Ford Mustang Mach-E Select vs Zeekr 7X Performance AWD

It depends which number you read. The Ford Mustang Mach-E Select is $73,394 drive-away in New South Wales, a figure that already includes on-road costs. The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD lists at $72,900, but that is before on-road costs, and at a Sydney postcode it lands near $79,800 drive-away. So while the Zeekr's headline number looks a few hundred dollars lower, the Ford is the cheaper car to actually put on the road, by roughly $6,000 to $7,000 once both are counted the same way. Always compare drive-away to drive-away.

The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD. It uses an 800-volt electrical system that accepts up to 420kW on a compatible ultra-fast charger and claims 10 to 80 per cent in about 16 minutes. The Ford Mustang Mach-E Select runs a 400-volt system that peaks at 150kW and takes roughly 32 minutes for the same top-up, twice as long. On alternating current the Zeekr also doubles the Ford, 22kW to 11kW. Real-world speed depends on the charger and battery temperature, but the Zeekr's charging hardware is a clear generation ahead here.

The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD claims 543km on the WLTP cycle from a 100kWh battery, against 470km for the Ford Mustang Mach-E Select and its 73kWh pack. The Zeekr also uses less energy doing it, a claimed 166Wh/km to the Ford's 186. Both are laboratory figures, so expect less in cold weather or at freeway speed. The Ford's dearer Premium grade claims 615km, the longest in the Mach-E range, but that is a more expensive car than the Select compared here.

The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD, and it is not close. Its two motors make a combined 475kW and 710Nm through all-wheel drive, for a claimed 3.8-second run to 100km/h. The Ford Mustang Mach-E Select has a single rear motor making 212kW and 525Nm, and Ford Australia does not publish a 0 to 100km/h time for it. For outright pace the Ford range answers with the all-wheel-drive GT and its 434kW, but that is a flagship at roughly $108,000 drive-away, well above both the Select and the Zeekr.

Both carry a current five-star ANCAP rating, so neither is the unsafe choice. The Ford Mustang Mach-E was tested in 2021 and its rating runs to December 2027; it scores higher for safety assist, 82 per cent to 78, and adult occupant protection, 92 to 91. The Zeekr 7X was tested more recently, in 2025, with its rating active to December 2031; it leads on vulnerable-road-user protection, 78 per cent to 69. Both come with autonomous emergency braking, lane-keep assist and adaptive cruise control as standard.

The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD has the larger boot, 539 litres behind the rear seats expanding to 1,978 with them folded, against 402 and 1,420 litres in the Ford Mustang Mach-E Select. The Ford answers with a 49-litre sealed frunk under the bonnet, handy for stowing charging cables away from the main boot. The Zeekr is also the slightly larger car overall, 4,787mm long to 4,728mm. Both seat five. For sheer cargo room the Zeekr wins; the Ford's frunk is the neat touch for cable storage.

Decide what the money is buying. For much the same headline figure the Zeekr 7X Performance AWD gives you more than double the power, 800-volt charging, a bigger battery and a longer equipment list, so on pure hardware per dollar it wins comfortably. The catch is the real cost: priced drive-away rather than off the list number, the Ford Mustang Mach-E Select is around $6,000 to $7,000 cheaper to get on the road. If you want the most car and will pay the on-road premium, choose the Zeekr; if the keener drive-away price and the Mustang badge matter more, the Ford Select makes the case.

That is the honest question this pairing asks. The Ford Mustang Mach-E Select gives up a lot on paper to the Zeekr 7X Performance AWD on power, charging speed, battery size and cabin kit. What it offers instead is the Mustang nameplate, a rear-drive chassis the Australian press rates among the better-driving electric SUVs of its type, an established dealer network and a lower drive-away price. If those things move you, the Ford is a defensible buy. If they do not, the Zeekr delivers far more car for a similar outlay and the badge argument falls away.

Both work as a family EV and both hold a current five-star ANCAP rating. The Zeekr 7X Performance AWD is the roomier and better-equipped of the two, with the bigger boot and a tri-zone climate layout, and it services every 40,000km or two years rather than the Ford's 15,000km or twelve months. The Ford Mustang Mach-E Select counters with a 49-litre frunk for the cables, up to seven years of roadside assistance and the lower drive-away price. For space and kit the Zeekr leads; the Ford suits families who value the lower on-road cost and the longer roadside cover.