so it's been a while since we've done a Mustang in Ford news video so let's just get right to
it a lot of people when it comes to Mustang are excited about the s650 unfortunately Ford has been
very hush-hush about it we don't know much more than we knew a couple months ago what we do know
it will be a 2024 model and a Ford follows their previous plan that means availability probably in
late 2023 with the order Banks opening sometime in the summer and delivery hopefully sometime in
the November December area when it comes to the outgoing S550 the order banks are going to open
late in September for November December delivery now again with the s650 it'll probably follow
that same plan but there are rumors that Ford's going to do the reservation system that worked
really well with the Bronco and the lightning where enthusiasts can go online put 100 deposit
down and then the dealers will contact them when the order banks open and allow them to
order the vehicle now again we don't know for sure that they're going to do this with the s650
but it was very popular with the lightning and the Bronco so it makes sense for Ford to do it again
like other models usually when the life cycle coming to an end Ford likes to do a couple special
editions the S550 is no different now last August he introduced the ice white package was available
on the Mustang and the Mustang Machi that got you a custom white paint job white Wheels white
interior and on the Mustang white Euro tail lights now recently Ford announced you can do a very very
similar package but all in black now they had a contest online to name this they haven't announced
the name yet but they applied for a trademark for the name Dark Horse which means it's probably a
strong possibility that that will be the new package name now in 2022 Ford made a similar
package available on the EcoBoost Mustang called the stealth I do know somebody who ordered a nice
white and is still waiting for one and again with the world's production delays and products and
chips who knows how many they're actually going to build I've actually only seen one ice white
Mustang in person and that was at Carlisle at the Ford display so if you've actually seen an
ice white ore stealth out in the wild if you have let us know in the comments below so like I said
the order banks for the 2023 Mustang open up in September you can still order a 2022 but if you
do want one and you probably want to look more towards a base model as the lobby options are no
longer available for 2022 there will be no more performance pack options available and also with
the Mach 1 no Deluxe and no handling pack so again dealers have said if you do want to get a 2022 a
base model is going to be the way to go now again the 2023s will be available soon so you'll have
that option as well so I'll switch gears from gas powered Mustangs to electric and talk a little bit
about the Mustang Machi now Ford has had a recall for 50 000 Mustang maches with issues with the
battery connector overheating now again these vehicles are still safe to drive but basically
what's happening is the battery is getting too hot if you use a lot of fast charging or a lot of wide
open throttle now Ford already limits the amount of wide open throttle you can get to protect the
heat in the battery but it's still becoming an issue with the connector now currently there is no
hard fix for these but there will be a software fix coming sometime in Late July now speaking
of charging your Maki the mocking the lightning use the same charger a lot of people ask can you
charge at a Tesla charging station well you can in but you will need a 200 adapter to do so and you
cannot use the supercharger option but again if you have a lightning or a Maki the Ford navigation
will give you all the Ford pass stations where you can get full speed charging but again if you
need to in a pinch you can use a Tesla charger with an adapter So speaking of electric vehicles
Ford announced a historic restructure of Ford Motor Company in the two business units Ford
blue which will be the traditional gas and Diesel powered vehicles and then Ford Model E which will
be the electrics they're also going to change the destruction how you purchase an electric
vehicle model ease will be sold through some dealers but the dealers will not have inventory
they're just going to facilitate an online sale and the vehicle will be shipped directly to the
customer also these prices will be fixed that means there's no adms on them and no negotiation
will this be the end of adms for other vehicles well we'll have to wait and see but this direct
consumer approach worked well for Tesla so it'll probably work well for Ford as well in
a move that was surprising to anybody who's ever been there Ford has pulled out of SEMA 2022. now
Ford always had a large main display right up in the middle of SEMA we were lucky enough to build
a few vehicles for that display including a Focus ST a couple of Mustangs and an F-150 Ford also had
a huge display called Ford out front which had drifting and demos and all kinds of other stuff
going on so Ford not being a team will definitely be very very noticeable now they have said they do
support the aftermarket and still support SEMA and moving forward they may return with their
EVS but for now they're going to focus on Virtual car shows and attending more Ford events so what
does this mean for Ford and SEMA in the future well we'll just have to wait and see foreign