From that shot, if you hadn't told me it was an Acura, I would have thought it was a Tesla Model Y with a funky wrap.
Hopefully it looks more unique from other angles.
You're using the wrong numbers in that example. For S650 Mustang, the correct calculation is [63 in * 107 in/144] = 46.8 sq ft.
2026 CAFE target for cars with that footprint is about 57 mpg
Yea, as a former Ford & Visteon employee, I learned that whenever the company does the radio silence thing one should hope for the best but prepare for the worst. Ford current head honcho doesn't provide much confidence to hope for the best though
New Beetle was always more attractive to women even without the vase. But saying that having a GTD or Dark Horse Mustang would prevent people who otherwise like it from buying an ecoboost is ridiculous. If anything it makes it more desirable.
I think your math is off:
Mustang 189x75 inches= 15ftx6.25ft= 93.75sq ft
Even an Ecosport (smallest recent Ford) comes in at 78 sq ft
The Fiesta comes in at 72 sq ft
Also CAFE is figured at the unadjusted ratings from the late 1970s, not the current standard of today.
So an Ecoboost Mustang gets 26 MPG combined and CAFE ratings are about 20% higher, so it gets 31 combined
a Standard Mach E gets 91 MPG combined, so that would be 109 MPG overall, helping to offset the Mustangs CAFE.