For decades, Ford and Chevy have been going at it. The Ford Mustang GTD and the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X are their latest punches — and what a fight it’s been. First, Ford claimed bragging rights at the Nürburgring with the fastest American production car record. Then Chevy fired back with the ZR1X, setting its own time without the help of pro drivers, showing off just how insane the most powerful ‘vette ever really is.
But now? Ford just landed a possible knockout uppercut that Chevy won’t recover from anytime soon. That’s because Ford now owns the fastest van in the world. Yep, the new record-setter is a full-on race-spec Ford Transit van, and it’s quicker around the “Green Hell” than the Corvette ZR1X.
Yes, we will admit that the Ford Transit SuperVan 4.2 EV is not a production car. Yes, it’s a full-blown non-road legal race car. But still… it’s a van! And, in the hands of racing legend Romain Dumas, this 2,000-hp electric monster just ripped around the Nürburgring in 6 minutes, 48.393 seconds. That not only makes it the fastest van around the Nurburgring, it’s also now the 9th fastest lap ever recorded at the Nürburgring. Faster than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Faster than Chevy’s shiny new ZR1X. Faster than the fastest supercars in the world.
Ford dropped the lap video for all to see (above), and trust us, watching a Transit van fly past corners at speeds that’d make Corvettes cry is peak car culture craziness. It’s like seeing your dad’s work van show up at a drag strip and smoke everything in sight. Sorry Chevy fans — but that’s straight facts!
“Our electric vehicle demonstrator program has become an integral part of our broader Ford Performance racing portfolio, and for good reason. It is here that we can give our super-talented engineers, designers and aerodynamicists a clean sheet of paper and tell them to dream big. This is our chance to see what is possible far beyond any rule books for any race series. Here, we can explore the boundaries of what is possible, all with the aim of bringing these learnings back in to both our race programs and our road programs. And it is already bearing fruit for us. I can’t be specific just yet for competitive reasons but suffice to say that a number of our future race programs will see the benefits from vehicles like SuperVan 4.2.”
Michael Norton, F1 and Demonstrators Program Manager
This van is by no means your plumber’s Transit. Ford Performance quite possibly gave their engineers a blank check and told them to go wild. This van was specially developed to carry Ford’s racing legacy into EV territory. And while Chevy is busy fine-tuning the ZR1X for production bragging rights, Ford just proved they can strap a lightning bolt to a cargo van and make supercars look like amateur track machines.
This monster van is running on pure electricity and still cranking out a face-smashing 2,000 hp. The drivetrain is a one-off EV setup that delivers so much torque it could probably yank your garage (and your house with it) straight off its foundation. Aerodynamics? For A Van? Think less “designed for the rules” and more “designed to make the laws of physics cry uncle.” It’s also got full-on racing slicks that stick harder than your buddy clinging to his VTEC dreams, and thanks to all of this awesom engineerinf it’s rewriting the record books. Bathurst? Conquered. Pikes Peak? Owned. Nürburgring? Absolutely dominated now.
Chevy fans, we get it — the ZR1X is incredible. In fact, it’s extraordinary. We aren’t ragging on it. But unless Chevrolet builds a 2,000-hp delivery van (maybe call it the AstroVan ZR1?), they’re going to be sitting this round out. For now, Ford owns the title of fastest van in the world. And let’s be honest — that might be the pettiest, funniest, and most legendary flex in the Ford vs Chevy saga.
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