schizoidmanThe 2026 Ford Mustang Mach-E Makes the Frunk a $495 Option
I have a MMachE. Honestly the Frunk is not as useful as I imagined it would be (at least Ford’s implementation of the Frunk." You have to open it just like you would the hood of your ICE car, which is fine for an ICE car hood, but not very convenient for storage access. As a result, I really don’t use it that much.
I use the one in my Ioniq 5 for storage of the more emergency/just in case items. Scissor jack, tire repair kit, that sort of stuff. You’re right, it’s not great for storage you’d want to access often, but it’s nice for those types of things.
They fit a severed head, two arms.
So in other words, because they fucked up the implementation they think the concept as a whole is bad. Classic incompetence.
Also, I’d be willing to bet the aftermarket could provide a kit with a plastic liner and a modification to the latch that lets it be opened from outside the car for $495 or less.
There a huge problem with having an easy open hatch with a sight blocking hatch out in front of the driver ready to block the view while they’re driving, ya know?
It makes total sense for that space to have a 2 step safety latch no mater what’s in it. I don’t want your ideas on the road! Don’t be such an elon
True, but they could make the manual latch easy to find and intuitive.
The over-the-top response was unnecessary, but my first thought was along these lines. How do other brands deal with the latch for the frunk?
I don’t have any cars with a “frunk,” but I do have ones with front hoods and rear trunks and I’m pretty damn sure there’s nothing particularly special about the latch in the front compared to the rear. Admittedly, I’m not sure why the hood is typically popped from inside the car instead of, say, via a lock cylinder mounted in the grill (maybe it’s a tradition thing, or maybe a forward-facing lock cylinder gets dirty too easily?), but I don’t think safety is it.
More to the point, the fearmongering about aftermarket owner modification is nonsense. People have been doing stuff like that for decades without any real problems. Hell, people put on carbon fiber hoods that don’t even have hardware for the factory latch, and then secure them with hood pins instead, and that’s street legal. There was nothing weird or dangerous or controversial about my idea in the slightest.
Until the hood flys up and smashes your windshield and blinding you at 120km/h.
Let’s leave this to the professionals, studs written from blood already. Let’s not go backwards eh?
Downvoted you strictly for the edit
Get a lightning fob and you can open it with two clicks. Or PaaK and it’ll show up in the app. It’s direct Bluetooth then, not cellular like the locks so it’s instant.
WalleyeWarriorI have a 20 year old VW Beetle with such severe electrical problems that makes basic functions like filling the gas tank and opening the trunk difficult. I’ll never buy a car that uses the same technology as the OceanGate Titan to perform basic features. At least I was able to pry the gas lid open. But I have no confidence that modern cars will be able to function with similar issues in 20 years. I’m fact, I’m positive that Ford will start dropping functionality from their apps in 6 years when people still have 2 years left on their car loans
CorrectAliasWow, I didn’t know that. The Rivian has a button that just opens the frunk with hydrolics. Seems like Ford just wanted it to be as close to an ICE vehicle as possible, maybe for manufacturing reasons?