The off-road targeted Mustang Mach-E Rally will produce not less than 480 hp and 650 pound-feet of torque from a particular two-motor format and can be priced from round $65,000 in the US, Ford Motor Co. mentioned Thursday.

A Canadian worth estimate wasn’t given.

The 2024 crossover, revealed in July, will go on sale early subsequent 12 months.

Ford says it’s geared up with a specially-tuned model of the Mustang Mach-E GT’s powertrain, particular 19-inch wheels and in depth safety alongside the physique’s undercarriage to guard the lithium ion battery. The Mach-E Rally will get an estimated 250 miles — about 400 kilometres — per cost. That is roughly 60 miles (95 km) lower than the most-efficient Mach-E.

The automobile is Ford’s first electrical providing within the widespread off-road phase, which the automaker has targeted on lately with subbrands like Bronco, Raptor and Timberline.

“Only a 12 months in the past, this was merely an concept, and what you see at the moment is a testomony to the eagerness and intense creativity of our Mannequin e staff,” Donna Dickson, chief engineer, Mustang Mach-E, mentioned in a press release. “We’ve all the time explored new areas of efficiency, and the mix of a rally-tuned suspension, twin motor electrical powertrain, and depraved styling makes the Mustang Mach-E Rally a unique form of efficiency automobile that may excite clients chasing their subsequent journey.”

The automobile would be the first from Ford to incorporate a “rallysport drive mode,” which permits for added yaw for greater slides, a linear throttle response for higher management and extra aggressive damping for higher dealing with in free corners.

It’s going to additionally embody the newest model of Ford’s hands-free driver-assist system, referred to as BlueCruise 1.3.

Officers say Ford will not restrict manufacturing of the Mach-E Rally and can construct to satisfy demand.

“Mustang Mach-E Rally places Ford’s a long time of ardour for rally championships all over the world proper within the palms of our clients,” CEO Jim Farley mentioned in a press release. “It takes Mustang the place it hasn’t been earlier than – to gravel and dust roads. Impressed by true driving lovers, a driving expertise like by no means earlier than for the pure pleasure of driving.”