It's been about two years since Ford showcased the wild Mustang Mach-E 1400, and the Detroit-based company rolled out a new EV with ludicrous power. Yup, I'm talking about the 1,973-horsepower Pro Electric SuperVan, which just made its global debut at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The insanely powerful van joined the world's most iconic classic and modern supercars to run up the historic Goodwood Hill and completed the course without breaking a sweat. The footage doesn't show a timer so we don't know exactly how quick it was, but it swooshed past the finish line in less than a minute.
And not only does it look impressively fast on the straights, but it also shows a lot of composure while taking turns. It's far from surprising though because that Transit-like body hides a full-blown electric race car chassis.
Ford's most powerful electric vehicle to date, the Pro Electric SuperVan packs four motors and a 50-kWh, liquid-cooled battery. The combo pumps out 1,973 horsepower, 573 horses more than the Mustang Mach-E 1400.
Don't get your hopes up on finding a SuperVan in showrooms though. This beefed-up hauler is nothing more than an ultra-high-performance prototype created for marketing purposes. Sure, Ford may also use it as a test bed for new technology in the future, but it won't spawn a production model.
The Electric SuperVan is also a follow-up to the gas-powered, promotional haulers that Ford developed in the past. It all started in 1971, when the company "glued" the body of a first-gen Transit to the chassis of a GT40 race car. Powered by a 400-horsepower V8, the first Supervan was redesigned in 1978 to better mirror the facelift Transit Mark 1.
Ford introduced a brand-new Supervan in 1984, this time around, based on the second-gen hauler. Now based on a Ford C100 Group C racer, it came with a Cosworth DFL V8 in the middle.
The van was rebuilt as Supervan 3 in 1994. Redesigned to look like the third-gen Transit facelift, it also gained an F1-spec Cosworth HB V8. The latter was replaced with a V6 when Supervan 3 was refurbished in 2004.
Check out the Electric SuperVan run up the Goodwood Hill in the video below. It comes up at the 3:12-minute mark. You can also see it in the second video, from the 3:39-minute mark, which includes many of the cars that raced during the first day of the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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