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

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  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    lol, I though you meant the truck...

    Yeah, 2nd half WAS pretty ugly for you guys, I can see where you are coming from. I seriously thought you guys were going to pound us into the ground after our miserable outing in Denver last week!
  • loncrayloncray Member Posts: 301
    Being a Denver fan, it's actually cool that NE came back and beat the Bengals - it used to be really hard to go into Foxboro and win yet Denver made it look easy. This makes it look more like Denver had to work for it.
    Oh, and I sorta like the Ridgeline's looks, but no way would I trade my Cummins Ram for one.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Commercials that have been on that bothered me.

    Number one a toyota ad that claims incredible invoations in 4wd tech like Hill Descent Assist Control which was actually invented by Land Rover back in the early 90's and has been avaliable on all Land Rover models since 2002.

    Mercedes commercial for the new GL450.

    Claiming it is the only full size SUV with a unibody chassis. Untrue as the Q7 is also full size and a unibody. The Range Rover although not truly a full size SUV because it is not long enough is nearly full size and actually weighs more then either the Q7 and GL450. It weighs more since it actually has real 4wd capablity and the strongest unibody ever created.
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    Anyone catch the Tacoma vs. the Loch ness monster one?

    It's kinda funny. But what's with the Animals eating vehicles lately? Jeeap has two of these types with the Wrangler Unlimited, one with giant Gorillas and then a Hawk dive bombing into one.
  • Kirstie_HKirstie_H Administrator Posts: 11,242
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  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Murano just doesn't belong in that ad at all. That's just silly.

    -juice
  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    I keep an eye out for Honda Fits... ;)
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...with the guy who played Nigel Tufnel from "This Is Spinal Tap" the other day.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    You sure that wasn't Slash from Guns 'n Roses? :)

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  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    VW's new ad campaign has to be one of the strangest in recent years...giving away a guitar that you can plug into your car if you buy a VW?! :confuse: How many VW buyers really 1) can play guitar and 2) are actually going to use it on a regular basis?

    Odd.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    I agree...that's the strangest giveway I think I can ever recall seeing. Future yard sale fodder.

    VW used to give away bikes on it's 'Trek' cars...that was a better idea.
  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    My mom's Subaru Outback wagon came with a special Subaru/igloo cooler/warmer that plugs into the outlet in the back. Now that made sense.

    Thinking about it, I have a friend who still has both his Jetta and the Trek that came with it. :surprise:

    My favorite non-automotive accessory of all time though has to be Porsche's luggage options, bags designed to fit into the oddly shaped trunk of the 911. :)
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    You could get a credit on the TREK edition, if you didn't want the bike.. My neighbor had two of them.. never got the bike..

    My 12-year-old, who is taking guitar lessons, is begging me to get a Jetta!!

    Also... I think VW had a skier's edition on the Golf... K2? R2?... something like that...

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  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    My 12-year-old, who is taking guitar lessons, is begging me to get a Jetta!!

    So is the guitar VW is throwing in actually a good one? I didn't recognize the name, but I know nothing about guitars...
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Beats me... I never heard of it, either..

    But, if you get one... you can play just like Slash.. if you're Slash.. ;)

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    My bad! He sure looked like an older version of Nigel Tufnel. I just saw it as I was going upstairs. Didn't hear the voice-over.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Your version would make a better commercial.... ;)

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    He could say the car's stereo volume goes up to eleven!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    Yep I think there was a Golf K2
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    The K2 option for the Golf was pretty popular here in Colorado, given all the ski resorts we have. Same, too, with the Trek, especially in Boulder.

    Speaking of which, it's getting close to that time of year again in the state ... where Chevy and Honda start their regional advertising campaign to give away annual ski passes for buying or leasing one of their SUV's.

    And, just about every SUV and truck manufacturer does advertising with their rigs blasting through snow drifts taller than I am, or driving on perfectly manicured snow-covered roads.
  • 151ranch151ranch Member Posts: 109
    You did see Nigel (Christopher Guest).... Slash does one, too and there will also be one with John Mayer
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    We get those same giveaways and ad styles here in the northwest.

    I can't wait til the first icy morning...a few less SUVs, there'll be...
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Subaru had such a deal with Dynastar but only in Canada.

    -juice
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Seen a couple of the CR-V ads.

    I like the popcorn one. It's creative and hits a young target audience.

    Not sure about the coffee one, though. They seem to emphasize - CUP HOLDERS? Of all things to draw attention to?

    -juice
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    The guitar you get is a BJ's special, a "First Act". If it was a PRS or a Les Paul, the deal would be worth it. But as it stands, I think you can buy that guitar for about 150 bucks.

    Oh and while "slurpy boy" John Mayer is an atrocious vocalist, he is actually a smokin guitar player. The VW doesn't really do him justice IMO. And Slash is just a waste of space. How he got mixed up in a VW ad is beyond me.

    Had the commercial been for the 2009 Camaro, the appearance would have been much more fitting.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The ads are well intended but I think they're not really hitting the Jetta's demographic. I don't think euro upscale when I hear rock-n-roll, plus is Mayer even rock-n-roll to begin with?

    -juice
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    Mayer is one heck of a blues player. Saw him on Austin City Limits jammin with Buddy Guy a while back. Man can that kid play. But his commercial stuff is more bubble gum pop than actual rock. I think the only thing "Rock n Roll" about John Mayer is that he looks like he drools all over himself when he sings. Like Ozzy... :D

    As far as a target, I think Mayer might actually "work" for the V-dubs. Slash? Not so much... Unless VW's idea of "edgy" is a coked out, drunken 80's leftover. And even I know there are those that would LOVE to forget VW's of that era...
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    That was Nigel and he says at the end of the commercial before falling off the roof of the car, "This amp has air bags!"
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I wanted to hear the volume went to 11. Otherwise don't use him.

    -juice
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    Nigel Tufnel, haven't seen that one yet, but it's probably cool.

    As long as they don't play F'n Stonehenge again! :D
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Yeah... it was on every ten minutes, last night...

    Definitely cooler than the Slash version...

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  • i_luv_toyotai_luv_toyota Member Posts: 350
    There's this new RAV4 commercial that strikes me as kind of odd.

    It features animated jewel thieves throwing their loot in the back of the RAV4. Then the RAV4 closes it's back door and takes off, leaving the thieves for the cops to chase after and catch. After they're caught, the RAV4 disappears into the night with all the diamonds (except one that falls out towards the end).

    I kind of like it, I just don't know what to make of it. I guess they are trying to go more "Scion-like" with their commercials/animations.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yeah, saw it too. And they're trying to say it's hard to categorize? What does that have to do with jewel thieves?

    It reminds me of early Matrix ads, where cops tried to describe a Matrix and could not come up with a body style. 5 door hatch would have sufficed. :P

    -juice
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    Mercedes just has the history thing nailed

    More of an informercial than a commercial I guess, but still pretty cool
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    5 minutes, yikes. I'll have to watch that later.

    -juice
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    Another great heritage themed ad...the domestics should really try this, save for the 25-30 years they'd have to skip

    This one is pretty sad at the start...I have to tell myself it's just a cgi of the car at the crusher
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    BMW had a similar ad about soul. Very similar. I think an old 6 series broke down and a newer 8 series got its soul.

    -juice
  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    Honda's "Power of Dreams" ad is still my favorite among those, but yeah these are really good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awB-030Zyeo
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Boy that is a strange one. They keep going back and forth in time. Plus it doesn't look very realistic when they show the pilot in the speed boat.

    -juice
  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    I love that ad. Esp. the section with the TT racebike...soo cool!

    I'll agree that the speedboat seems a little out of place, but at least there wasn't a scene with him using a Honda lawnmower... ;)

    But I think they actually planned one...there's (can't recall where it is unfortunately) a great background piece on the commerical...how they found the guy, the "bloopers" during filming (apparently he dumped the Fireblade on a turn during one take), etc. Good stuff.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    That is a cool ad, yes. It's funny how some companies (read: big 2.5) are so unable to create such memorable and creative spots, while some have more than their fair share of excellent ads.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Buick tried - remember the Harley Earl ads?

    They were horrific, though. Can you imagine the guy who coined the phrase "Longer, Lower, and Wider" trying to sell a Rendezvous? :mad:

    -juice
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    Harley Earl must have been spinning in his grave over those ads. I'd consider them insulting.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,604
    Plus... I can't keep from thinking of Miami Vice when I see that actor..

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  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    ...using digital Steve McQueen have been good.

    Aside from the fantastic Mustang/Cornfield ad, Ford also made a cool ad for the European Puma that featured McQueen driving a silver Puma around ala Bullitt. He eventually backs it into a garage (as an attractive woman stares), gets out, smiles at an old Triumph Bonneville leaning in the corner, and pats the car lovingly as he walks away.

    It's kinda cool that in this era of dead celebs being resurrected to sell all sorts of incongruous things, that McQueen is being used to sell things of which he might actually approve (performance cars, chronograph watches...)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,534
    I agree, those aren't bad. Especially compared to some of the strange or dumb 'Bold Moves' ads.

    I guess I just have a thing for ads that show a history of a model or make. It's nice seeing where a car comes from.
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    During the Tigers/Cardinals (Go Cards!!!) playoff there was a funny ad for the new Dodge Nitro with a guy jumpstarting some old junker Buick and the car ended up blowing up into the air. Big explosion and then nothing for like 5 seconds. Then the car fell back to earth.

    Got a good laugh out of it. :D
  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    Rav4 ad (not the thieves one)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAQdCxG9H4w
  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,403
    Haven't seen it here yet.
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