Finally the age of reason for the Mustang Mach-E?

The 2025 Mustang Mach-E arrives with a host of welcome new features. A maturity for a car that struggles to break free.

For this new model year, we discover a Mustang Mach-E without any revolutions, but with some lovely evolutions, particularly in the cabin. On the exterior, it offers three new characterful colors (Velocity Blue, Molten Magenta Red, and Terrain Sand), and redesigned wheels. But it is indeed under the body where the bulk of the work has been done, with a rethought interior space and a heat pump now standard. All this contributes to making this electric SUV a more refined model than ever. The digital interface has also been revamped, and the shift selector relocated to the steering column creates valuable space in the center console.

Additionally, there is the option to acquire the Blue Cruise autonomous driving feature for life, a technology that allows hands-free driving on most of the French motorway network. This evolution confirms Ford’s attentive listening to user feedback and a clear intent to refine the in-car experience.

But why call it Mustang?

But despite its undeniable qualities, this car still carries a symbolic weight: its name. For while this Mach-E has objectively nothing to displease, it still suffers from the thermal legacy of the name “Mustang.” A name loaded with history, associated with the roar of V8 engines and a muscular image, it is hard to reconcile with the electric and silent vocation of this model. By naming it this way, Ford has opened the door to a controversy that, in hindsight, has likely caused more harm than good.

Today, the Mach-E gains in respectability, coherence, and refinement. It is gradually starting to forge its own legitimacy, outside the shadow of the original Mustang. Perhaps it will eventually establish itself, not as an electric Mustang, but simply as a Ford Mach-E. Because this car, through thoughtful evolutions, undoubtedly deserves to find its own path, freed from a name that is too heavy to bear.

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