This Ultra-Wide Ford Mustang Mach E Will Take On Pikes Peak This Year

For the last couple of years, Ford has been turning up at the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb with a slightly unhinged EV that vaguely resembles something meant for public consumption. It narrowly missed out on a win in 2023 with the Transit SuperVan 4.2, before taking overall honours last year with the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck.

Despite that victory, the company clearly still feels it has something to prove on the fearsome 12.4-mile run up the Colorado mountain, because this year, it’ll be pitching up with this, the Super Mustang Mach-E.

Now, how much this thing actually has to do with the Mustang Mach-E crossover you can actually pop into your local Ford dealer and buy is up for debate. Our instinct is ‘very little’, although it looks like it at least shares a roofline with the production car.

That gigantic rear wing, snowplough-like front splitter, and rear diffuser that appears to have been created with the help of a tunnel boring machine definitely aren’t showroom-spec, though, nor is the Super Mach-E’s absurdly wide stance. Good thing there aren’t any width restrictors on Pikes Peak.

Tech details are few and far between for now, but we’d expect the Super Mach-E to use a version of the same drivetrain employed by its predecessors – a triple-motor EV setup, developed by Austrian specialist STARD and capable of delivering upwards of 1400bhp.

Ford also says it’ll develop 2778kg of downforce. At what speed, we don’t know, but looking at that wing that would make an F1 car blush… yeah, we’re inclined to believe it.

Once again, Ford is calling on the services of France’s Romain Dumas for its 2025 run. As well as his two Le Mans wins, Dumas is a bit of an old hand at Pikes Peak – he’s won the Hill Climb some five times, including last year in the F-150 SuperTruck, and back in 2018 in the Volkswagen ID.R – still the outright record at the mountain. 

We’re not sure the Super Mach-E will beat that, but we definitely wouldn’t bet against Dumas chalking up a sixth win. We'll find out when the 103rd running of the event takes place on 22 June.