Is that some sort of a door handle in the pillar?
Yep. You push the button to crack the door like the internal door latch on the 3 and the Y. Then you pull it open with that little tab. It's fixed, just a handle to grab.
I think it's a nice looking car. I prefer the Y, but I'm biased because I own a Y. I like the wheels a lot; very nice factory wheels. I like the red better than the red on my Y. I wish our red was metalic. I like the keypad on the door pillar; it would be nice for those times you don't want to carry a key.
On the negative side, that is a tiny, tiny brake rotor. That seems to be a 10" rotor--I compared the rotor to the 19" rim--on a car that weighs 600 pounds more than the Y. (Which has 12" rotors.) I'd be a bit worried about overall driving dynamics if that's all they cared to spend on the brakes. What else did Ford short? 225 wide tires? Well, that's one way they're increasing their range and keeping costs down, but at the cost of driving dynamics. The tires are only H rated for speed, and have 55 pounds lower load capacity than the 104 rated tires on the 19" Y tires. That'll be a 100 pound reduction for the rear axle weight rating and a 200 pound penalty on GVWR compared to the Y--on top of being 600 pounds heavier to begin with. (I know 55x4=220, but there's a 10% penalty for P tires.) I guess we can already assume very limited tow capacity at best. I would have guessed Ford would go with a load rating for the tires of 107 as heavy as the Mach-e is.
I'm really cheering for Ford with this one for several reasons. First, the more electric cars on the road the faster the public charging infrastructure will grow, not to mention the environmental benefits. Second, the better the Mach-e is the better the Y will become. Elon is nothing if not competitive and he won't stand still for the E to best the Y in any category. If the E GT does 0-60 in 3.5, I'll be looking forward to the update that drives my Y to do it in 3.2.
But the brakes and tires on that car don't paint a promising picture for the Mach-e.
