This Ford Mustang Mach-E Is Pikes Peak Ready With 6,125 Pounds Of Downforce

Ford Performance has unveiled its latest weapon: the Super Mustang Mach-E — an extreme, aero-sculpted version of the electric SUV, purpose-built to take on the 102nd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This is no mere concept or design study. It’s a fully-prepped hill climb machine, co-developed with the best minds in motorsport and aimed squarely at the top step of a mountain where legends are made — or broken.

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The Pikes Peak Hill Climb isn’t just any race. It’s 12.42 miles (almost 20 km), 156 corners, and a finish line perched 14,115 feet above sea level. That’s where physics starts to rebel and engines lose breath — unless, of course, you’ve ditched the engine altogether. Ford is doubling down on electric, and they’re bringing along none other than Romain Dumas at the helm – a man whose name is practically etched into the tarmac of Pikes Peak. For those uninitiated, he’s the guy who steered the VW ID.R to a record-shattering run back in 2018. 

At the heart of this hill-climb-ready Mach E is not just brute electric power — though we expect plenty of that, but aerodynamics. With a massive roof-mounted wing at the back and a gawkingly large air splitter upfront, this souped-up Mustang Mach-E is said to generate a staggering 6,125 pounds of downforce. To put that in perspective, that’s more downforce than a current GT3 race car.  While the blue oval hasn’t released full technical specs just yet, expect serious hardware underneath. Judging by previous electric prototypes and Ford’s recent involvement in Formula E and other EV racing formats, the Super Mach-E likely packs multiple motors, a finely tuned torque vectoring system, and an advanced battery cooling solution designed to survive the brutal altitude changes and thermal demands of the climb.

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Of course, the Pikes Peak climb is unforgiving. Between the rapidly thinning air and treacherous switchbacks, even the best-prepared cars can fall short. But with the Super Mach-E, Ford isn’t playing it safe. It’s leaning into the future — all-wheel-drive, all-electric, and all-attitude. Come race day, the eyes of the world will be on ‘The Race to the Clouds’ venue in Colorado on June 22^nd,2025. And this year, they’ll be watching an electric Mustang defy gravity — and maybe even make history.