Car Commercials, the good, the bad, and the annoying!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    I think I might have seen one G25 on the road. That, or none. I think the model was created just for leasing. The brand really needs some reform, along with maybe a revamp of the chipmunk cheeks front end theme.

    Is there any date for the IS now? They'll probably just rebody the old one :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'm sure you'll look for (and find) a reason to dislike any of the Asians in the segment. :P
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUBvVbhZS0-ynMbdXa8c9DxA&v=Ftq6pDvzI3k&feature- =player_embedded

    Might sell in countries where small cars are popular, but here? With a 3 cylinder they'll have to price it at $9995.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    Lots of Fiat shining through there
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    I don't have to look too hard with Infiniti. From bizarre styling to desperate naming convention changes, it doesn't seem their ship is in shape right now.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The SUVs maybe, but the G sedan and coupe have aged well. I like the original M better than the updated ones, though. It was more of a muscle sedan.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    The minivan thing is doing well, but the FX has faded away, G is one of the older new cars still being sold, and when was the last time you saw a late model M? The first M was cool anyway.

    The styling needs refinement. The front, while not as edgy as Lexus, is still kind of off and derpy.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Hard to sell an FX for more money than the JX when it's much smaller inside. Infiniti's crossovers strategy had failed big until the JX.

    Then again Porsche makes money off the Cayenne and Panamera and that keeps the 911 alive, I'm often reminded.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    FX was something special when it was introduced, but it got old, and the new style one isn't a nice design. JX seems to be a useful vehicle, and isn't too odd to look at.

    Now all Infiniti needs is a cool/fun vehicle to keep alive via the sales of more boring units.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Bionic Cheetah, funny. That's what they called it.

    It was fun to drive but to me kinda pointless - big and heavy outside, tiny inside.

    Pointless can sell, though, just look at the X6.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    The FX had some presence, and was unlike anything else on the market. That usually only works for one generation. The replacement was just too curvy, not in a good way.

    X6 has other things going for it - huge price and ostentation factor, which is prized in this new gilded age. Looking like a clueless [non-permissible content removed] seems to be a competitive sport for many of the mysteriously monied, today.
  • toomanyfumestoomanyfumes Member Posts: 1,019
    They really need some new models here, but what they really need is a competitive mid-size.
    2012 Mustang Premium, 2013 Lincoln MKX Elite, 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    For the update on the M they seemed to focus on the silver polished in to the wood trim.

    I liked it better when they focused on the clock.

    Infiniti marketing has been a mess since the beginning, though. JX will help sales and profits but not establish a consistent image.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Infiniti marketing has been a mess since the beginning,

    Not so. The original commercials for the first gen Infiniti was very good.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    One has to wonder about the image of commercials for German brands such as Benz and BMW. Many stupid commercials. Such as showing a Benz on a Hollywood movie set with a car/driver sliding on gravel in that make believe street scene. Not too smart. Or a 5 series with a guy driving with his coffee cup empty and his sunroof open and a military type plane flies low with a boom extending to fill up his coffee cup that he is holding up through his sunroof. Or another commercial for a BMW sliding around on beach, ripping it up and throwing up sand. Or a Benz commercial having its suv crash through a wall.

    This might all be OK if you were selling something to dopey teenagers who like this nonsense. But, that is not who buy these kind of vehicles.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The infamous first-and-trees ad that didn't show the car?

    The Q was arguably better than the Lexus LS, yet to this day Infiniti hasn't recovered. They are 2nd fiddle to Lex.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    edited December 2012
    I've never seen anyone in advertising rave about those old non-car commercials. And then the old Q itself was easily trounced by the LS in sales, one reason being nobody had heard of it due to weird ads. I think that ad got the company off on the wrong foot. Since, it is seen as something nice, but odd.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    Dopey commercials, record sales. That's all that matters. I'd rather see both brands do more heritage themed spots, but they already seem to know what sells. Cash talks, something else walks.

    I suspect an old MB W126 or W140 could crash through a wall :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Americans like grilles, and the original Q didn't have one. That probably hurt as well.

    Need lots of fake chrome all over the nose for prestige, you know *rolls eyes*.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    "Things can always be better".

    http://youtu.be/uiZS-MiIpac

    They sure had left a lot of room for improvement. The ad is good, though, zooms in on some of the improvements they made.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    And then when it got a grille, it was kind of a MB ripoff. The grille/prestige thing is funny, and true.

    Civic ad is good, tacitly says "we goofed, we're sorry".
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yup...too bad they can't retrofit the improvements to the old one.

    At least they appear to have gotten the Accord right out of the gate.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited December 2012
    http://youtu.be/5ffxs0eULH8

    $52 and change to start, but good luck finding one under $60k with options.
  • toomanyfumestoomanyfumes Member Posts: 1,019
    My buddy bought an '06 Cayman S in 2010 for around 36k. Had about 16 k miles, mint. Really fun car, handles like it's on rails, he drives it every day and it' s been very reliable, so far.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    Nice name, might fit some of the drivers :shades:

    You can load em up to six figures, too. Gotta love German option schemes.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    My buddy's Boxster S is the real deal. I can only imagine a more rigid coupe.
  • starrow68starrow68 Member Posts: 1,142
    The Inner Mustang comes around every so often and is still very grabbing. Gotta love it.
    However, the Mustang is too heavy, no matter how many HP they put under the hood.

    Boxster's do handle nice, too bad they are underpowered and get passed by much of
    what folks take out on weekends at road courses. Also, they are tougher to drive than
    most rwd alternatives.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgN8MOrss40&feature=player_embedded

    Trophy wives will be all over this one.
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    Not just trophy wives. I'd love to have it. BUT how does the car get the parking ticket when entering and pay when leaving before coming to you outside? What would happen if no cell service two levels into the garage? Phone battery dies while shopping. How would you find your car in a multi-level garage? It will be a fantastic option, after some bugs are worked out.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    If the garage even allows cars in without a driver.

    Here's a funny vid in a drive-thru scenario:

    http://youtu.be/xVrJ8DxECbg
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,414
    Saw this video yesterday! Very funny.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://youtu.be/lUa6KR4nTeg
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,970
    I wanted to watch that one the other day.
    That was great. Candid Camera would be proud!
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Remember the last one where the super model flew away?

    Now she's high on something, and the car drives off by itself:

    http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/mercedes-benz-cla-stars-in-sweeping-short-wit- h-supermodel-karlie/

    Maybe the marketing guys are taking hallucinagenics?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    Thankfully it isn't a real commercial.

    The car annoys me somewhat too - it's a trunkback A-class, for all intents and purposes. Find new niches anywhere, it's the new German superiority.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I bet they sell a billion of them.

    Buyers will have no clue it's FWD and will be buying in to the "lifestyle" in their minds.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,671
    Hell, it will probably make it to NA before the C diesel.

    No doubt the average badge seeking C/3er/IS driver has no idea what wheels move their cars anyway.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It's out early, car wash/sexy model style:

    http://youtu.be/uPq7jVGPs3g
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    For balance, maybe we will see commercials for Buick and Cadillac with Joan Rivers or Betty White washing these cars.
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    I don't think they'd spend the money to air that 1:30 ad during the Super Bowl especially since they ran this as a preview during the Pats game:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjycKOsI2o

    I'm expecting something a little more raucous - you know some wind, sliding around, more Sympathy With the Devil. Something for xrunner to complain about!! :P

    I think the Kate Upton ad might be just another preview especially since it's already on Facebook.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    I'm expecting something a little more raucous - you know some wind, sliding around, more Sympathy With the Devil. Something for xrunner to complain about!!

    An interesting, and revealing(?), statement about complaining, or is it "commenting", on this board.

    Football purist fans might well tivo/dvr the Super Bowl, turn it on about 1.5 hours after the start, catch up and then zip through most of the commercials. That is unless you are hosting or at a Bowl party.

    Wondering if GM will show the new Chevrolet Impala on the Super Bowl.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    A lot of them are blow outs, then the opposite happens.

    You fast forward through the game, and watch only the commercials. :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://youtu.be/Jk0PG7BzrY8

    My 10 year old loved this ad. Made me stop the DVR and watch it with him.

    I agree, it's clever and funny. It appeals to the target demographic (moms).
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Previously mentioned here is Subaru commercial with chocolate lab as puppy, growing up, grown up with family also maturing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8kOeV56-kc

    Who would not like this commercial. Still running in our area.

    Subaru has had other very good commercials such as father telling little girl as driver to be careful and then the girl turns out to apparently be about 18.
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    An interesting, and revealing(?), statement about complaining, or is it "commenting", on this board.

    It's a joke son.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That's another one we watch even when we DVR a show.

    The dad/daughter one won awards. This one might, too.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Speaking of jokes, remember this Subaru series of ads, with the sumo wrestlers? Sort of made fun of that type of commercial (car wash/sexy):

    http://youtu.be/hlhWOneOatg

    Love it when he throws the ticket back at the meter maid.

    Subaru has broken sales records 4 years in a row.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,494
    Subaru has broken sales records 4 years in a row.

    It isn't because of those commercials, that's for sure. Just awful.

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  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Saw a commercial for Mercedes E350 Sport. Made for adults. No ripping up sand, sliding on gravel. Just starting out in a city scene, moving to country, in mountains or foothills finishing up along ocean. Lots of 8.5x11 (apparently) papers flying around and aft of the car. Car is being driven sanely, by a responsible adult, just like lets hope 99.44 percent of Mercedes drivers drive. Just like I see the majority of Mercedes drivers in my travels.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Not the Sumo ones, no...though they were funny.
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