BBC Top Gear Magazine

Ford Mustang Mach-E GT

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REPORT 6

£66,280 OTR/£67,430 as tested/£836pcm

WHY IT’S HERE

Does more power mean more fun when it comes to EVs?

DRIVER

Katie Potts

I RECENTLY HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE OUR MUSTANG MACH-E GT away for a week starting in London where finding a space close to a lamp post charger was quite frankly a mission then reaching all the way up to Scotland with a few stops between including a ‘Mustang Day’ meet at Caffeine and Machine

Let’s start there shall we? The gathering of old Mustangs for a UK event was seriously impressive as was hearing their engines as was the number of Mach„Es in attendance I was half expecting the Mustang traditiona­lists to start kicking off and lobbing rocks at the EVs but no such drama it seems any anger from the Mustang name being plastered across an electric family SUV has long since subsided

Before setting off I did my research and separated the drive up I had to stop twice each at Stratford„upon„Avon and Knutsford Services and charged a total of eight times over the week Most chargers were simple to use and some made you sign your life away so to mitigate risk I never let it get lower than ‹Œ miles of predicted range In Scotland however there weren’t as many chargers around I found one in a services just over the border and witnessed the perfect example of lacklustre infrastruc­ture‘ two cars darted for the space next to the charger I’d just left and were beeping and fighting as I drove off Crazy

Have to say I like the interior more than I thought I would It’s spacious and full of hidden storage my favourite being under the centre console tray which fitted my camera perfectly  Obvious observatio­n incoming… the screen is massive My only disappoint­ment? With so much display to play with you can’t stream films or TV while you wait to charge Job for the facelift Ford

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