Also from Toyota:
It no doubt improves on previous vehicle, but my concerns remain about price and steady high-speed highway driving range. The “up to” numbers sound good, but under what conditions? Most affordable, as example, is not very powerful and has limited “rated” range, with real-world highway driving likely much lower. Similarly most powerful isn’t highest range, and is probably on pricey side. I’d like to see prices to compare against competition before deciding just how much it offers. One feature that’s worth noting is that maximum efficiency is over 4 miles per kWh which isn’t bad, at least at slower-speed EPA rating test conditions. It is at steady 75 MPH that many BEV SUV struggle with lack of useable range.
The upper rear end around the tail lights and maybe the shape of the greenhouse is what stuck out to me as being different from the current Mach E and wouldn't be hard to translate into the production/street one
The 2.3 Puma diesel used by Jiangling Ford looks like it is also similarly value engineered for China. The European Puma diesel was either 2.0, 2.2 or 2.4 liter and have been replaced by the 2.0 EcoBlue. So looks like Ford updated the old Puma (there is 2.0 and 2.3 liter versions now) and is using it only in China. It powers all the Jiangling Ford trucks and vans as I noted above.
I don't believe any of that will translate to a road variant. Well then again, I noticed how the lower fascia is very GTD in appearance. So maybe if they made a high performance mach-e beyond the gt, they'd give it GTD styling cues.
Overall, not bad. I still think supervan is my favorite EV demonstrator because of the insane flying buttress design, but this is badass.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKR5OIiRVSy/?igsh=YWNjMmZxcXl5aGRj
Ok that does look pretty bad ass. I wonder if any of it will translate to a reskinned Mach E down the road.
EcoBoost engines are also made in China, so it's not just a local supplier thing. JMC wanted to make lower cost alternatives to the traditional EcoBoost engines since the existing Ford engines could drive the cost of the vehicles up. The JX4G15 and its larger derivatives were developed to the standards of Ford.
The JMC-Ford 1.5T has a cast-iron block. Other things I found out is it has a side-mounted direct injection layout and a timing chain just like the larger 2.0 EcoBoost.
The Equator Sport which is exported as the second gen (CN) Territory uses a larger more powerful 1.8-liter version of the JMC-Ford 1.5T in select export markets.