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I was skeptical about the Mustang
Mach-E until my 17-year-old daughter
pointed it out to me in MotorTrend and
said it will be her second car. Her first
car is a 2005 Mustang that she has been
driving and working on since she was- Her room is decorated with Mustang
paraphernalia. She has strong opinions
about the different Mustang generations
(she is not a big fan of my ’86 GT), and she
likes both the Mustang Mach-E’s appear-
ance and drivetrain options. She has
never before shown any interest in elec-
tric cars. She has never before pointed
out cars in MotorTrend to me. She did not
mention the electric pickup on the same
magazine’s cover. It looks like Ford made
a smart marketing decision!
Tom Taylor
Madison, Wisconsin
We’ve heard all types of praise and derision
for the Mach-E, but little from Mustang
fans with credentials like hers.—Ed.
Musk’s Horseless Wagon
It’s 1925, and there’s Farmer Ram. He has
two workhorses in his barn, Hemi and
Vee-ate. His neighbor, Farmer Musk, just
came home with this crazy new horseless
Model T truck. Farmer Ram laughs at it.
He thinks it’s never going to last. He brags
about his horses’ abilities. Horseless
carriages he could see, but a wagon?! It’s
ludicrous. It’s also groundbreaking.
As time goes by, he realizes Hemi
and Vee-ate are heading out to pasture.
Musk’s contraption is thriving. The
horseless wagon is the future.
Now it’s almost 100 years later, and this
is the feeling I get about the Cybertruck
(which looks like a ’76 Lotus Esprit had
a one-nighter with a Honda Ridgeline,
by the way). It’s smarter, faster, stronger,
and more adaptable than my Ram. More
and more buyers are lining up for these
“gasless wagons.” I fear my Ram will soon
be obsolete, and my Hemi V-8 will also be
out to pasture, to be experienced only at
car shows and museums.
The Farmer Ram in me wants the
Hemi V-8 to live forever. However,
history teaches and the practical side of
me is finally ready to admit that change
seems inevitable. Farmer Musk is
bringing home the future.
Brien Corzine
Middle Point, OhioReader on location
This month’s Reader on Location is
Leonard Ramsey of Bozeman, Montana.
Not content with the mountains in his
backyard, he writes to us from a big hill
in Nepal. “We hiked about 55 miles and
up to 18, 000 feet at Mount Everest Base
Camp back in October. The magazine
was initially good company on the long
flight to Nepal but managed to stay
in my backpack clear to Base Camp,
where it was great, as well.” Hope all
the hot air helped keep you warm up
there, Leonard!After receiving the most recent issue,
with the Tesla Cybertruck on the cover,
I was stymied by the runes below the
picture. What were they? What did they
mean? Then an idea hit me: Take it to my
pharmacist—he can read anything illeg-
ible. Problem is, when I showed it to him,
he told me it would be 20 minutes and
began to fill a prescription pill bottle ...
W. N. Craft
Hollister, MissouriAdopt, Don’t Shop
Ferrari designed the new Stingray and
called it the Roma. Chevrolet designed a
mutt and called it the Stingray. The wigs
at GM should take a long, hard look at the
Roma and then shame the Corvette design
team into a new job, such as designing
garbage cans. I’m not a hater, by the way. I
own a 2005 C5 Convertible.
Greg Allen
Aberdeen, Washington
We’d be concerned that such an angular
garbage can with its aperture in the middle
would be difficult to use. Fortunately,
Chevrolet’s design and execution led to a
Corvette that’s better than ever.—Ed.Correction
I believe I spotted a typo in the March
issue: It states the Toyota RAV4 Prime
has a “93-mile all-electric driving range.”
Based on everything I’ve read, I think it’s
supposed to be 39 miles.
Vincent Tam
Via email
You are correct. The Toyota RAV4 Prime’s
range on electricity is 39 miles.—Ed.Your Say...