CARS GLOBALMAG October 2016 | Page 90

T H E M A N A N D T H E M U S TA N G The Highland Green Mustang GT 390 from the movie Bullit has been named the all-time star Ford of the silver screen, following a survey carried out by one of the country’s leading events for the Blue Oval, FordFest. Ahead of the Ford scene season closer, at Santa Pod, Beds, this the organisers ran a public survey to find out which of the famous Fords of film and TV resonates most with the British public – and the star of the show will be a replica of the iconic Bullit Mustang itself, alongside its Dodge Charger nemesis. SO LETS TALK DEMO CARS - WE’VE SEEN DAIGO IN A LAMBORGHINI – HOW ABOUT A FORD GT DRIFT CAR – MAYBE FOR A FUTURE BATTLEDRIFT EDIT? “That would be something wouldn’t it? BattleDrift was a blast and has done very well; it’s at 8.7 million views and counting. The Ford GT is obviously an amazing vehicle – it’s next level. That’s quite an expensive car to hit a wall with though! I don’t have my radar on that, because I don’t know how realistic that is for us, but that being said – crazier things have happened, right?!” SO WHAT ABOUT BRINGING YOUR COMP CAR TO EUROPE AND BATTLING HERE? WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOU GO DOOR TO DOOR WITH BAGGSY BIAGIONI OR EUROPEAN CHAMPION JAMES DEANE. “I’m always down to battle it out, anytime, anywhere! I have a car here in Europe, but it’s a demo car – the one I’m using here at Lohéac. It’s not built for competition. So to be able to come over and battle properly, I think it’s only right that I have my competition car, and competition equipment. That’s fair to whomever I’m battling too then. I’m open to it, no doubt. We’ll see though, if my supporters and sponsors want to see it happen badly enough, we will do that. Right now I’m focused on Formula Drift though, it is the premier drift series in the world, so that’s where we will like to stay. I’ll flip the question – when are James Deane and Baggsy Biagioni coming to Formula D?!”