2027 Ford Mustang Mach-E First Look: New Trail Model and Bigger Standard Battery
Trail package brings a lift along with the steering rack, wheels, and tires from the Mach-E Rally.
Ford’s venerable Mustang Mach-E EV SUV isn’t just plugging along, it’s actively getting better. For 2027, there’s a new Trail package that adds off-road capability without the price or specialized performance of the Mach-E Rally. Plus, every model now gets the extended-range 88-kWh battery pack as standard.
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Trail Ready
Previously, your options for taking a Mach-E onto dirt consisted of ordering one with all-wheel drive or springing for the top-shelf, sideways-loving Rally model. Now, Ford is offering a middle ground called the Trail package, available only on the Select AWD trim level. Select is the lowest trim level, making this a reasonably affordable upgrade at $2,295 on top of the all-wheel-drive option (rear-wheel drive is standard).
The rear-drive Select starts at $42,735 (up from $40,535 last year) and the all-wheel-drive version at $45,735. Add on the Trail package and you’re up to $48,030. A Hyundai Ioniq 5 XRT, which is basically the same thing but Korean, starts at $48,175.
On the Ford, the Trail package buys you lifts of 0.4 inch in the front and 0.6 inch in the back, courtesy of new springs and dampers. Along with that, you get the steering rack from the much more expensive Mach-E Rally, plus that car’s Michelin CrossClimate 2 tires and bitchin’ 19-inch turbine wheels, this time in gray.
Also included in the package are a 400-watt inverter with 120-volt electrical outlets in the rear passenger and cargo areas, plus a logo on the center armrest, a blacked-out lower front fascia like the Rally, and optional body graphics.
Other Upgrades for 2027
The rest of the lineup gets some enhancements as well. The “standard range” 73-kWh battery is gone and the formerly optional “extended range” 88-kWh battery is now standard across the board. The Mach-E GT and Rally continue with their 91-kWh packs. A new front motor in all-wheel-drive models is cheaper to build but makes the same power, which Ford says helps offset the cost of the larger standard battery. The upshot is that range could be as high as 320 miles for the lightest RWD models, but Ford hasn’t yet released range figures for the 2027 lineup.
Ordering for the 2027 Mach-E starts today with deliveries of the first Trail package-equipped vehicles happening in the first quarter of 2027.
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