Jimmy Fallon test drives F-150 Lightning, Mustangs on Metro Detroit visit - Detroit News

Comedian and TV host Jimmy Fallon burned some rubber Friday with Ford Motor Company on a whirlwind visit to Metro Detroit.

The celebrity and former "Saturday Night Live" star did some  test drives at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac then dropped by the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn — to the surprise and delight of Ford employees.

"The Tonight Show" host already owns a gasoline powered F-150 and is thinking about purchasing the electric version, a Ford spokesperson told The Detroit News.  .

"Fun day at the track and the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, MI surprising our teams building the (F-150)," Ford CEO Jim Farley said on Twitter.

"We're so proud of it," Farley said of the F-150 Lightning in an interview with WDIV-TV (Channel 4), an affiliate of Fallon's network, NBC.