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Ford will take a special electric Ford F-150 Lightning pick-up prototype to the 2024 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) – the world's highest motor race – after it finished second in 2023 with a high-powered electric van.
Porsche's new Taycan Turbo GT just broke a record to become the fastest production four-door to lap the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife—and the second-fastest production EV. Porsche accomplished that feat in 7:07.55, making it quicker around the Green Hell than a vast majority of cars on sale today, gas or electric.
Ford Performance has released a teaser for a new high-performance version of the F-150 Lightning. Before you get your checkbooks ready, this demonstrator build will represent the Blue Oval at the 102nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The teaser image showcases something low and wide, with what appears to be a massive rear wing. Perhaps this is the Supertruck that F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo teased last year.
The Ford SuperVan 4.2 etched its name into the annals of motorsport history at Mount Panorama during the Thrifty Bathurst 500 event, solidifying its position as the apex predator among closed-wheel vehicles.
Last week, French racing driver Jules Gougon broke the Mount Panorama Circuit lap record, during the Bathurst 12 Hours, while driving an unrestricted Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car. However, Gougon's record was short-lived, as just a week later Ford and driver Romain Dumas broke that record. In a van.
The Ford SuperVan 4.2 EV chalked up a few more records to add to the one-off model's already impressive resume by setting a blistering pace around the Mount Panorama circuit this past weekend. It now holds the titles for the quickest closed-wheel vehicle, electric vehicle, and commercial model around the 3.85-mile course that hosts the Bathurst 500 race.
The Ford Performance SuperVan 4.2 made history at the Mount Panorama circuit during the Bathurst 500, setting several new records as it raced around the 3.85-mile track.
An electric van reaching speeds above 300km/h has broken the unofficial lap record at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.