When the electric car era begins, there are many reasons to believe that a V8 works Ford Mustang it may not be long for this world. With Ford announcing it will only offer electric vehicles in Europe by 2030 It’s worth wondering if a V8 Mustang will survive after that date.
All we know now is that an EV Mustang should be ready for sale by 2030 if Ford wants to continue selling Mustangs in Europe (and fulfill today’s promise). This may not seem super convincing, but you may be surprised to know how much of one Ford Europe’s success considers the current Mustang. After being reintroduced to Europe only in 2015, Ford now calls it the “best-selling sports coupe in the world.” Does this mean it is a branded or broken product for Ford? Probably not. But it’s another reason to imagine that the carmaker will have to seriously consider building an electric Mustang in the form of a current car.
Of course, Ford could continue to sell new generations of V8 Mustangs in other markets like the United States, along with an EV version that will also ship to Europe after 2030 or forever. In a sense, it is doing so now with the Mach-E. But I think all of this gives us some hard-to-program points when we imagine what we can expect from the next-generation Mustang, which is, again, potentially the last to offer a V8.
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If we assume that Ford will introduce a fully electric Ford Mustang sports car by 2030, this will leave enough room between now and then for what I call a generation of lame ducks. I would like to anticipate the new generation Mustang it will be a slight upgrade of the current platform and will obviously still offer the V8 and manual transmission that enthusiasts are asking for. But how much attention could this car have when Ford’s engineering teams work hard on the next-generation electric? How big will the budget be to make it feel like a new car compared to the current generation?
They could be important questions, because if this is the last generation that has a V8 engine, people will want it to be damned.
Of course, the current Mustang is amazing. It offers one of the the best performance value propositions in the world, is available at almost any price, with half a dozen engine options, all seem able to carry the legacy of the Mustang well. But will it be the next generation? Even if it’s just a slight upgrade, a stopping point for the EV car? Will it be just a series of tuned special editions? Or will Ford ship the V8 with something we will never forget?
My hope is that Ford will save some special “last days of the V8” for the introduction of the EV Mustang sports car in the final of the next generation, not this one. That’s when the argument for selling a V8 sports car becomes even harder to manufacture and Ford has to struggle to keep the model in countries like the United States while dying in Europe and elsewhere.
But we’re not there yet and I don’t want to worry about what’s to come before it’s needed, at least not in the specific case of the Mustang. Right now, this is potentially the last chance for Ford to sit back and deliver his “wildest dreams” with combustion Mustangs. I want to imagine that it’s being done with the same level of dedication that the last Ford GT brought us, with secret meetings in the basements and pressure to build something that would cement Ford’s legacy in motorsports.
Yes, take on these old plans to bring the Mustang to Le Mans and really continue with it. The next decade has the potential to be a frenzy of fulfilling the wishes of last-minute enthusiasts, and the reintroduction of the GT and Bronco has shown that Ford can really achieve these things. Just pay close attention to the Mustang.
We do not yet know the new generation Mustang, or any future version of electric vehicles. But of course, a new Mustang is coming, and I think it’s worth drawing attention to what can be a very exciting thing (perhaps the final shape of the V8 Mustang), although there’s still time.
