Ford Mustang: Some diehard fans shocked by Mach-E SUV

Ford risks Mustang fan backlash with SUV: They'll need to pry gas-powered Mustangs from 'my cold dead fingers'HAWTHORNE, Calif. – Mustang owners take a deep breath: Are you really ready to welcome an SUV into the family — one that isn't even powered by gasoline?

The alienation isn't just that it's an SUV or that it's powered by a battery. Rather, the rebellion may be mostly fueled by the number of doors – four instead of two – a slap in the face to those who believe a true-blue Mustang can only be a carefree, spirited coupe. "You don't mess with an icon," said Bill Ford, the automaker's executive chairman. The new SUV had to drive like a Mustang, feel like one and tear up the test track like one.How fast? The upscale Mach-E GT version's mid-three-second time will silently zoom from a stop to 60 mph. It will be Ford vs. Ferrari once again, with that acceleration time comparable to a Ferrari sports car, officials said.

If the Tesla-like giant screen in the center stack wasn't enough of a hint as to Ford's aim, the automaker held its event next to Tesla's design headquarters in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne. Those feelings were echoed at an informal weekly car show Saturday centered around a doughnut shop in Huntington Beach, California.

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