We’ve been racing our vehicles to the top of Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, US, since the first organized event back in 1916 – but for the 101st running earlier this year, we decided to go in a completely new direction.
Known to motorsport fans as “The Race to the Clouds,” the legendary Pikes Peak International Hillclimb sees competitors take on 12.5 miles of twisting mountain road with menacingly-named corners like Bottomless Pit, Ragged Edge and the Devil’s Playground.
We entered a Transit van.
The SuperVan 4.2 is a wild hillclimb monster that blends 1,400 horsepower of high-tech electric power1, born from three electric motors, with a body inspired by Ford Pro’s latest E-Transit Custom van. It’s an update of the...