The all-electric Ford SuperVan has thus far proven to be dominant at any venue it tackles, whether that be conquering Pikes Peak, setting lap records at Mount Panorama in Australia, or winning the Goodwood Festival of Speed Hill Climb Shootout earlier this year. Recently, Top Gear took the Ford SuperVan 4.2 to its own test track – but instead of driver Romain Dumas behind the wheel, they leaned on the legendary “Stig” to see if they could break their own lap record. In the process, the latest version of the Ford SuperVan put some exotics to shame.
As most are well aware by now, the Ford SuperVan 4.2 is a purpose-built monster, one packing four electric motors churning out over 2,000 horsepower, around 4,400 pounds of downforce at 150 mph, carbon ceramic brakes, and lightweight bodywork, to boot, though it still tips the scales at just under 4,000 pounds. Those attributes make the SuperVan pretty darn good at rocketing across just about any kind of surface, including Top Gear’s test track.
Even though the Ford SuperVan 4.2 didn’t manage to set a new record in this instance, it did record a stunning lap time of 1:05.3 – good enough for the third-best Top Gear has ever recorded here, behind only the Renault R24 (59 seconds) and Lotus T125 (1:03.8). It was also faster than a host of exotics such as the McLaren 720S GT3X, Pagani Zonda R, Aston Martin DBR9, Caparo T1, Ferrari FXX, and Koenigsegg Jesko Attack – all of which aren’t street legal, just like the SuperVan.
That’s a truly impressive feat for a tall van, even if it does have a boatload of power and race car aero bits, but this isn’t the only stunning track performance The Blue Oval has churned out as of late. Rather, the Ford Mustang GTD – which is street legal – recently lapped the Nurburgring in just 6:57:685, making it the very first vehicle from an American brand to complete a lap at the Nurburgring in under seven minutes. Its also the fifth-fastest time posted by a stock production sports car at the track, according to official records, and the GTD is just the sixth vehicle in that class to break the seven-minute barrier as well – beating out a number of exotics in the process.
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