We’ve all seen these nameless white Ford vans driving round everywhere in the world, in some areas often with a diesel engine, whereas different markets get giant petrol engines fitted, and whereas I nonetheless bear in mind the stupendously spectacular trying Espace F1 Idea from the Nineties, there may be one make that has been creating SuperVans for some time now … Ford, often based mostly on their well-known Transit mannequin, however closely modified to create a mixture between a supercar and a utility van, for the 2023 Pike Peak hillclimb occasion Ford has give you a brand-new iteration, the Ford SuperVan 4.2.

For this model, Ford took the present Professional E-Transit Customized van, however fully modified it to turn into a SuperVan, with model 4.0 being unveiled on the 2022 Goodwood Pageant of Velocity, however for this new 4.2 evolution Ford was capable of shed about 880 kilos of weight and Tremendous-Charged the van with enhanced battery and three electrical motors … the result’s a 1,400 hp of high-tech electrical energy.

Because of an intricate redesign of the bodywork in comparison with the 4.0 version, Ford was capable of create a downforce of two tonnes at 150 mph for the SuperVan 4.2, this can significantly have an effect on cornering speeds on the twisty hillclimb street at Pikes Peak this yr, bear in mind we’re speaking a couple of observe that takes 12.5 miles alongside intimidating corners like Bottomless Pit, Ragged Edge, and the Satan’s Playground.

Ford has been taking race vehicles to the Rocky Mountains to enter into the Pike Peak Hillclimb all the way in which again to 1916 when this occasion was first organized, the 2023 version is the one hundred and first version, and this time Ford needed to go in a very totally different path, so that they enter a van … a SuperVan, pushed by Romain Dumas, holder of the report for the fastest-ever Pikes Peak Hillclimb.

I for one can hardly wait to see the video of this 1,400 hp electrical Ford SuperVan going up the Hill …