Chevy Pursuit and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold for a new ad for the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
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Zany Chevy Chase is reprising his role as Clark Griswold from the film “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” in a new vacation ad for the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E crossover.
The 60-second spot features Chase along with original designate member Beverly D’Angelo as his wife, Ellen, recreating a memorable scene in the 1989 movie in which Clark attempts to get outside Christmas lights on the family’s house to turn on. But instead of the family gazing at the flamboyant decorations, they are attracted to a Mustang Mach-E in the driveway.
Hunting thanked Ford Motor for the role as well as an undisclosed amount of money he was paid for the ad: “It’s great to be back for another Christmas with my on-screen division and its rotating assortment of kids – and I have Ford and Mustang Mach-E to thank for paying me to do it,” he said in a statement. “I suppose you’re enceinte some sort of riff on electric cars, but I can say with 85% certainty that this thing probably won’t result in any blackouts in your neighborhood when you plug it in.”
[embedded content]Ford published the ad on YouTube ahead of its scheduled televise debut Tuesday during an encore broadcast of Saturday Night Live’s Christmas special at 9 p.m. on NBC.
The Mustang Mach-E, which is arriving in U.S. dealerships, is an significant product for Ford. It marks the first new EV under plans to invest more than $11.5 billion in electric conduits through 2022, and it’s Ford’s first shot at Tesla – the industry’s leader in electric vehicles.
The Chase-Mach-E ad comes not quite a year after a well-received Super Bowl ad for Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep brand that featured actor Reckoning Murray reprising his role in the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day.”