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Ford Mustang Mach-E GT
HELLO
£66,280 OTR/£67,430 as tested/£836 pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
Does more power mean more fun when it comes to EVs?
DRIVER
Jack Rix
Ford Mustang Mach-E AWD
GOODBYE
£57,030 OTR/£58,180 as tested/£685 pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
Is an electric family SUV charming enough to be a ‘Mustang’?
DRIVER
Jack Rix
WE’VE DONE A SWAPSIES. OUR RED MACH-E AWD EXTENDED RANGE
for this faster, flashier, top of the range Mach-E GT. I say flashier because of the 20-inch rims, wider tyres, faux carbon blanked off grille and 10mm lower ride height, but it’s probably even stealthier than EF70 EAK with its Dark Matter Grey paint – the only option fitted at £1,150. Famously brash Ford colours – Cyber Orange and Grabber Blue – are available exclusively on the GT, and honestly I’d be tempted to go for a brighter shade. But then I have the taste of a five-year-old.
You might have read Ollie Kew’s first drive of the Mach-E GT, published last October, or Ollie Marriage’s opinions on page 85. So I already know what I’m supposed to conclude here, what the sensible advice is to give: that there’s very little – besides more nauseating acceleration – the £66k GT does over and above the £57k AWD version, or the £47k RWD (with the big battery for 373 miles of WLTP range) for that matter. It’s another £9k (or around £150 a month) to go less distance on a charge than the AWD, and feel much the same while you’re doing it.
I’m aware, then, that the numbers don’t exactly stack up on the GT, but if numbers are all we cared about we’d all be driving around in Dacias – perfectly happily I might add, but a little lacking in automotive adrenalin. So let’s not call this one before it’s even started, let’s spend a few months with the GT, take our time to appreciate its subtle differences, let them wash over us and see what feelings emerge.
Sorry, did I say ‘subtle’ differences? My bad, there is nothing subtle about a 2.2-tonne crossover with 480bhp and more torque
