RESERVATIONS will quickly open for the Ford Mustang Mach-E Down Underneath, with Ford Australia this week confirming the mannequin is headed to those shores, three years after its manufacturing debut in the USA.
Produced in each Mexico and China, the Mustang Mach-E might be provided regionally in three trim grades, together with the flagship GT which packs a 358kW/860Nm all-wheel drive punch. It can develop into the quickest automobile Ford will promote regionally.
The Blue Oval model says the Mustang Mach-E might be its first all-electric passenger automobile for the Aussie market, however that it plans to convey a minimum of 5 electrified fashions right here by the top of 2024.
It says the Mustang Mach-E has been designed to “dwell as much as its Mustang heritage, with innovative expertise to offer drivers a brand new, exhilarating expertise behind the wheel”.
Regionally, the Mustang Mach-E might be provided in Choose, Premium and GT grades. A pair of battery choices is out there, with Choose variants that includes a 71kWh battery and Premium and GT grades a bigger capability 91kWh providing.
The Choose grade is powered by a single electrical motor which delivers 198kW and 430Nm to the rear wheels, and a possible vary of as much as 470km pending closing homologation. The Premium trim grade brings 216kW of energy and 430Nm of torque from its single motor, the variant providing the furthest driving distance of “near 600km”.
For the flagship Mach-E GT, with its 358kW/860Nm twin motor output, a driving vary of 490km is feasible – alongside a 0-100km/h sprint of three.7 seconds.
Additional bolstering the GT’s efficiency credentials is MagneRide adaptive suspension and efficiency brakes, and a particular Untame Plus drive mode for closed course driving solely.
The efficiency mode is alleged to “maximise enjoyable and constant lap occasions on quick programs” by “proactively cooling the battery and moderating output”. It additionally relaxes enter from the soundness and traction management methods, adapts the AWD technique, and recalibrates brake and throttle mapping.
Whereas Ford has but to verify pricing or closing specification for the Mustang Mach-E vary, it says the five-seat mannequin will arrive as commonplace with a 15.5-inch infotainment display screen with SYNC4 working expertise, a ten.2-inch instrumentation cluster, wi-fi cell phone charging pad, and a 10-speaker B&O premium sound system.
All Australian-delivered Mach-E varaints might be fitted as commonplace with a panoramic sunroof.
Reservations will open for the Mustang Mach-E quickly.
“We’re thrilled to convey the Mustang Mach-E to Australia,” stated Ford Australia and New Zealand president and CEO, Andrew Birkic.
“It’s an thrilling time for electrical automobiles in Australia, and Mach-E provides us the possibility to do what Mustang has accomplished for many years – put a smile on buyer’s faces.
“We all know Australians love that feeling of driving a efficiency automobile, and the Mach-E will imply they will take pleasure in that iconic Mustang freedom with all the advantages that an EV presents.
“There’s one thing particular concerning the Mach-E that you would be able to solely actually perceive if you get behind the wheel,” he concluded.
