AHEAD of the brand new Ford Mustang Mach-E’s arrival later within the 12 months, aspiring patrons will, from the afternoon of Might 10, be capable of reserve the automobile of their alternative and understand how a lot they must pay as Ford Australia opens a web based portal for Mustang-E patrons.
To buy a Mustang Mach-E, which has been out there within the US for 2 years already, clients might want to entry the portal from which they may be capable of choose a Mach-E variant: Choose, Premium and GT, create a Ford Account, and pay a set reservation price of $1000 to the Authorised Ford EV Seller of their alternative.
The portal will present 24/7 info on the brand new quick Ford BEV and permit eager patrons to realize entry to particulars on their automobile.
Corresponding with the portal’s opening on Might 10, Ford Australia will announce pricing for the Mach-E line up that sells within the New Zealand from $75,000 to $117,000 plus on-road prices.
The best-hand drive Australian allocation is ready to start manufacturing within the US imminently.
Potential opponents for the Mustang Mach-E are from each massive and medium SUV segments and embrace Kia’s EV6 massive SUV starting from $72,590 to $99,590, the Tesla Mannequin Y medium dimension SUV from $69,300 to $95,300 and equally sized new Polestar 3 that prices considerably extra.
Not forgetting Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 medium SUV from $69,900 to $77,500 +ORCs.
The entry stage Mustang Mach-E Choose mannequin will probably be powered utilizing a 71kWh battery paired with a single electrical motor producing 198kW and 430Nm to the rear wheels.
Ford’s vary expectations for this mannequin are “circa 470km” of “tailpipe-emission free driving”. The determine is pending remaining homologation (official approval).
Subsequent within the vary stroll is the Mach-E Premium which is fitted with a 91kWh battery and single electrical motor delivering 216kW and 430Nm to the rear wheels. This mannequin targets clients wanting as a lot vary as attainable from their EV with the Mach-E Premium probably able to as much as 600km of driving vary.
Topping out the Mach-E vary is the GT mannequin which Ford describes as having “exhilarating efficiency” due to its prodigious energy and torque together with Ford’s ‘MagneRide’ magnetically-controlled (adaptive) shock absorbers as normal.
It’s the “hero” of the Mach-E household, and pairs a 91kWh battery with two electrical motors – one on every axle – for a mixed complete output of 358kW and 860Nm.
When it lobs, the GT will probably be Ford Australia quickest accelerating automobile able to clocking a ‘searing’ 0-100km/h time of a claimed 3.7 seconds outpacing something within the Blue Oval firm’s ICE-powered (different) Mustang vary.
ANCAP awarded the Choose and Premium fashions a five-star crash score final 12 months with the GT unrated in the meanwhile.
In keeping with sources inside the Ford Australia supplier community, the Aussie spec’ Mach-E mirrors a few of its opponents with all variants boasting wi-fi cellphone charging, a glass sunroof, a 15.5-inch infotainment display screen utilizing Ford’s Sync 4 working system together with 10-speaker B&O audio and a ten.2-inch digital driver’s digital instrument cluster.
