Ford Shows Off the Mustang Mach-E Rally, A Beefy Electric Pony Car

by Chris Teague

Published: July 14th, 2023

ford shows off the mustang mach e rally a beefy electric pony car

The Ford Mustang Mach-E is many things, but its crossover body has meant that it isn’t the performance stalwart that its namesake gas counterpart has been for decades. The Mach-E GT took a significant step in the right direction, and Ford recently showed off another performance variant at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Ford teased the SUV a few days ago, showing flashes of a beefy Mach-E tearing up a dirt road. Now that we have a clearer look, the Mach-E Rally sports old-school racing wheels and aggressive tires. The SUV Ford showed at the event wore heavy camouflage, but we can see a unique LED daytime running light setup, beefy cladding along the rockers and under the front bumper.

While Ford’s other wild electric creations, such as the Mach-E 1400 and the Pro Electric SuperVan, The Blue Oval has earmarked this vehicle for production. Looking at the popularity of other off-road sports cars like the wildly expensive Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato, it’s not surprising that Ford jumped into the “safari” vehicle trend.

Ford hasn’t elaborated on specs like range and horsepower, but it’s reasonable to expect output figures somewhere between the 346-horsepower California Route 1 and 480-horse Mach-E GT. We’ll probably see skid plates underneath to protect the battery and drivetrain components.

[Image: Ford]

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Phil Massey on Jul 15, 2023

It is absolutely incredible just how bad this site has become.

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- ToolGuy on Jul 16, 2023
  
  There are signs of life lately.
  
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- Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh on Jul 17, 2023
  
  Communist's and electric haters pay the most clicks/bills here
  
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Phil Massey on Jul 15, 2023

Chris tells me this is a pony car when it is clearly not. I can see he is lying about something I can visually confirm.

Why should I trust a single word he writes?

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ToolGuy on Jul 16, 2023

Regarding what is up and what is down in the world of Ford Motor Company sales in the U.S., here is the latest (released 10 days ago). Rorschach test is on page 4; knock yourself out.

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- ToolGuy on Jul 16, 2023
  
  Since all of yous like to focus on the near term, my highly trained eyes scan down the first column of percentages looking for the highest positive figures and report the following:
  • Something called "E-Series" with a whopping 63.7% increase. When I have my people flip over to ford.com they see mysterious terms like "Stripped Chassis" and "Cutaway" and their small minds get overwhelmed so we'll move on.
  • "Expedition" at 52.4%. If you let me at this point I would roll over to the rightmost column (year to date) where an even bigger number appears, but that is probably meaningless since you wanted short term. Anyway "Expedition" is a big word and perhaps a big vehicle (what's a "MAX"?) and could even drag along big margins in its wake, but I don't know beans about counting.
  
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- ToolGuy on Jul 16, 2023
  
  • There are two other percentages on the page which seem big, triple digits in fact, the largest percentages on the page. But since they are italicized and include "Memo:" it's probably nothing that a Big Picture Enthusiast should concern themselves with.
  
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- VoGhost on Jul 16, 2023
  
  All I see is F-series up 100K units from last year. That's big.
  
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Wolfwagen on Jul 17, 2023
A couple of things about this.
1. Who knew that Ford was still selling EcoSports? Im sure it is leftover inventory but still. More importantly who the hell is buying them?
2. The MachE is down almost 21% from last year?! No Bueno! What's driving it? where did those customers go?
3. The Ranger is down almost 29% from last year?! What's driving it?
4. Transit Connect see #1
5. Corsair and Aviator are down 3% and 25 % respectively. Again what's driving it
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- EBFlex on Jul 17, 2023
  
  I think what’s driving it is people realize what junk modern Fords are. 31 recalls for the year already. And led the industry in recalls since 2020.
  As for the fake mustang, it’s crap. It’s a terrible vehicle that’s made worse by the government compliance powertrain. .
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jul 17, 2023
  
  "The MachE is down almost 21% from last year?! No Bueno! What's driving it? where did those customers go?"
  
  Unpossible. This sounds like a Faux News right wing conspiracy.
  
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- CoastieLenn on Jul 17, 2023
  
  I think the Ranger being down is because the new model is near. People that want a Ranger will wait for the new model or will wait until the new model comes in and scoop up the leftover previous gen at a discount.
  
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