Ford Mustang hybrid again on the playing cards – report

The Ford Mustang is ready to go hybrid in accordance with reviews from the US, as emissions laws threaten the legendary sports activities automobile’s future. 

The enduring sports activities automobile is at present provided with a 5.0-litre V8 or a four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, with the V8 particularly underneath rising strain from tightening emissions laws world wide. 

In response to Ford Authority, a hybrid model of the present S650 era Mustang is within the works, codenamed ‘S650E’, with prototypes having reached the ‘prove-out stage’.

No particulars or specifics had been mooted, however the Mustang might comply with the trail of one other legendary sports activities automobile, the Porsche 911, which was launched with its first hybrid powertrain in 2024. 

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The 911 hybrid stored its famed ‘flat’ six-cylinder petrol engine as Porsche added its ‘T-Hybrid’ tech, together with an electrical turbocharger, to scale back emissions but preserve the sports activities automobile’s attributes. 

Equally, the Mustang’s 5.0-litre V8 engine is a part of its folklore – as referenced in popular culture, comparable to Vanilla Ice’s 1991 hit, Rollin’ in my 5.0 – with hybrid tech enabling it to dwell on slightly longer. 

Ford Australia launched a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of its best-selling Ranger dual-cab ute earlier this yr, utilizing the identical 2.3-litre turbocharged four-cylinder discovered within the Mustang EcoBoost.

As a basic rear-drive, two-door efficiency automobile, Ford has beforehand stated the recognition of the Mustang, the world’s best-selling sports activities automobile in 2024, meant emissions laws was its largest risk going ahead.