Ford Is Bringing Back The Mach 1 Name For An Electric SUV

The legendary Mach 1 name is returning to the Ford stable, but not in a way you might have expected...
Ford Is Bringing Back The Mach 1 Name For An Electric SUV

The Detroit Auto Show has been a bit of a nostalgia-tinged affair for Ford, hasn’t it? As if revealing the new Mustang Bullitt (not to mention getting Steve McQueen’s granddaughter involved) wasn’t enough, the car maker has also announced that the Mach 1 name is to return.

Appearing on various Mustangs from 1969 to 1978 before returning briefly for the fourth-generation car, this nameplate is a legendary bit of Ford history. But if you’re thinking we’re about to see a limited-edition Mustang in a similar vein to the Bullitt, you ought to hold your horses. Or rather, err, ponies.

That’s because the Mach 1 name is actually (we’re hope you’re sitting down, Mustang purists) set to return for an electric performance SUV. Apparently though, the car will have Mustang-inspired styling.

Other than that, details are particularly thin on the ground. We do know that it’s part of Ford’s $11 billion-worth of investment for developing electric cars, and that it’ll be one of the early fruits of the huge - and recently doubled - EV cash injection, with a 2020 launch targeted.

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Ford Is Bringing Back The Mach 1 Name For An Electric SUV
I like Evo's

Electric Honda crossover. Introducing, the new S2000!

01/15/2018 - 16:53 |
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ThatMercFan🅱️oi (EDM ftw) (Likes Aventadors) (O

No, Ford! Don’t go the Mitsubish*t way!

01/15/2018 - 16:56 |
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Logan Harris (JDM Squad)(Fiero Squad)

The eclipse, evo and now the Mach 1 too?!?!!?!

01/15/2018 - 16:58 |
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Anonymous
01/15/2018 - 16:59 |
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Anonymous

heavy very angry breathing

01/15/2018 - 17:10 |
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JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

For crying out loud….

01/15/2018 - 17:12 |
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Bumblebee 1

F O R D I N F E C T E D W I T H M I T S U B I S H I T P L A G U E

01/15/2018 - 17:20 |
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simply sausages

At least we’re getting a a new Bullitt but still that was a pretty crap move on fords part.

01/15/2018 - 17:22 |
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Anonymous

So what’s next? Ram using the Rebel TRX name for an electric city car thingy?!

It sucks to be alive…

01/15/2018 - 17:22 |
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KPS Lucky - Inactive

Makes sense.

01/15/2018 - 17:42 |
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In what universe were you born that naming an SUV after a famous name, two things the car community nowadays DESPISES TO THE DEATH, makes any sense?

01/15/2018 - 23:01 |
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