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here's a live cut-in of feathers in a fan because we can't get the Live Or Else van downtown... and we have this breaking report of snow at arlington.
dang! this has to be must-see TV :-D
Who is that supposed to appeal to? Kids going to prom nowdays, or ones that went to prom when the song came out back in 198-? I fail to see someone in the mid 30s thinking "what a great song it sure brings back memories...Hon, round up the kids we're going to the Saturn dealership!"
Funny thing, I hated that song as a kid. Now when it comes on it stays in my head half the day.
Scott
One thing odd I noticed about those Ion commercials: the subject of the commercial (the boy who is staring in wonderment at the "childhood" or whatever) is the backseat passenger of the car, not the driver.
What exactly is Saturn trying to say? Forget all those cars made for the DRIVER. Now here we have a car that is truly made for the passenger.
Sheesh....these people act like you just handed over the keys to a freakin' Carerra or something!
I know what I'd do....I'd drive it into a ditch and collect the insurance money and use it as a down payment on a Carerra :~P
put "hatboxes" with the nuclear symbol in the back seat and leave it in front of the cop shop?
wait for the big doors to open at a honda or BMW dealer and drive it onto the sales floor?
so many options, so little bail money...... smile, you're on webcam
How about putting fake plastique explosives in it and parking it in the underground garage of a federal building? (In case the FBI is monitoring this thread...which I'm sure they are...notice I said FAKE :~P)
Torch off the roof and return it as a convertible?
Hmmm, maybe we need to open up a new thread for this discussion :-)
-Andrew L
How about replacing the CEO's Mercedes...rip off his hood ornament and weld it to the Grand Am and wheel that sucker into his parking space!
Vipers, Porsches, Geos, bikes, bicycles, baby carriages.... anything goes.
(I admit it; I'm biased against Pontiac, but it's just so easy to be.)
Or, get a huge "AVIS POWER" sticker and put that across the windshield.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
not quite in the Honda ad humanism category, but closing in. bring back the kid on the window ad.
-Jason
it HAS to be true, it's on TV...
The point is, the guy has to work a second job to afford his more expensive car, while his friends are out partying.
oh, hey, by the way... just to type the crowd here, just like high school again, in the spirit of the ad... how many of us are doing two or more jobs, working OT if it's availiable, pushing roadkill hubcaps on eBay, trying to get through the current economy ourselves? just like that pizza guy with the low-end beemer.....
In the 21st century you are not going to see too many car companies air commercials where females are treated as commodities. Maybe that is still the case with beer. But females buy too many cars for the mfgs to want to turn them off.
I do not think I will ever buy a Dodge, but I like the commercial a lot.
Maybe it's just a matter of perspective.
Cars are getting close to 50/50 male female these days. So machismo car commercials are going the way of the dinosaur.
Another dumb Toyota commercial. It employs the idea that Corollas are only for young, hip people. It says something to the effect of "it will last an eternity, ya know, until your 30."
I have rarely seen anybody less than, say, 70 driving these new, "hip" Corollas.
This pattern probably continues on, and on and on.....
IMHO, this is a great way to show make/model loyalty.
may they never do another "hey, watch this guy die!" ad again.
Sorry, but I hate both the car and the commercial. Like most Toyota commericials, this one drives me insane... almost as much as the dreadful "Hey Now You're An All Star" sales event commercial.
Wouldn't make me buy a Hyundai, but it's cute.
svevar: Truck, car, so what?
Pretty funny commercial.... but I still would not buy a Saturn.
BTW, I did not see the "salesman" Saturn coming out to "up" the customer with a 4-square on the hood.... LOL..... :-)
I hope I didn't offend you with my semi-sarcastic Camry wagon remark. I just really dislike the Highlander, and its the only thing I meant to put down.
-Svevar
And it's true, the Highlander is basically a Camry station wagon. The farthest offroad a Highlander will go is to a grass median at an over-packed mall.
you want out of GUV range, let's see ya tow.
Another macho comment. Ho hum.
Many of us don't need to tow, or want to.
We don't feel the need to project a macho image, either.