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

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    I don't quite like the voiceover on Mazda ads, probably just my subjective interpretation, but the tone seems almost patronizing.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,345
    fintail said:

    I don't quite like the voiceover on Mazda ads, probably just my subjective interpretation, but the tone seems almost patronizing.

    Mazda ads have annoyed me for years, ever since they started with the kid's voice saying "zoom zoom".

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,380
    I believe that Lincoln has taken moronic advertising down to a whole new level with the latest Matthew McConaughey spots. So driving a new Lincoln is like getting a shave? Or falling into a swimming pool? I'll pass, thanks.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    What's with that Mazda TV commercial with the dufuss kid and the cop on the wrong side of the road?

    Still don't get Lincoln as a lux car (its a Buick), nor its ads. But the ads are different so maybe they get some attention?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    The BMW-targeted Infiniti "legacy" commercial amuses me, probably because if you made a Venn diagram of Infiniti drivers, BMW drivers, and aggressive driving, they'd overlap perfectly. Also, the commercial always seems to advertise one of the blander crossovers, which even today are pretty un-BMW. QX60, really?
  • carnaughtcarnaught Member Posts: 3,582
    edited May 2016
    Don't at all like the new Honda commercial with the cartoon characters and dog with the square heads...noop, not feeling it.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I thought the Hyundai commercial with the woman telling us how much she LOVED her new Hyundai was kinda creepy. She's attractive and all that, but so appallingly bubbly--like she's amped on something--robotic---
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,691
    carnaught said:
    Don't at all like the new Honda commercial with the cartoon characters and dog with the square heads...noop, not feeling it.
    Ditto. Also I dislike the Toyota commercial with the lady running through the showroom inn heels. It's as dippy as the progressive commercial.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,069
    Jan is no Flo....

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Can anybody please explain the new Volvo XC90 commercial? A blonde is driving and the man behind her is holding a gold ring and touches her on her shoulder. Do not understand it at all!

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    He's giving her back the ring and asking for a divorce? No, that's probably not it.....
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,069
    My wife and I were wondering the same thing last night.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,496
    have not seen this one that I recall.

    Proposing?

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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,412
    I will give up this ring and give you my wife, if you buy me this Volvo?

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Both made in China B)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Nah, it's some nostalgia thing going on but you're right, it makes no sense.
  • carnaughtcarnaught Member Posts: 3,582
    edited June 2016
    I actually like the newer Lincoln commercial with the gal singing Midnight Rider with McConaughey. Maybe cause I like the tune.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,345
    Saw the new series of Chevy truck ads with the side-by-side torture test versus the aluminum Ford. I have to say they are pretty powerful. Being able to puncture a pickup bed is a pretty big flaw, it seems to me. But I wonder if this will just lead to a commercial war of dirty tricks, as this article seems to imply?

    http://www.autonews.com/article/20160613/RETAIL03/306139960/chevy-opens-an-aluminum-can-on-ford?cciid=email-autonews-weekly

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    I kind of snickered at that ad, who drops a load of concrete blocks from that height into an unlined pickup bed? What's next, a MB ad showing the S can tow an Airstream better than the 7er? It'll be interesting to see how Ford counters. Chevy car ads are still pretty awful, this isn't much different.

    Most trucks I see will never have more than a case of pop thrown in the back.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,496
    I figured these days every truck would have some kind of bed liner. I wouldn't do without one.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I'll be curious what affect those new Chevy ads end up having. An awful lot of pick up drivers tend to be Chevy or Ford or Dodge Ram guys, as Japan Inc. has found out. Hard to change loyalties in that segment I think. Wonder how (or if) Ford will respond?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Maybe run a Chevy into an Amtrak train? Actually I'd like to watch that...
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I was just thinking; aluminum can be incendiary in certain instances - maybe Chevy will blow a Ford F-150 up B)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,496
    We already know you can blow up a Chevy PU if you want to.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Funny, forgot about that saddle tank incident B)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    Just saw a Chevy Cruze emoji themed ad, this stuff must work or they wouldn't be keeping it going...right?
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,496
    well, they think they do. but outside of focus group feedback, there is really no way to tell.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Remember, marketing research brought about those ovoid Taurus updates in 97. What people say versus what hey actually do...
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,496
    also entirely possible that most of us her, do not at all reflect the people that do those focus groups!

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  • odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    ab348 said:

    Saw the new series of Chevy truck ads with the side-by-side torture test versus the aluminum Ford. I have to say they are pretty powerful. Being able to puncture a pickup bed is a pretty big flaw, it seems to me. But I wonder if this will just lead to a commercial war of dirty tricks, as this article seems to imply?

    http://www.autonews.com/article/20160613/RETAIL03/306139960/chevy-opens-an-aluminum-can-on-ford?cciid=email-autonews-weekly

    Honda came out and challenge both of them with the New Ridgeline.
    https://youtu.be/ayOhO3D_90Y

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Just saw a TV spot where two guys are racing their new Camry's in Monte Carlo. Almost as goofy as last year's Altima taking on a school bus...and they pay people to come up with this stuff???
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    I just saw the Monte Carlo one too, couldn't help but smirk. People make good money to come up with this stuff, too.

    The Camry motorcade ad is just as eye-rolling.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    Today I heard "with a Lexus SUV, there are no adverse conditions". That should make it fun when the slow flies.

    They are good at carving drive-thru entrances into donut shops anyway
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I think Toyota and Lexus has kind of a screwed up marketing organization. Talking about performance and putting front ends on cars that resemble Japanese Anime isn't going to change the character of the vehicle. Their buyers want a smooth, comfortable and reliable ride. The new ads almost go against what they and their customers are. Is that smart???
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    Sales seem to be fine, so maybe it works. I suspect a lot of Walter Mitty types out there like the idea of being "bold" (as Toyota says over and over again about the Camry) while still making a safe and reliable choice.

    For Lexus, it is about being different for the sake of being different, and brash to compete with the image of BMW.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,691
    fintail said:

    I suspect a lot of Walter Mitty types out there like the idea of being "bold" (as Toyota says over and over again about the Camry) while still making a safe and reliable choice.

    For Lexus, it is about being different for the sake of being different, and brash to compete with the image of BMW.

    My opinion is that toyota being bold to majority of buyers is like my 2003 leSabre being bold.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    Toyota Avalon is essentially a (well, kind of) Japanese Buick, so that's not far off.
    imidazol97 said:



    My opinion is that toyota being bold to majority of buyers is like my 2003 leSabre being bold.

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Lexus buyers might pull the same joke on Lexus as Cadillac buyer did---they often ignore the "new and improved" models and opt for the old platforms that were given a face-lift.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    If the perpetual victims out there can cry about VW ads touting "clean diesel", can the rest of us gripe about the new Prius ad calling it "stylish"?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    New Toyota ad: In 30 seconds, we learn the Prius is stylish, the Camry is sporty, the Corolla is fun, and the Rav4 is adventurous. OK then.
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,380
    fintail said:

    New Toyota ad: In 30 seconds, we learn the Prius is stylish, the Camry is sporty, the Corolla is fun, and the Rav4 is adventurous. OK then.

    And if you've been mainlining crystal meth for a few weeks you might even find the ad borderline plausible...

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Hey America - you saw it on TV...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    I'm sure a Corolla could be fun or a Rav4 could be adventurous, if the right person was in the car :)
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 17,069
    I've had three Toyotas and they were all great cars, but adventurous is one adjective I would never use.

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Cars are just rides to the fun. The trick is what you put in or on them. :)



  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    Toyotas were worlds more interesting in the 80s than now.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    We just settled for the Tercel because we couldn't afford a Previa.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    I thought you had the Tercel when it was new(ish). Previa didn't come here until MY 1990, the Tercel would have been dissolving in some climates by then.

    My grandpa had one of those Corolla Tercels when I was a little kid, it was a company car. I remember it looking like yours, kind of a caramel brown. I don't recall any stories of him having any problems with it, and the Seattle climate is easy on those cars. I think it replaced an earlier Corolla. A WW2 vet who over the years owned a VW, Japanese cars, and American cars, he was pretty open-minded (but preferred Chryslers for a long time).
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited August 2016
    Details, details. :) Yeah, the Tercel was new in '82. We got a Plymouth Voyager in '89. That worked fine for us but died in ten years. The Previa would have been driven another decade at least.

    The other one we wanted back in the day was a Corolla Tercel AWD wagon.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,507
    That shows the interesting past of Toyota. Can you imagine a mid-engined supercharged AWD minivan now? It boggles the mind.

    The angular style Corolla 4WD wagons are getting a cult following now, the nice ones are being preserved.
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