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

scscars

The pictures of the McLaren that I saw were on McLaren.com, fantasycars.com, and a site on angelfire.com. Looked at the Saleen S7 and the McLaren and they do look very similar. Maybe my videotape of one of the Cubs/Braves games several days ago(seems like eons!) might yield an answer if the tape caught the commercial.

i_luv_toyota

"It's perverse enough to make me want to see it again"

I hope your kidding!

PLEASE tell me you are!

i_luv_toyota

We have a guy teaching a class about the "Black Hole," when a student (probably one of the 2 slackers you see in the TV ads) yells out "Hey teach, that Black Hole, does it have a Hemi, you know, like Hemi powered Dodge Ram?" Teacher says "No it doesn't have a Hemi!" The reply, "Then I guess it's not the most powerful voice in the universe!" Then somebody else yells out "Got that right!"

Then it ends with the teacher (who has a British accent, BTW) saying "No, I don't know how many corndogs you can fit in a Black Hole!!"

swschrad

I seem to remember that classroom....

suvshopper4

Nope. Sorry.
Three times were not enough for me to fully appreciate its bizarre quotient.

suvshopper4

I just saw a commercial for a Cherry Hill, NJ Kia dealer.

The announcer claims 2003 Kia Sedonas for $15,990.
Then he claims that your trade-in is worth $8,000, even if it doesn't run.
Then the guy says, "You do the math!"

I am guessing that is because the $8,000 is already computed into the $15,990 price. And possibly some other numbers are missing as well. So if the announcer does the math, it doesn't sound as good.

andys120

in the razor commercial. The S7 is a remarkable car in it's own right and it's America's only production supercar. There's more about it in the "Supercars" topic under Coupe, convertibles and sports cars.

speterson1

I saw that commercial again a few days ago and in one of the shots you are looking at the back end as it zooms forward and I saw an "S7" logo on the back of the car, near the right tailight, so Saleen it is. Sweet looking car.

scscars

Andys120 and SPeterson, I saw the Gillette commercial one more time during the World Series, and I now confess to being wrong, not once, but twice! My Bad! The little S7 emblem appears for a fraction of a second at the beginning of the commercial and its easy to miss. Anyway, its a great looking car in the commercial. Now, if I could only see one on the street, I might just settle for the razor now and save up for the S7 later :>)

swschrad

$15,990 - $8000.... + one screamer ad... = no sale.

nonsense and screamers push a big, lighted, red button for me.

i_luv_toyota

"$15,990 - $8000.... + one screamer ad... = no sale"

You forgot to add (pun intended) the "+Kia" part. That would make it a definite NO SALE to me!

SUVshopper4: You only saw it three times? I had to endure it much more than that. It came on 3 times during one "Jeopardy!" alone!

i_luv_toyota

"With 17 different models to choose from, Toyota has the right car for you."

That's the latest marketing slogan from Toyota. One ad shows a closeup of several different people, stating how we are all different drivers. Well no duh.

The other has an Asian girl and some tall dork discussing the virtues of their cars (a Corolla S and a Matrix respectively).

And to not let you forget who's ad it is Toyota now implements it's own transparent logo on the bottom corner of the screen, like what the TV networks do during primetime.

I'm sure you love these ads too, don't you SUVshopper4?

suvshopper4

Feel the love.

i_luv_toyota

I do feel the love for the cars, just not the ads...

But then most advertising these days is ridiculous, cars or otherwise.

odie6l

One of our local Ford dealer's had an ad made up for them because they are known as the SUV store.
If you know the song "Money For Nothing" , well they modified the song to say "I Want My S U V" instead of "I Want My M T V" then it shows the various Suv's driving around while the guitar riff is playing. I have to admit it was the best use of a song yet, just as long as they DON'T over play it.

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tmart

right good. It's about "rewiring" your brain. A guy is shown several pictures of cars with the insignia covered and asked to identify the car. He says MB, then Lexus for the second picture, don't recall the others. He is then shown the pictures again, but with the "VW" visable. He say the same as before...MB, Lexus, etc.

nvbanker

VW has always had very clever ads..... Have felt great entertainment value in watching their ads, but they don't incite me to consider their cars.

loncray

Yes, their Jetta ad with everything moving in sync with everything else and their ad with the two guys and the smelly old chair are excellent!

lemko

Did anybody ever see the ad for the Toyota Tacoma at the monster truck show? A monster truck is overturned as it tries to run over the Tacoma.

nvbanker

Cute idea..... kind of like the Nissan Frontier ad of a few years ago, when it opened its door against the building, and the building fell down.

Not reality, by any means, huh? But cute.

stormdavy

New Camry ad w/ everything in morning commute going superbly for driver demands a head-on collision w/ a cement mixer to even the score by day's end. Sure, we've all had days where everything seemed to go perfect...but it never lasts. So if you are in denial, inhabit your own little world, then Camry is the car for you! The blithe driver, the "mysterious" music...this guy and his car are headed for a fall. Of course, I have always hated Camrys for their goody two shoes blandness.

nvbanker

and the MYCAR play on
CAMRY also is sickeningly sweet, isn't it? Toyota ads have never reached me though. I like a classy or clever, sensible ad - theirs have always been a bit simple minded, I felt.

i_luv_toyota

I also hate those "MY CAR=CAMRY" ads. They got tiring after the first one with the guy driving "Dukes of Hazzard" style on an LA freeway. After I saw that I prayed never to see anymore on the same theme again. Alas, twas not to be. From cars to cell phones, commercials are meant to aggrevate in order to get noticed.

I also hated the commercials Toyota ran during thanksgiving, where they are comparing a thanksgiving dinner to a Toyota vehicle that's on sale.

Honda's commercials are getting stupid, with the guy with the Pilot being raised by wolves?! Stupidest ads since VW Touareg came out...

i_luv_toyota

Here it is, almost December, and some car companies (Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi specifically) are still selling 2003 models. Shouldn't they have been done with that in early September?

And to add insult to injury, they still refer to 2003's as being new!!

May as well throw them on the used car lot, because 2003 is NOT new anymore...

nvbanker

become boat anchors on a new car lot, once the new models are out. So the factory is trying to move them off ASAP.

nvbanker

there are lots of folks who get excited about a "leftover" last years model. They think they get a great deal on it. Well, unless they keep it for 10 years, they start in the depreciation hole when they drive it away - bad deal. I'm not one of them, but there are lots who do.

svevar

The dreaded "December to Remember" Lexus ads have returned to wreak havoc on the airwaves for the next month. I think the new ones for this year are more annoying than ever, with the kids giving their parent the key to a new Lexus. Ugh.

a_l_hubcaps

It seems to me that this has been the slowest new model year rollout ever! I can't remember it ever being December and the dealers still being full of current calendar year models like they are now.

-Andrew L

nvbanker

and on a good year for volume, thanks to incentives.

Personally, I don't mind the lexus ads.....I only wish my kids would give me one! Maybe that's why.

loncray

I saw an insurance company ad that spoofed those Lexus ads, with the new car in the garage with the big red bow. Shots of a sports car (Porsche maybe?) in the garage with the big bow, then the guy comes home in his old car, doesn't realize the garage was full, and plows right into the gift car. If I see it again I'll pay closer attention.

jaserb

The new car was a last generation Celica, and the husband smashed into it in an old S10 pickup. I remember thinking they could've picked a little nicer car as the "dream car" that was ruined.

-Jason

nvbanker

especially if they're spoofing Lexus.....

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pjyoung

but kind of funny all the same. It's for Liberty Mutual insurance and it has a bunch of people driving demolition derby cars and getting into wrecks. The best scene was when 4 cars pulled into a 4 way stop and everybody waves everybody else thru, then they plow into each other in the intersection.

vikd

...Gillette razor ads are getting more and more extensive. Where once you caught only a brief glimpse of the car at the very beginning and end of the initial commercials, the car is now featured throughout the entirity of the new ones with only a brief glimpse of the actual razor at the end...I like them better this way!

Regards... Vikd

odie6l

it's not the one for the Remmington Electric razor. I'm still trying to figure out WHY they use a Jag to show how Smooth the razor cuts. Lets see the car with a little dust on it afterwards and see all the Fine scratches that were left over.

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vikd

...but it's a beautiful vehicle nonetheless...!

Regards... Vikd

nvbanker

Daimler-Chrysler AG will challenge the boundaries of automotive advertising by sponsoring a football game between scantily clad women that will air during halftime of the Super Bowl.
I'm wondering what y'all think about that?

Personally, I don't have a problem with it.

swschrad

yawn, as if we haven't seen it before. it's a disaster only if you have to run out of the TV room during a commercial, not during a huddle.

now, if that babe's driving a hemi, we got something here.....

odie6l

ok...what type of car is it in the remmington titanium ad that gets sliced down the middle. Makes me cringe every time I see it.

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ern35

One of my favorites is the one for the Saturn L-Series, where a woman is driving down the road, and all the other drives proceed to tell her the stupid thing they're about to do! Unfortunately I see every one of those things done probably on a daily basis,and I only have a 5 mile commute each way!

As for the Lexus December to remember ads, did they purposely choose music that once you hear, you can't get out of your head? I dread seeing those every holiday season!

lemko

...are the type of things that cause revolutions. Thousands have become unemployed, are worried about putting food on the table, and can't think about gifts. Then they see these television ads depicting yuppie couples in $2 million homes casually exchanging $50K cars as Xmas presents.

badgerfan

The Lexus ads don't make me want to revolt, they are just revolting. Even if I wanted to sink a lot of extra cash into a luxury vehicle, which I do not, because of those ads alone, I would never buy a Lexus. The ads just reek of promoting conspicuous consumption and as such I would not want to identify with that type of lifestyle.

erkkila

You want annoying? How about the ad for the butt ugly new Durango where mommy shows junior the DVD player and the smooth ride and daddy asks junior if he can say hemi-makes me want to chuck a brick through the tv screen! Or how about the BMW commercial with the four cartoon guardian angels flying alongside each wheel protecting the driver from mortal danger, yeah that makes me want to blow my money!

nvbanker

was cute the first time, ok the next 10 times, but now is getting just flat annoying. It's WAY overplayed.

scscars

The next time that awful Lexus Xmas ad comes on, I truly hope that its followed by a Pepto-Bismol spot, since that's what I'll be reaching for instead of the phone number of the local Lexus dealer after having to endure Lexus' sickly sweet and totally unrealistic ad.

300eguy05

I too detest watching those Lexi commercials, but I am really getting sick of those Dodge Ram commercials, and the Mercedes winter dream commercial is really getting on my nerves. It was ok, the first couple of times, but I swear I saw it about 20 times last night...Grrrr

swschrad

not only do I like the hemi ads, I like the regional ford ads for the new F-150 in which a guy with said truck and a mustang on the back shuts down a ram hemi towing the charger.

only thing better would have been if both pancaked a lexus with a ribbon on it in their lane

tmart

three times an hour, it has gotten REAL old now!

gambit293

Didn't someone here say that the sliced car was a Jaguar? Maybe a XJ200(sp?) though the headlights looked different.