Mustang speed dating prank

Mustang Speed Dating Prank is Ford’s Hilarious Way of Saying Happy Valentine’s Day

After a scale model of a Ferrari GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile. Let me explain: see that pretty blondie in the pic? Made in cooperation with The Work, the broadcasting and media production company that prepared the Chevrolet Volt and Lincoln MKX Detroit launch events, Ford Mustang Speed Dating starts with our blondie and a number of dudes, having the typical speed date-grade chats in a jazz bar. Truth be told, the Bill Evans-inspired piano music is way more interesting than guys trying to woo our cute stunt driver. Thank God this scene ends rather quickly.

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With Valentine's Day fast approaching, love is in the air. Or at least it should be, but for the gentlemen featured in Ford's "Speed Dating" commercial, it's more a case of false hope and a whole lot of tire smoke. The storyline is simple: Take a bunch of unsuspecting guys and set them up on a blind date at a coffee shop with a beautiful blonde. When the girl asks if they want to leave, the men jump in the passenger seat of her Mustang GT rigged with cameras. At first she acts uncomfortable with a stick shift, and a few of the men flex their masculinity in response.

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Ford pranks unsuspecting blind dates with Mustang GT and stunt driver

It's one thing to step into a racy, red Ford Mustang with a cute gal sitting in the driver's seat. It's something, else, entirely, when unbeknownst the to her clueless male passengers -- she's actually a stunt driver whose social media mission is to take them on the hair-raising, rides of their lives. Never mind that it's all being secretly filmed by Ford specifically to go viral. The Ford Valentine's Weekend mission: get lots of eyeballs on its Mustang video prank. Did it ever.

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