This story accommodates renderings for a fictional Mustang Mach SUV which can be neither associated to nor endorsed by Ford

In the event you had advised an automotive fanatic a decade or so in the past that there would quickly be an SUV that appeared like a Mustang, they in all probability would have laughed at you. The thought, although, has already turn out to be normalized, main us to surprise, may a Mustang Mach SUV have been launched sooner?

Whereas the unique Bronco in some methods acted because the first-generation Mustang’s rugged, off-road counterpart, that wasn’t fairly literal sufficient for us. So we turned Lee Iaccoca’s best-loved concept over to the unreal intelligence machine and with our enter, we tried to see if we may generate a overrated model of the 1971 Ford Mustang.

Simply the most recent in our assortment of what ifs, this one makes specific sense to us, as a result of over the lifetime of the first-generation Mustang, Ford expanded it a number of occasions earlier than introducing the likes of the Boss 351 or the Mach 1. So what’s slightly extra growth between mates?

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And the outcomes but once more look fairly good. There’s one thing concerning the muscular design of days passed by that simply lends itself nicely to being expanded upwards. Due to the massive wheels, it shares among the unique Ford Bronco’s cartoonish proportions, which is all the time welcome.

The straightened roofline, in the meantime, appears to be borrowed from the Mustang station wagon prototype that was thought-about by Ford executives earlier than they selected the physique kinds that ultimately went into manufacturing.

Interpreted by means of the lens of the later redesign, although, it seems surprisingly acceptable. The slinky ’70s model of later first-gen Mustangs is exaggerated within the orange renderings to the purpose the place the rear haunch may nearly be thought-about over-the-top, if it didn’t work so nicely.

The AI, although, has tried to combine another design cues. Whereas I’m a agency believer in leaving small-diameter wheels on basic automobiles, within the case of those off-road renders, the bigger wheels actually assist the Mustang SUV’s proportions. The louvers on the rear home windows, in the meantime, are good nod to the previous, however look misplaced to me.

What do you assume, although? Is that this one other profitable SUV, or is it merely extra Mustang sacrilege?