Ford Mustang Mach-E still off-limits for Australia

Ford’s Mustang-badged SUV won’t gallop to Australia just yet, with overseas supply and demand issues still forcing the all-electric thoroughbred away from local showrooms.

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The Ford Mustang Mach-E is no closer to an Australian launch, despite Ford Australia confirming five new hybrid or electric vehicles for local roads by 2025.

Reiterated as part of the announcement of Ford Australia’s local electrification strategy – which will see it launch its first electric vehicle in Australia next year, the E-Transit van – overwhelming demand overseas has seen the Mustang Mach-E performance SUV ruled out for the time being, with no indication given on when production could free up for a local launch.

“Mach-E is an incredible product and we’re thrilled to have it in the Ford global line-up. But what we do know is that, basically … it is sold out. That’s the position that we are currently in, and the vehicle will not be available for sale”, Ford Australia president and CEO Andrew Birkic told Australian media today.

When asked when the Mustang Mach-E could come to Australia, Birkic said: “Nothing more to add … it has done incredibly well overseas, we’ve sold out so there are supply issues there.

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“We need to look at multiple factors; we look at global supply, we look at the business case, we look at levels of customer demand. We will study that and make a decision … Obviously there needs to be a business case, and all those factors feed into that business case.”

Unveiled globally in late 2019, and launched in the US and Europe in 2020 – including the right-hand-drive UK market – the Mustang Mach-E applies the iconic nameplate from the Mustang coupe onto Ford’s first mid-size electric SUV, designed to rival the Tesla Model Y, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Volkswagen ID.4, and more.

Overseas buyers can choose from a range of rear- and all-wheel-drive powertrains, from versions with 98.4kWh battery packs capable of 610km driving ranges (according to Europe’s WLTP test cycle), to the range-topping, all-paw GT, good for 358kW/860Nm outputs and 3.7-second 0-100km/h sprint time.

Ford Australia has confirmed plans to launch at least five plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles in Australia by the end of 2024, led by the Escape PHEV hybrid SUV and E-Transit electric van in mid-2022. The identities of the rest of the electrified vehicles are yet to be confirmed.

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