I like the Lexus commercials. I also like the Mercedes and BMW commercials. I think people are jealous that there American made junk mobile companies can't even afford commercials anymore. LMAO!
Don't see any American "junk" mobile ads. I do, however, see plenty for those wonderful GM cars I love. As for jealousy, I can darn well buy just about any car I want aside from some super-exotics. I choose Cadillac!
Ah-ha. Since you "can darn well buy just about any car I want aside from some super-exotics", I believe that puts YOU in the elitist class you seem to despise. Welcome and come on in.
I remember I had a few of them - they never ended up becoming high mileage vehicles like my normal bikes, but their handling seemed pretty fun. I remember heading out of the driveway, making a sharp turn, and going down the hill...if I played it right I could make a sliding 180 that seemed to take forever, and then ride back up and do it again. The 180 was crucial, as my street intersected with a much busier street.
Regarding affording commercials...GM seems to spend plenty on ads (just look at this site), so the money is certainly there.
Somehow, the Big Wheel ad doesn't offend me as a Big Wheel was a toy the average parents could afford whereas a pony is something only wealthy parents could buy their kids.
Lexus commercial with pony in living room is very good. But, I guess that bleeding hearts will feel sorry for the visiting little girl who throws down her small horse toy upon seeing the pony. But, think that many young girls aspire to having a real horse and then taking riding lessons and pleasure riding on the trails with their moms.
Shouldn't be offended and don't have to be wealthy to buy a pony or horse. It's the upkeep that might be a problem for some people.
Minimum for boarding a horse in my area is $300/month + periodic shoeing and vet bills. Of course if you have a farm, or a suitably large and zoned property, you can have your horse(s) in your own barn, but then have to do at least twice daily maintenance and also let the horse out in the pasture during the day.
On Lexus Christmas commercials, saw one the other night of a woman apparently giving her guy (husband?) a white Lexus with red bow in front of their (presumably) modest house. It was tasteful. Lexus is the standard for excellent commercials.
Lexus commercials have been the standard for crass shallow materialism for at least a decade - it is only this year they've injected a little humor in the Christmas spots.
The IS spot has the wife snappnig a pic of her hubby with his IS...in front of a rambling pseudo-craftsman that would cost around seven figures easily in the right area here.
I still can't see big wheel guy in that standard of middle aged isolation, the ES.
Come on now. Let's be realistic here. As a two time AMG owner, IMHO, you are in the "elitest class" you're criticizing. I think most folks would consider anyone who owns a MB to be very well off, even if they don't know about the AMG level which is definitely a cut above a "regular" MB. It's fine if you don't like the Lexus cars or commercials, I don't care for MB's, and do like my ES.
Owning a particular make means nothing. my senior year of high school i drove a 54 Mercedes 300 that my dad traded a $250 dishwasher for straight up. A little paint and such and it looked like it must have cost, oh, $350......
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...another Lexus December to Remember commercial with the white EX330 with a big bow on it. Looks like it was recycled from last year. I guess the EX330 doesn't change much.
Lexus commercial with spoiled little girl (visitor) seeing pony and Infiniti commercial are best Christmas commercials so far.
What happened to the pickup truck commercials of the past that showed macho guys and their pickups? Could these guys, who don't actually need them for functionality/jobs, have traded them in on Fits, Versas, Cobalts, Civics and god forbid, minivans?
I did - I used to drive a Ford Escort GT, 2 cars later I drive a minivan.
But....I do still have a Miata as well.
Minivans carry a stigma but they are fantastic at what they're intended to do ... carry people and cargo everywhere efficiently. My Sienna is shorter than a Tahoe but has more interior space than a Suburban. I have more cargo room behind my 2nd row of seats (5 adults can sit in comfort with 99 cubic feet of cargo) than most mid-size SUVs have behind the first row (usually 70-80 cubes). Plus I get mid 20s mpg on regular fuel and can hit 60mph in 7 seconds flat.
If you are secure about your man-hood and open minded, the practical choice for families is a van.
Plus I love the power doors.
I'll stop now before I sound any more like a commercial myself.
I agree with you about a minivan. Still miss our 92 Grand Caravan. My kids wouldn't touch a mini...have to have their SUV's. The mini is definitely way more practical especially now that kids are involved, but still no way. Not really sure how the stigma against the mini came about.
Well, first the station wagon wasn't cool, then the minivan. My guess is the SUV is next. It's already frowned upon in green circles. Hummers here in the DC area are vandalized regularly.
Hey, a Miata and a minivan. You ARE secure in your masculinity! The only was you could be more so would be to add a VW new Beetle convertible to the collection....
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And a wise man you are for such a move. Heck, I divide my between a minivan (Odyssey) and a Celica convertible. The Celica would have been a Miata but I needed something that can haul a guitar and a little equipment around and I did want a back seat - just beg enough to pop kids in. They love it.
Meanwhile, back to commercials, who the heck is teh bozo that came up with the new GM ads? The ones that say something to the effect of "from GM. Surprised?" to me they are saying that it's even surprising to them that GM can put out a good product. This doesn't seem to me to be the message they want out there.
2015 Mazda 6 Grand Touring, 2014 Mazda 3 Sport Hatchback, 1999 Mazda Miata 2004 Toyota Camry LE, 1999.
I think they're kind of stupid because my answer is "No, I'm not surprised" because I'm extremely happy with my GM vehicles. The ads are aimed at others who don't feel the way I do.
We never discussed these. Which ones did you like?
Hyundai had the one with the execs from Mercedes, BMW, and Lexus grumbling their name for having won the North American Car of the Year. It was decent.
My favorite was Audi's, the one with Jason Statham.
He's in the 70s and drives off in a Benz as his runaway car. Then it flashes to the 80s and he hops in a BMW. Next is the 90s, and he sees a Lexus ES and just grunts and doesn't drive it at all (HYSTERICAL). Then it finally flashes to present day and he hops in an A4, IIRC, to continue his getaway.
Funny, amusing, showed the product, acknowledges automotive history. Brilliant.
That Hyundai commercial on Super Bowl was good. Reminds me of when Lexus had one for their RX whereby German speaking guys were testing it and grumbling.
Goofiest one is for Dodge Ram Hemi where guys are supposedly test driving these and exclaiming they could not believe they were allowed to do something. Commercial only shows small snipets and it is unclear what it was that the guys were allowed to do.
The Toyota "spring sales drive" song is very annoying.
The new Audi spots showing Lexus products and mentioning "identity theft" are pretty funny. Audi is making Lexus-mocking more fun. Maybe the Stepford wife image is finally a little negative.
The RX is a Camry that sits up high, with the added versatility of a wagon and sometimes AWD.... As you might have noticed, most SUV drivers don't really need an SUV...
I'm not surprised it's popular... It's easy to drive and bulletproof, with the added cachet of a luxury brand..
Personally, I find them boring... .but, I'm in the minority...
Vehicles for those who want a leather lined iso-tank, people who don't want to think about driving when driving. I don't have to say anything nice :shades:
It's high time someone finally mocked the bland yet pretentious L...Audi may attract some negative connotations too (like the phone yapping yuppie [non-permissible content removed] I saw errantly driving an A6 yesterday), but it's still not like the Lexus RX stereotype.
Lexus RX is for those who have "arrived". These folks are above and too sophisticated to drive an American brand such as Escalade or Enclave and whatever Lincoln model available now. These sophisticated types can choose between the Lexus RX and the Acura MDX. Seems like men might prefer the MDX and women pick the RX. Perfect vehicle to park in driveway next to side load garage of big house on suburban lot.
Arrived where? At a cardboard and plywood tract McMansion (now upside down) in a faceless suburb, maybe laced with a little face brick to woo the unwashed? Of course, the Slade and its rivals live there too. Ah, there's the stereotype, and it lives in reality.
I do notice more men drive the MDX, yeah. It has kind of an aggressive mask...but it's about as manly as pink high heels. I do see older men driving RX now and then.
If I wanted a prestige SUV, I would get a G-Wagen. A Euro diesel G-Wagen, with steel wheels and no hubcaps.
My dad worked for an international organization in both Belize and Suriname, and they could order straight from the factory. He had a Toyota Land Cruiser with vinyl seats, steel wheels and knobby tires, diesel engine with a 6 speed manual transmission.
Now *that* was a real SUV.
Funny thing was it was tax exempt, so it cost them under $25k delivered, even with shipping insurance.
You can see how much markup exists on a $70-80,000 Lexus edition of the same vehicle.
Great description, fintail! It completes the picture! I was trying to be nice!
Heck, a basic white work truck or van covered in mud and cement dust that's a bit banged-up and carrying tools and building supplies and maybe even sporting a little grafitti from the thugs in the 'hood has an infinitely more masculine image than the MDX driven by the girly-man in the designer threads with hands softer than his wife's!
I saw one of the new Lexus LX 990000 or whatever the ultimate mall cruiser is called now....I wondered who would buy such a thing these days. I bet they have the worst retained value of the marque, too.
A properly outfitted real SUV like a real world G-Wagen or Landcruiser would be ideal for suburban battles - enough to impress the materialists, and enough to smash them out of the way when needed.
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Gold metallic paint, banana seat, battery operated horn, speedometer and a rear-view mirror..
It was smoking HOT!!
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I never fell in but a few friends did.
Man, those were the days. I loved my Big Wheel.
Focus or Cobalt anyone? I'll pass.
Regarding affording commercials...GM seems to spend plenty on ads (just look at this site), so the money is certainly there.
Lexus commercial with pony in living room is very good. But, I guess that bleeding hearts will feel sorry for the visiting little girl who throws down her small horse toy upon seeing the pony. But, think that many young girls aspire to having a real horse and then taking riding lessons and pleasure riding on the trails with their moms.
Shouldn't be offended and don't have to be wealthy to buy a pony or horse. It's the upkeep that might be a problem for some people.
Minimum for boarding a horse in my area is $300/month + periodic shoeing and vet bills. Of course if you have a farm, or a suitably large and zoned property, you can have your horse(s) in your own barn, but then have to do at least twice daily maintenance and also let the horse out in the pasture during the day.
On Lexus Christmas commercials, saw one the other night of a woman apparently giving her guy (husband?) a white Lexus with red bow in front of their (presumably) modest house. It was tasteful. Lexus is the standard for excellent commercials.
The IS spot has the wife snappnig a pic of her hubby with his IS...in front of a rambling pseudo-craftsman that would cost around seven figures easily in the right area here.
I still can't see big wheel guy in that standard of middle aged isolation, the ES.
It's the Lexus driving style that irks me, not the cars themselves. And if MB made pretentious commercials, I would loathe them too.
What happened to the pickup truck commercials of the past that showed macho guys and their pickups? Could these guys, who don't actually need them for functionality/jobs, have traded them in on Fits, Versas, Cobalts, Civics and god forbid, minivans?
They probably had to photo-chop that 3 in to a 5. Not too hard for the art dept.
If they got married, they probably did! :P
But....I do still have a Miata as well.
Minivans carry a stigma but they are fantastic at what they're intended to do ... carry people and cargo everywhere efficiently. My Sienna is shorter than a Tahoe but has more interior space than a Suburban. I have more cargo room behind my 2nd row of seats (5 adults can sit in comfort with 99 cubic feet of cargo) than most mid-size SUVs have behind the first row (usually 70-80 cubes). Plus I get mid 20s mpg on regular fuel and can hit 60mph in 7 seconds flat.
If you are secure about your man-hood and open minded, the practical choice for families is a van.
Plus I love the power doors.
I'll stop now before I sound any more like a commercial myself.
Meanwhile, back to commercials, who the heck is teh bozo that came up with the new GM ads? The ones that say something to the effect of "from GM. Surprised?" to me they are saying that it's even surprising to them that GM can put out a good product. This doesn't seem to me to be the message they want out there.
i am suprised how many manufacturers had the 'give a car for xmas' ads.
Hyundai had the one with the execs from Mercedes, BMW, and Lexus grumbling their name for having won the North American Car of the Year. It was decent.
My favorite was Audi's, the one with Jason Statham.
He's in the 70s and drives off in a Benz as his runaway car. Then it flashes to the 80s and he hops in a BMW. Next is the 90s, and he sees a Lexus ES and just grunts and doesn't drive it at all (HYSTERICAL). Then it finally flashes to present day and he hops in an A4, IIRC, to continue his getaway.
Funny, amusing, showed the product, acknowledges automotive history. Brilliant.
Any other favorites?
But that's a very amusing ad, yes.
The 80s portion cracked me up, because I was in high school during that era.
The pink polo shirt, the gigantic cell phone, and then the mousse poster - LOL!
It was for the A6, I stand corrected.
Goofiest one is for Dodge Ram Hemi where guys are supposedly test driving these and exclaiming they could not believe they were allowed to do something. Commercial only shows small snipets and it is unclear what it was that the guys were allowed to do.
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Boy we are so spoiled nowadays.
The new Audi spots showing Lexus products and mentioning "identity theft" are pretty funny. Audi is making Lexus-mocking more fun. Maybe the Stepford wife image is finally a little negative.
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I never understood the massive appeal of the RX. They're narrow, not that roomy, pricey, and about as far from sporty as you can get.
The interior is nice? I suppose I gotta say something nice.
My Sienna is sportier, I swear.
Any how, I guess it started with the Jason Statham commercial that aired during the Super Bowl (he disses a Lexus ES).
I'm not surprised it's popular... It's easy to drive and bulletproof, with the added cachet of a luxury brand..
Personally, I find them boring... .but, I'm in the minority...
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The Venza may be its biggest threat, ironically.
It's high time someone finally mocked the bland yet pretentious L...Audi may attract some negative connotations too (like the phone yapping yuppie [non-permissible content removed] I saw errantly driving an A6 yesterday), but it's still not like the Lexus RX stereotype.
I do notice more men drive the MDX, yeah. It has kind of an aggressive mask...but it's about as manly as pink high heels. I do see older men driving RX now and then.
If I wanted a prestige SUV, I would get a G-Wagen. A Euro diesel G-Wagen, with steel wheels and no hubcaps.
Now *that* was a real SUV.
Funny thing was it was tax exempt, so it cost them under $25k delivered, even with shipping insurance.
You can see how much markup exists on a $70-80,000 Lexus edition of the same vehicle.
Heck, a basic white work truck or van covered in mud and cement dust that's a bit banged-up and carrying tools and building supplies and maybe even sporting a little grafitti from the thugs in the 'hood has an infinitely more masculine image than the MDX driven by the girly-man in the designer threads with hands softer than his wife's!
A properly outfitted real SUV like a real world G-Wagen or Landcruiser would be ideal for suburban battles - enough to impress the materialists, and enough to smash them out of the way when needed.