whereas the Mustang is down virtually 22 per cent to 29,910.
The rise for the previous could also be resulting from enhancing provide, whereas the lower for the ICE Mustang could also be associated to the truth that the present automotive is nearing the tip of its life.
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