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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The one with the guy's face getting all distorted in a turbo is funny, though.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
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    You mean these people? I think they're actually a real duo called "Pomplamoose."
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,357
    interesting name. Hopefully in real life they are a little better sounding. Or at least not as stoned.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    That's them. Hyundai's version of Toyota dork families, maybe.

    It will be interesting to see if H will make a series of ads for the apparently upcoming turbo Sonata.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I'll take these stoners over the dorky Toyota families any day!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Hyundai stoners, Toyota dorks...weird brand association being formed :shades:
  • fushigifushigi Member Posts: 1,459
    Given Hyundai's narrator, they should really have gone for a Tron: Legacy tie-in. It's a holiday-season movie and has lots more recognition than the stoners.

    Imagine a Genesis Coupe morphing into a Light Cycle. :shades:
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Subaru should sponsor that movie (Legacy, get it? ha ha).

    The Impreza concept even had the blue day-glo lights.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited December 2010
    So over-the-top you've gotta love it:

    http://blogs.insideline.com/straightline/2010/12/irl-tron-light-cycle.html

    Here's the Subaru design concept with the blue headlights:

    http://www.velocityshow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2011-Subaru-Impreza-Desig- - n-Concept-Front-580x385.jpg

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    http://psipunk.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/futuristic-motorbike-tron-light-cy- cle-01.jpg

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/02/video-hyundai-launches-save-the-asterisks-cam- paign-for-40-mpg-e/#continued
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Latest Lexus Christmas commercial has woman on roof of modern/contemporary house. Then later she is leading a man, her husband(?), to large room with fireplace and shows him a red lexus sedan in front of fireplace. Why was she on the roof?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I dunno. Maybe she was pretending to be Santa Claus?
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,786
    Stuffing that car down the chimney?

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,723
    For the most part, it was a good and accurate dig.
    Hopefully that special model cheap trick will go away.
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    This ad is actually OK, a rare-good Xmas themed commercial.

    It's the one where Santa is on the assembly line, inspects a Benz (ML IIRC), then goes back inside to his home presumably at the North Pole.

    Usually Xmas ads are cheesy but I "got it", i.e. quality control is important on a gift.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Kudos to Buick and Kia for showing non-pretentious houses in the background of their Christmas themed ads.

    And kudos to the calendar for moving along so in not very long the Christmas ads will be long gone.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Saw another Lexus commercial where a Stepford wife got an RX from hubby last night. Those ads really enforce the stereotype. Also saw another Hyundai "stoners" ad.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You guys need TiVO or a DVR. LOL
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    The Lincoln, MKS holiday ad is nice, sophisticated, classy. Background music/melody just right.

    The Buick Lacrosse ad, or is it the US post office ad, with young woman with handful of gifts and trunk full of gifts is cute.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Heck, sometmies the ads are better than the actual shows. At least we can snicker and roll our eyes, and it only takes 30 seconds.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    That RX ad has one of the pretentious houses, IIRC

    I think I saw a Genesis ad with the hipsters, was that the one you saw?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That is funny on many different levels.

    I do like watching Super Bowl commercials. They usually bring out their best stuff.

    The rest of the year you're just watching re-runs from the Super Bowl ads most of the time anyway.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    It's true, too. But I am not a big TV watcher, and I prefer to watch it live - then if I miss it, I miss it.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    For me only Sports are live, to avoid spoilers. Everything else DVR'd.

    Takes about 40 minutes to get through a 1-hour program that way. You'd be surprised just how much "fat" you can cut out of TV viewing.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    But that way you miss the good ads :shades:
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I saw the Sonata ad where they sing "Up on the Rooftop" and recently the Elantra "Jingle Bells" ad.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    edited December 2010
    Maybe that's what I saw...in a week these dumb ads will be history for another year.

    I recently found a youtube user with a lot of vintage MB commercials and promo spots - same person has many other vintage German/Euro videos too.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    LOL...in the Toyotathon ads, which show crowded dealerships that are usually empty this time of year.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/23/video-suzuki-pits-kizashi-against-unlikely-co- mpetitors/

    They're tongue-in-cheek, but funny.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Really getting tired of the song on the Honda special deal holiday themed ad. Really tired of it.

    I also see the Lexus holiday ads are still on the air. Please stop!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Funny but not surprising...a loaded sport model can handle better than a soft base model...shouldn't be a surprise.

    The price difference between those is likely only 4 figures, and lease difference maybe even less than 3...tough.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Kizashis actually do lease well.

    Not sure if Suzuki will survive for long, though, and if so the orphan car's values will plunge.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Probably subsidized just to move idle stock. I think I have only seen a couple on the road, ever. I know of only one dealer in my metro area, some distance away. Seems like a nice alternative to a Jetta anyway, and likely more reliable.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Actually, residuals are good.

    They're selling very, very slowly, but owners love them. Even car mag reviews were good. It's just that Suzuki is invisible.

    The C250 may want a rematch:

    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/22/officially-official-2012-mercedes-benz-c-clas- s-gets-new-four-cy/

    A 1.8T will be the new standard engine. Same 0-60 but 20% more efficient with DI. Should be lighter, so it may handle better with less weight over the front axle.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    edited December 2010
    If only they could put into cars what they put into motorcycles. Styling of that thing doesn't make it more visible either.

    And if only we could get a C250 diesel.

    I know someone who has a fairly miled up 05 C230, 4 banger supercharged...after a few teething issues it has been very solid, and he loves it.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I like that engine in the SLK I test drove.

    Not sure why they discontinued it.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Maybe too rough for their desired American market image.
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,296
    ... looks like it was produced on a budget of fifty bucks. Annoying, I counted 14 wardrobe changes. :sick:
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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Darn! I thought the stoner girl was kind of cute!
  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    edited December 2010
    commercial was so lousy it made me feel embarrassed for them. Hyundai. :sick:

    I couldn't wait till it twas over. Every time we left the TV on the station long enough for that commercial to show itself stupid, that is. Tried to turn the station every time it came on!

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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    I'm with you. I, too, thought she was cute.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,786
    Ditto..

    I guess I'm just the type of person that looks for the good in everything... :blush:

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  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,296
    ok, I'll give you that the girl was "kind of cute". But, her cuteness wasn't enought to overcome the horrible commercial she was in. :P
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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Weren't there two different compressor engines?

    The first was bigger displacement and indeed rough, but the smaller/newer one was a lot better. That's the one I liked.

    I'm surprised they dropped it, and for a ho-hum V6 at that.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited December 2010
    They're called Pomplamoose, that's their typical style.

    Here's Mr. Sandman:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMCNmUaGko&feature=related

    They used the music for Toyota:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFY075260oM

    She's cute but she looks like she needs a shower. LOL
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Love this one:

    http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/28/video-mercedes-benz-pits-old-foes-against-eac- h-other-for-new-ad/
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    The original sounds like a tractor when it is cold, but the second model still has some 4cyl refinement issues. The 6 was/is a lot smoother, but boring.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Hipsters probably from Brooklyn Heights...bathing is uncool and odor isn't a problem on a fixie bike :shades:
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,399
    Her green eyes are fantastic!
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