The “small, sleek, electric minivans” are not Mustangs at all, but a gelding with no viable purpose, a perversion trying to trade off an established marque.
Maybe sixty years ago, the Mustang was a “secretary’s car”, but they quickly turned into muscle cars in only a few years, with some surprising variations that made them a most singular line of vehicles that Ford ever produced.
Years ago, the Pontiac division of GM produced an interesting little car, the Fiero. It was thought to be a failure in its time, and production only ran for about four or five years, but it still seemed like a good candidate for some fine points of engineering to be applied, it would have been rather like a Porsche, and in fact, one model was almost identical to a Ferrari, in looks, if not in performance.
The Fiero Mera.
I saw a cabriolet version of a late-model Fiero the other day, and I was struck by how much the side-on sightlines were classic early-70s MGB. In fact that's what I thought it was at first but recognized the Fiero red, not the tomato red of the MGB.
I wanted to buy a Fiero when they came out, but this young, brand-new husband wanted the GT, not the regular version, and we simply couldn’t afford it. :-(
Of course, I felt a little better that I didn’t buy one when I heard they sometimes caught fire...
Nice to see one whenever I watch Ferris Bueller’s day off, though.