Ford Explains How It Nearly Did Not Make the Mach-E a Mustang

As the dust settles following the car’s reveal, Ford is moving on with plans to actually make the Mach-E a true member of the Mustang family. Configurators are live, deposits are being taken (no idea how many, yet), and the market launch is set in stone.

Since not even the most controversial of decisions makes the headlines for more than a few days, Ford needs a way to keep people talking all the way until this electric SUV reaches dealers. And what better way to do that than release, from time to time, previously unknown things?

Like, how does an electric Mustang SUV came to be?

If you have 20 free minutes and no idea what to do with them, you can sit down in front of the screen and have a look at the Making the Mustang Mach-E documentary the Blue Oval released on Thursday. It’s not a how-it’s-made type of a deal per se, but it does shed some light into how the carmaker decided to give birth to a new body-styled Mustang.

In essence, the company admits that initially the car was not supposed to be called that, but the arrival in the position of CEO of a guy by the name of Jim Hackett and the creation of the Team Edison division changed things.

So, you know, blame them.

After watching the video (available below), we are still not convinced that such a move was needed, nor are we relaxed in the knowledge that this car would not dilute the legacy of a half a century-old nameplate.

But, for what it's worth, this is the first time Ford has openly addressed the issue.