Overview

FORD Australia recently announced significant updates to its the MY25 Mustang Mach-E range it says bring added performance, freshened styling, and revised pricing to the range.

Now in local showrooms, the 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E line-up continues to be available in three trim grades – the rear-wheel drive Select and Premium, and the all-wheel drive GT – with a list price now from $65,990 plus on-road costs.

The figure means the entry price of the Mach-E range increases by $1000 while the mid-tier Premium jumps $500. The flagship GT grade increase in price by $1116.

For the flagship Mach-E GT, we now find an increase in output to 434kW (up from 358kW) and 955Nm (up from 860Nm), as well as an uptick in range to 515km (WLTP, up from 490km).

Select and Premium variants also gain an increase in output, now offering 212kW of power (up from 198kW) and 525Nm of torque (up from 430Nm). Range is quoted at 740km and 600km for the duo, respectively.

Battery chemistry for all variants remains unchanged. The Select grade offers 73kWh of usable battery capacity, the Premium grade 88kWh, and the GT flagship 91kWh.

Ford says charging times have improved for both the Premium and GT grades, dropping from an estimated 45 minutes to 36 minutes (10-80 per cent SOC) when using a 150kW DC charger.

A key enhancement across the line-up is the addition of a new battery heat pump aimed at improving the Mach-E’s energy efficiency while heating or cooling the cabin.

Further, both Select and Premium variants now benefit from new suspension hardware (springs, dampers, and sway bars) and tuning that aims to provide a more comfortable ride.

Visually, the MY25 Ford Mach-E range is characterised by new alloy wheel designs, matte black cladding and body-colour wheel arch mouldings for the Premium grade, and a new grille design for the GT variant.

Additionally, Select grades now feature the same projector-style headlights as the Premium and GT grades.

Inside, a new column-mounted gear selector replaces the previous rotary dial, freeing up space on the centre console. Ford has also upgraded the front seats to feature 10-way power adjustment, replacing the eight-way units offered previously.

For the new model year, the Mach-E is available in a total of eight paint colour options, including six new colours: Velocity Blue, Molten Magenta, Glacier Grey, Grabber Yellow, Terrain, and Eruption Green. Shadow Black and Star White are carried over.

Premium hues attract a $700 price surcharge.

The Mustang Mach-E continues to be offered with a five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty with eight years/160,000km cover for the high voltage battery. Service intervals are pegged at 12 months/15,000km and start from $140 per visit (depending on variant).

Roadside assistance is available for up to seven years.

Driving Impressions

Ford is very keen to hammer home the connection between its five-door electric SUV and the two-door muscle car that bears its name. For us, and as always, that’s a bit of a stretch, despite a handful of styling cues that recall the latter, and a standing start acceleration time that would give even the Dark Horse Mustang a run for its money.

Like the majority of electric SUVs on the market, the Mustang Mach-E offers interior accommodation that ranks favourably against similarly sized ICE models. The flat floor allows a cleaner, more spacious footwell area increasing legroom front and rear, while the boot floor is flat and well placed for ease of loading and unloading.

We also appreciated the move to offer a column-style shifter in exploiting greater space about the centre console. While there are others that do this better, the change is one for the better, and something we think buyers keen to update their original Mustang Mach-E will appreciate.

As before, the human-machine interface (or HMI) is very screen centric, meaning you’ll need to be familiar with the menu system when making setting changes on-the-go. This is especially relevant when changing drive modes or regenerative braking intensity, the Mustang Mach-E absent of the steering wheel paddles found in many other rivals.

Arguably, it’s something most SUV buyers will not use. But Ford assures us Mach-E owners are unique, valuing the model’s Mustang association, its sporty drive, and its energetic looks.

We were pleased to find the ride is a little more supple than it was before, that added compliance assisting the vehicle in steering cleanly and reacting predictably to unwanted road surface inputs. If we were to be picky, we found the rear-end a little ‘springy’ on test, perhaps wanting for a couple of passengers and/or a weekend’s luggage to flatten out.

But if you’re slower in (to a corner) and quicker out, we doubt you’ll come unstuck. On greasy roads the Mustang Mach-E offers plenty of grip – even in rear-wheel drive form. In our view, the lighter rear-wheel drive is actually a more natural and neutral handler than the harder edged all-wheel drive GT, feeling agile, fluid, and fast.

There’s a sense of composure and confidence here that isn’t lost to a firm or ultra-sharp ride.

Of course there is no denying the GT variant is bloody quick. In its Untamed mode, the flagship model accelerates brutally from a standing start, even without launch control. There’s no wheelspin, no tyre smoke, and no noise… just a rush of blood from the head and a series of numbers flicking quickly beyond what’s considered legal in the land Down Under.

While we were less impressed by the steering and brake feel offered across the Mach-E range, we were able to bond with the vehicle’s seat-of-the-pants feedback in overcoming the difference. The chassis is evidently heavy, we get it. But it strikes an excellent balance between comfort and control we think sporting (not Muscle Car) buyers will enjoy.

Personally, and despite its name, we also think the Mustang Mach-E is a better choice than rivals like the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, Tesla Model 3, and, perhaps, even the Porsche Macan. It looks athletic without trying too hard and is as pleasant to live with during the week as it is when let loose for the weekend.

We also appreciate and recognise that the Mustang Mach-E is a Ford, which means the vehicle will be well supported both now and into the future. While the same can also be said of the rivals listed above, it’s not necessarily true of every new entrant that seeks to challenge the familiar players at this end of the market.