It is likely that you have already seen the video above, and while yes, the short film produced by Ford seems like a fun 2015 Mustang ad featuring Maryland Mustang formula drifting phenom, Vaughn Gittin, Jr.. However what you may not know is that the city featured in the short film, Ordos, Inner Mongolia in China is considered the largest modern ghost city in the world.
Originally to be built for over 1 million residents, the city of Ordos was intended to be a crowning jewel of Inner Mongolia. However, development snags, missed deadlines, funding issues, and more, drove investors to drop the project en masse which in turn, resulted in entire streets, even districts abandoned mid-construction, earning Ordos the title of "China's Ghost City".
With such a grand and unique setting, it is a wonder that Ford were one of the first to consider filming in the city. With it's looming towers, quasi-futuristic architecture, and vast expanses absent of human life, all set on a backdrop of the Mu Us Desert, Ordos seems the perfect setting for a District 9-esque, future dystopia film.
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