2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E Rally

The Mach-E Rally is Ford’s first rally-inspired EV, a Mach-E modified to play around on unpaved surfaces. With four WRC manufacturers’ championships to its name, Ford isn’t exactly new to rallying, but it is a new space for the brand stateside, and certainly for the Mustang.

- Matthew Chudzinski

Of course, this is no roll-caged rally machine with onboard fire suppression; it’s a factory-upgraded EV. It is different enough to come off as purpose-built and fun but not so different that it’ll have a seat next to Ford’s RS200 or Escort RS Cosworth in the history books—not yet, anyway.

The GT Performance serves as the starting point, to which Ford adds an updated rear motor, increasing torque to 650 lb-ft, while peak horsepower remains 480. Max power delivery from the 91-kWh battery will be available longer than the five seconds allowed in the GT Performance, but Ford hasn’t specified by how much.

These powertrain updates should deliver a 3.5-second 0–60 time, but expect range to drop from the GT Performance’s 260 miles to just 250. (Ford mentions Mach-E owners tend to drive about 30 miles per day, a figure more or less in line with the national average among all car owners and thus not unique to Mach-E customers.) Range aside, the battery can charge from 10 to 80 percent in just more than 36 minutes via a 170-kW DC fast charger.