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Ford's new Mustang sticks to pure gasoline

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The new Mustang, like the current Mustang, will be offered with either a 5.0-liter V8 engine or a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. These engines have been modified for the 2024 model year Mustang, but they produce more power and, in the case of a four-cylinder engine, burn less fuel. ford (debt) hasn’t announced how much power yet, but has promised the V8 will be the most powerful “naturally aspirated”, i.e. a V8 without a turbocharger or supercharger.

“Investing in the next-generation Mustang is a big statement at a time when many of our competitors are exiting the internal combustion engine business,” Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley said in a statement.

Ford announced plans to build a hybrid version of the Mustang in 2017. Also a plug-in hybrid. That means Ford didn’t need his Mustang his coupe hybrid to hit its emissions reduction targets.

So while competitors are dropping gas-powered performance coupes like the Dodge Challenger, fuel-burning Mustangs will continue, said Kumar Galhotra, who heads Ford Blue, a division focused on internal combustion engines. rice field.

“We made this investment because we see a market for internal combustion engine Mustangs in the foreseeable future,” he said.

Ford’s rival General Motors has set a deadline to fully electrify its lineup by 2035, but Ford has made no similar commitments in the United States.

The 2024 Mustang Coupe has an all-new body, but is clearly reminiscent of the previous model. The headlights appear narrower, and in this new version he has three light his bars in a row, forming virtual eyebrows. The trunk is also shortened, and the part that houses the tail lamps is deeply recessed to create a natural V-shape. The V8-equipped car has a significantly larger grille than the four-cylinder model. The Mustang GT car with the V8 has a large ‘heat extractor’ vent in the hood that not only expels air coming through the radiator but also reduces aerodynamic drag.

The exterior is close to the traditional Mustang design, but the interior is radically different. A single large screen replaces traditional gauges while also serving as a central touchscreen. The half of the screen that is not directly in front of the driver is angled towards him. As with most interior lights in your car, the detailed gauges and graphics on the screen are highly customizable.

For those looking to recapture the Mustang of their youth, Ford is appealing to Generation X and millennials, and seems to be moving away from the baby boomers who first bought the original pony car. There’s even a Fox body gauge option that shows a 1980s Mustang-like dial.

The interior includes a single screen containing both gauges and a central touchscreen.

The Mustang is equipped with state-of-the-art driver assistance features such as active cruise control, lane keeping assist, and emergency braking to keep you ahead in traffic jams. But not in Blue Cruise, Ford’s hands-free highway driving feature. Levine said Mustang customers, who are buying cars focused on driving fun, didn’t seem interested in taking their hands off the wheel.

For better or worse, depending on who you ask, new Mustang owners can indulge in their favorite pastime of revving up the engine while the car is parked without having to sit in the driver’s seat. Roar. Owners can crank up the engine to high speed using just a button on the key fob remote. With each press, the engine revs up and down several times. It offers no practical functionality at all and is strictly an entertainment feature.

The car also has a traditional-looking lever-operated parking brake, but it’s actually an electronic parking brake of the kind most other vehicles usually operate with a small switch.A special setting allows the parking brake lever to Used for drifting, or sliding the rear wheel sideways.

Today, the Mustang is Ford’s last vehicle sold in the United States, as opposed to trucks and SUVs. The new 2024 Mustang, the car’s seventh generation design, will go on sale next summer.

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