Ford has trademarked the Mach 4 nameplate in Australia, pointing to a more practical Mustang spinoff – and potentially a spiritual successor to the homegrown Falcon. An application for ‘Mach 4’ was filed with IP Australia on February 25, 2025. The name has been trademarked for “motor vehicles, namely gasoline and electric automobiles, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles and their structural parts”.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today On the same date, the name was also filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) . We’ve contacted Ford Australia for confirmation the Mach 4 is coming here, though the vehicle has yet to be officially announced globally – let alone revealed. Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now.
Get the experts on your side and score a great deal. Browse now . Nevertheless, this is the latest indication a Mustang sedan – something never before offered by the Blue Oval – is indeed coming.
The original Mustang was a spinoff from the Falcon, though eventually the latter nameplate was retired in the US. It lived on in Australia until 2016, sticking with rear-wheel drive and combustion power until the end. Ergo, should the Mach 4 be a sedan version of the rear-wheel drive, combustion-powered Mustang pony car, it would be a spiritual successor to the Falcon.
Sources told Automotive News last August that Ford executives – including CEO Jim Farley – revealed a four-door ‘coupe’ .
