# What's the most interesting car you saw today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889 "2014-05-21T02:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 319
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6367 "2024-05-28T16:07:56Z")
This morning I saw a [Lucid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Air). I’d never even heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6368 "2024-05-28T16:41:13Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > > [@Skywatcher](#): > > > > > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > > > > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/5qoXwF9.jpeg) > > > > > > I was expecting [a Star Trek reference](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield_(episode)) somewhere. > > > > To boldly go… > > I meant on the car. 😃 Oh yes! That’s what I thought too. ST:TOS, the Frank Gorshin episode. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6369 "2024-05-28T17:34:33Z")
I saw a silver Mustang Mach E driving down the freeway today. It’s the first one I’ve seen in the wild and I’m not a fan of the design – it looks like every other generic “SUV” on the road. Mustangs are supposed to be curvaceous, sporty coupes, not whatever this is. Random internet pic: [![](https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/2022/08/2023-Ford-Mustang-Mach-E-4x-Premium-exterior-34.jpg) ](https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/2022/08/2023-Ford-Mustang-Mach-E-4x-Premium-exterior-34.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6370 "2024-05-28T18:32:36Z")
I’ve been seeing those for a while now. I can’t understand why they called that a Mustang. Not only does it not remotely resemble a Mustang, but IMO, it kinda ruins the Mustang name. Even just giving the doors that iconic scoop(?) shape would’ve helped. I think the brake lights are about all they carried over. With that said, IMO, they should have just called it a Ford Escape EV. It’s a lot closer to an Escape than a Mustang. [![](https://vehicle-images.dealerinspire.com/59aa-110008749/1FMCU0GN6PUB41821/56b778be19b4963a223c469f82165fdb.jpg) ](https://vehicle-images.dealerinspire.com/59aa-110008749/1FMCU0GN6PUB41821/56b778be19b4963a223c469f82165fdb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6371 "2024-05-28T18:32:58Z")
Also, how do you open the doors? ETA, nevermind, there’s a little button to push. Presumbly there’s a place to use a physical key as well otherwise you’re kinda SOL if your car (or fob or phone) battery is dead. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FIxzJQLYKO4/maxresdefault.jpg "Ford Mustang Mach-E Doors") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxzJQLYKO4) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6372 "2024-05-28T18:44:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > With that said, IMO, they should have just called it a Ford Escape EV. It’s a lot closer to an Escape than a Mustang. I suspect they gave it the Mustang name because people are more likely to talk about it than if it shared the name of a boring SUV like the Escape. Even if people are just talking about it to complain about how it’s not a “real” Mustang, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6373 "2024-05-28T18:45:45Z")
I don’t disagree that it’s not a Mustang, but the new GT version has something like 550hp and 750 pound feet of torque, good for 0-60 in 3.3 seconds. That’s no Escape. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6374 "2024-05-28T19:27:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > it kinda ruins the Mustang name. That ship sailed when they put a Mustang body on a Pinto chassis. > **[Was the Pinto-Based Ford Mustang II So Terrible After All?](https://www.motortrend.com/news/why-ford-mustang-ii-was-not-terrible/)** > > The truth about the Mustang everyone loves to hate. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6375 "2024-05-28T20:25:02Z")
I didn’t read the article, but when I think of the Mustang II, Charlie’s Angels come to mind. Not so ugly. [[Album] Jill Munroe’s Mustang II; and Charlie’s Angels ![](https://i.imgur.com/NPl5MuY.jpeg?fb "Jill Munroe’s Mustang II; and Charlie’s Angels") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/uWfSDXI) ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6376 "2024-05-28T20:29:10Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > That ship sailed when they put a Mustang body on a Pinto chassis Someone in my town drives one of those. Piss yellow with rusted fenders and rocker panels. The first time I saw it I thought someone had put a Mustang badge of some generic Ford coupe as a joke. Little did I know. Definitely one ugly car. I thought the fox body Mustangs were ugly (well, they _are_ ugly) but that thing takes the cake. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6377 "2024-05-28T20:47:31Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > That ship sailed when they put a Mustang body on a Pinto chassis. It was a little before my time, but the MotorTrend article jibes with what I’ve heard about the Mustang II elsewhere. That is, people dislike it _now_, but it was generally well received when it was new. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6378 "2024-05-28T21:08:07Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > That is, people dislike it _now_, but it was generally well received when it was new. Well, it was the gas crisis. 🙂 Anything above the Pinto’s old I4 was an option. > [@Lancia](#): > > I thought the fox body Mustangs were ugly (well, they _are_ ugly) but that thing takes the cake. Dad had a loaner Fox body (i.e.: third genertation) when his usual daily driver was in the shop. That loaner had the Cobra option (i.e.: the old I4 with a turbo) but was still rather anemic. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6379 "2024-05-28T21:11:37Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > That is, people dislike it _now_, but it was generally well received when it was new. I was too young to drive then, but I liked Mustangs. There was a Mach I that I fell in love when that I’s always see on my walks home from school. (To this day, that’s my favourite Mustang.) When the ‘New Mustang’ came out, I thought it was hideous. I didn’t know anything about how it drove; just that it was ugly. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6380 "2024-05-28T21:24:23Z")
A neighbor has one of these new Mustangs and it took a couple months for me to notice the pony logo. My jaw dropped, THAT’S a Mustang?? ETA: replied to wrong Mustang picture but you get the idea ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6381 "2024-05-28T22:29:05Z")
Girlfriend 30 years ago had a mustang. Very good looking. The car… not so much. And the thing (the Mustang) did not have enough power to climb up over a curb. A ‘California curb that is angled and very common in Denver’ ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6382 "2024-05-29T01:45:50Z")
1957 Ford Thunderbird convertible, in excellent condition. It was parked in a driveway and I didn’t feel comfortable getting a front view. [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczNc1UtxHd6foPVNA4jLFf0S9N5gADMph8eYtwLhIU9L1-nSXdnGfp2vwDFuqL5BGYQ7xepYo3jFt1gxXRbp2z7ViKDnMw8BAtj-t-JL96THB9Qqb2sv=w600-h315-p-k "New item by David Metsky") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Q1KgEXMhKrGz3t7C6) ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6383 "2024-05-29T01:57:26Z")
My mom was gifted a Mustang when she graduated college in 1975. She talked about what a slow, lethargic POS it was. Now that I’m thinking about it it was probably one of the Pinto-based Mustang II’s. She get rid of it before I was born in 1981 and never owned another Ford. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6384 "2024-05-29T16:28:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > This morning I saw a [Lucid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_Air). I’d never even heard of them. How did you like its styling? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6385 "2024-05-29T21:04:15Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > CAR 2D2 > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/h3lHFLH.jpeg) Shouldn’t that be on a [Toyoda](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVhHUsjYlCdtEb9aBw1ybfCCIV5cWh_2gG3g)? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889/6386 "2024-05-29T21:48:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > How did you like its styling? Styling? Is that still a thing? It looked like any other car. Not objectionable, but not inspiring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=318) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-interesting-car-you-saw-today/688889.md?page=320)