Free Rein With Vaughn Gittin Jr.

“Every view is just so picturesque that it’s crazy. We saw this place and we were like, ‘Oh my gosh! What if we were able to have free rein here on the Faroe Islands?’ And that’s effectively what we did. We were looking for something to do outside of the U.S. and nobody has ever done anything like this in the Faroe Islands. We set out to create a film where National Geographic meets Vaughn Gittin Junior and one of his wild creations.”

With a 58.8 kWh lithium-ion battery and seven electric motors spooling up 1400 horsepower in conjunction with an aero kit producing a whopping 2,600 pounds of downforce at 160 miles an hour, the local Atlantic Puffins penguins, Grey Seals, Long Finned Pilot whales, and Faroe Sheep, were all introduced to Gittin Jr. and the Mach E via the yelps of tortured rubber and billows of white smoke.

“Driving this car, well, it has been life-changing for me, you know?” cited the ace wheelman Gittin Jr. “You know I’m a petrol head through-and-through, and the first time I drove the Mach-E, it was like this light bulb went off in my head where I thought to myself, ‘This is electric?! This is what it can be?!’ The power is SO raw. I don’t want to say that I was a naysayer about electric cars because I do love technology and I do pride myself on having an open mind, but I had my doubts. I’ve got this car now and that car is a 1,200-horsepower Mustang. It’s got more power than we can ever dream of, and yet I have now found something that I believe has the potential to be better. It’s all-new. The feeling, the perspective, the driver experience, the sounds that you hear are just different and there is still very much a reference to speed and acceleration. The Ford Mach-E and the Faroe Islands in 2021? Well, this is just one of these “pinch me” moments.”

And what would Henry Ford think of all of this?

“I think Henry Ford would think it’s super-cool. He was always ahead of the game in innovation. I think he would be super proud that we are doing this. I know I am!”