Photo: Robinson Mancaux / Behance
The Blue Oval Company is intensely focused on the ongoing development of the Ford Mustang series that is allegedly starting first deliveries in the next few days to try and meet its summer release deadline. On the other hand, it is also entrenched in the novel EV lifestyle.
Well, these two don't play nicely with each other, right? Especially seeing as the S650 Ford Mustang is poised to remain the sole ICE-powered pony and muscle car on sale in America starting next year. The company is reportedly sitting on a pile of reservations, most of them (67%) for the V8-powered GT and Dark Horse models, and that says a lot about the company's sole passenger car offering in the US.
On the other hand, Ford's CEO Jim Farley met with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson when he bought a 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R and is currently on a short road trip adventure on the West Coast alongside the Ford F-150 Lightning to witness first-hand the challenges of early EV adoption.
So, how do you marry these two visions that are basically the exact opposite? Well, it will take a lot of courage and resolve, at least in the real world. Meanwhile, someone has already found a solution across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. Robinson Mancaux, a Paris, France-based automotive designer at Stellantis, also dabbles as a virtual artist in his spare time with fancy projects like this one – the revival of the beloved Ford RS200 as an EV sports car.
Produced by Ford Motorsport in the United Kingdom, the Ford RS200 was a mid-engine 4WD sports car and an FIA-approved homologation special for the company's Group B rally car. It was produced by Reliant for Ford between 1984 and 1986 with a plastic-fiberglass composite body styled by Ghia, a mid-mounted 1.8 or 2.1-liter straight-four engine, and four-wheel drive.
And, of course, the vehicle has remained a fixture of the Ford Motorsport pantheon, including due to its quirky design and the fact it was made obsolete not by styling or technical flaws but rather by FIA, which at the time had reigned over WRC, and decided to end the Group B after the 1986 rally racing season. As such, it's also a staple of unfulfilled potential.
Well, this project might do it a little justice if it ever becomes real. The logic behind it is sound, by the way. Ford is already very interested in promoting the Ford Mustang across all sorts of racing championships – both at professional and amateur levels. But it's an ICE-powered affair. So, maybe the company also needs something that can rock the streets and go toe-to-toe with EV racing cars.
Thus, no wonder how come the pixel master envisioned a potential revival of the Ford RS200 – logically and unapologetically dubbed 'RS200E.' The unofficial resurrection project is a veritable tribute to the original, as it respects the same proportions and general styling, right down to using a modernized design for the big rear wing at the back and the quirky headlight styling.
With this being solely the vision of an automotive designer, we have no idea what hides under the stylish body. However, we have a suggestion for the EV powertrain – how about using the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance's 88-kWh and 480-hp setup for the base, road-going vehicle? Then, if the Ford RS200E also enters a competition, they could always fit the bonkers powertrain from the Mustang Mach-E 1400, right?
On the other hand, Ford's CEO Jim Farley met with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson when he bought a 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R and is currently on a short road trip adventure on the West Coast alongside the Ford F-150 Lightning to witness first-hand the challenges of early EV adoption.
So, how do you marry these two visions that are basically the exact opposite? Well, it will take a lot of courage and resolve, at least in the real world. Meanwhile, someone has already found a solution across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. Robinson Mancaux, a Paris, France-based automotive designer at Stellantis, also dabbles as a virtual artist in his spare time with fancy projects like this one – the revival of the beloved Ford RS200 as an EV sports car.
Produced by Ford Motorsport in the United Kingdom, the Ford RS200 was a mid-engine 4WD sports car and an FIA-approved homologation special for the company's Group B rally car. It was produced by Reliant for Ford between 1984 and 1986 with a plastic-fiberglass composite body styled by Ghia, a mid-mounted 1.8 or 2.1-liter straight-four engine, and four-wheel drive.
And, of course, the vehicle has remained a fixture of the Ford Motorsport pantheon, including due to its quirky design and the fact it was made obsolete not by styling or technical flaws but rather by FIA, which at the time had reigned over WRC, and decided to end the Group B after the 1986 rally racing season. As such, it's also a staple of unfulfilled potential.
Well, this project might do it a little justice if it ever becomes real. The logic behind it is sound, by the way. Ford is already very interested in promoting the Ford Mustang across all sorts of racing championships – both at professional and amateur levels. But it's an ICE-powered affair. So, maybe the company also needs something that can rock the streets and go toe-to-toe with EV racing cars.
Thus, no wonder how come the pixel master envisioned a potential revival of the Ford RS200 – logically and unapologetically dubbed 'RS200E.' The unofficial resurrection project is a veritable tribute to the original, as it respects the same proportions and general styling, right down to using a modernized design for the big rear wing at the back and the quirky headlight styling.
With this being solely the vision of an automotive designer, we have no idea what hides under the stylish body. However, we have a suggestion for the EV powertrain – how about using the Mustang Mach-E GT Performance's 88-kWh and 480-hp setup for the base, road-going vehicle? Then, if the Ford RS200E also enters a competition, they could always fit the bonkers powertrain from the Mustang Mach-E 1400, right?
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