One of the representatives of American muscle cars and the most representative member of Ford, the Mustang facelift is expected to be launched in 2022. Ford just launched the pure electric SUV Mustang Mach-E under the name Mustang a while ago. However, Mustang does not plan to follow up immediately. Instead, it will first adopt light petrol-electric and full petrol-electric power systems.
In the past few years, Ford has begun to actively develop the electrification market. It is expected to release 18 new light petrol-electric and full petrol-electric vehicles before 2022, and the next-generation Mustang will be One of the ?18 new cars. The current Mustang can be said to be a very successful generation. In addition to being popular in the US market, it has also been successfully exported to the world for the first time. It has even developed a right-hand drive version, which is also the first time in the history of the car series. The Mustang, which is currently codenamed S550, will be codenamed S650 for its major facelift. In fact, it was originally expected to be launched earlier. In 2017, Ford had revealed that it would launch the Mustang Hybrid in 2020. However, due to changes in product planning, the new generation of Mustang can only be delayed, and will be replaced by the pure electric SUV Mach-E bearing the Mustang name.
As the Mach-E pre-orders have been going on for some time and delivery will begin this year, the focus of car fans has naturally turned to the development of the classic Mustang two-door and convertible versions. Although due to practical considerations such as environmental protection and fuel consumption, Mustang still has to move closer to an electrified power system. However, there is no need to worry about losing the charm of the big engine of American muscle cars for the time being, because Ford plans to use the gasoline-electric hybrid in Mustang. The power system will be based on the V8 engine. Ford officials did not provide any explanation for this, but there are still traces of it. In 2017, Ford filed a patent application for a "dual-motor gasoline-electric hybrid system" in the United States. The patent picture uses a V8. ?engine. The engine is responsible for providing power to the rear axle, while two electric motors are installed on the front axle, powered by batteries. In other words, the next generation of Mustang is not only likely to be equipped with a V8 engine gasoline-electric hybrid model, but also will have a four-wheel drive setting, and in pure electric mode it will use front-wheel drive. .
Will Ford still retain pure fuel engines? The future of the V8 engine is not optimistic, at least in the European market. It may only be sold in the United States, which is willing to relax fuel consumption standards. Although the price of the 4-cylinder turbine engine model with smaller displacement is competitive, it also faces the same problem. The UK has stopped selling the 4-cylinder automatic version, and it is not popular enough in the US market, so only light petrol-electric models are launched. The possibility of an upgraded version is relatively high.
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