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

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  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    If you like the wail of a Ferrari, you'll love this commercial. Sent chills up my spine in awe...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qT_q8PXFrw
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Coool :shades:
  • kylerenfrewkylerenfrew Member Posts: 14
    Probably the worst ad I ever saw was for the Ramcharger years ago.

    It had the slogan:

    "Power That Says Get Outta My Way Or I'll Kick Your Butt!"

    Real winner for road rage.

    I'd heard they pulled it because of too many complaints, it didn't last long.

    I get a kick out of guys driving these gas-guzzlers, with the king-of-the-road attitude, invincible. Believe me, they fold up like paper in a bad accident just like everything else.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Sweet. If you didn't like that you must not have a pulse.

    I recognized many locations, but my favorite is of course Rio de Janeiro. I love the reaction from all the beach goers. :shades:
  • i_luv_toyotai_luv_toyota Member Posts: 350
    Anybody else tired of the Nissan Sales Race ads with their computer animated cars driving around a computer animated track complete with fake track sounds?

    I also hate how Nissan spins their computer animated cars on a "digital turntable" at a fast speed and a low angle (sometimes from front to back, sometimes a full 360). Quite nausea inducing.

    Also am not fond of Nissan's spokesperson. He has a very headache inducing voice if you ask me. A mute-button allstar if there ever was one.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    No, thankfully I have TiVO.
  • i_luv_toyotai_luv_toyota Member Posts: 350
    Lucky you! I still record the old fashioned way--on video tape!

    I mostly record my favorite programs then watch after, but seeing the ad mentioned above, even in Fast Forward, still irritates me.
  • thenebeanthenebean Member Posts: 1,124
    its sad, because in the 90's nissan had some great car commercials! remember the one with the guy in the red sports car wearing all the tacky jewelry filling up his sports car at the gas station. he gets back in and revs the engine twice and you see the gas gauge go from F to E just like that. its a commercial for the nissan 240sx or something like that...

    also liked the barbie and ken one with "you really got me" playing in the background...

    good stuff!
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    That was a great one! Recall the music in the background was "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps. The guy had a gum-chomping bimbo in the car with him and the pump was showing $80.00 when gas was still rather cheap.
  • thenebeanthenebean Member Posts: 1,124
    yup! one of my favorites! i would laugh everytime i saw it! why cant more commercials be like that?
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    The Tundra ad with the bags of manure is a pretty good one even though I would not buy a Toyota truck if I was in the market for a pickup.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    $2000 cash back on the regular cabs. $1000 on extended, but no cash at all on Crews.

    Pretty much reflects how they appeal more to personal use customers, rather than work/fleet customers.
  • fleetwoodbrghmfleetwoodbrghm Member Posts: 6
    Toyota is the big lie. The media needs to stop putting them on a pedestal, and start knocking them off. Their day will come!
  • odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    I checked on Youtube and found an older commercial for nissan.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLXoH2gfJ-4

    Odie
    Odie's Carspace
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The music from Top Gun was priceless. Great ad.
  • snapcracklepopsnapcracklepop Member Posts: 111
    Check this out. It seems like your standard car commercial at first but then the salesman performs a personal demostration of the dealership's "naked pricing" policy....so funny!
    http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=376304
  • mackabeemackabee Member Posts: 4,709
    The sky is falling! The sky is fallin!
    :blush:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,603
    I see 'Mr. Opportunity' is back, this is one of those instances where the competition makes a worse ad than the domestics.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...that shows the last 20 years of Nissan Maximas. An older Maxima runs into the back of a new one and tranforms into it as it runs into the back of the next generation Maxima that turns into it, etc.
  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    The Mr. Opportunity ads make those idiotic GM Transfomers ads seem sophisticated by comparision... :(
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Nothing compares to the Duh commercials from Hyundai though. They are worse then the MR. Opportunity and the Rhondism commercials combined.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s32emy4vkxQ
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    If that is what TV ads have evolved to, I am so glad I do not watch TV. 16 months now without watching TV.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    I killed mine in April 1999. :-)

    But if the net dies, I'm toast, lol.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    No newspaper, No TV, gotta get the news on the Net. I have a backup system when my Cox cable network dies. It is dial-up but gets the job done.

    My wife has not used her TV except for DVDs and VHS movies since the mid 1990s. I always had it on at work. Either CNN or Fox depending on who was on shift.
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    for the Mariner hybrid. The effects are awesome, even down to the floating leaf that melds itself to the emblem.

    It's eerie in both sight and sound, but so cool in a TOOL meets horror flick kinda way.

    I cannot stand the DUH commercials. What is with Hyundai and their marketing approaches lately?
  • john_324john_324 Member Posts: 974
    I wonder how much money they threw at Kelsey Grammer to get him to agree to do the voice-over for those ads?

    They're all fairly dumb, but I agree with everyone else the the "Duh" one really takes the cake.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,603
    I saw an ad last night for some Lexus sale going on now...white cars is what I remember most. But something about the ad had me wanting to go buy a really ostentatious McMansion. Something was shallow about this ad. Should increase sales in my area (as if this is possible).
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That's just awful. :sick:

    The Kia Sunshine/cabinocity ads are a bit more annoying, though.
  • toomanyfumestoomanyfumes Member Posts: 1,019
    I agree the Hyundai "DUH" ads are terrible. The Honda "Mr. Opportunity" ads at the end he knocks like he's knocking on your TV. Who still has a glass picture tube that sounds like that?
    2012 Mustang Premium, 2013 Lincoln MKX Elite, 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander.
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    I agree the Hyundai "DUH" ads are terrible.

    +1
  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,357
    In the ad game a commercial which annoys you is almost as valuable as one you love. You tend to remember both which is the whole idea.

    The ones that annoy me the most are those which try to mislead you into thinking they are having a sale when they are not. IIRC Toyota runs ads which talk about a "Saleabration" or a "Sellathon" but they never say they are having a sale which would require them to lower the prices.

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  • dontbsmedontbsme Member Posts: 1
    I am amazed every time a new low is reached in advertising. While the dot com mortgage industry is blasting us with "People are smart" the ridiculous agency for this low quality car company comes up with "DUH" as their solution to sell more cars. It's beyond stupid and I change the channel or pause it so I don't have to listen to it.

    I would certainly not buy something because I remembered the stupid or annoying commercial....that would just serve for me to remember to AVOID that company.
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    To link "DUH" in the advertising slogan, with the product you are trying to sell, is "DUH...M".
    2021 Honda Passport EX-L, 2020 Honda Accord EX-L, 2011 Hyundai Veracruz, 2010 Mercury Milan Premiere.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    That Duh Hyundai commercial is on again. What little respect I had left for Kelsey Grammer is now gone completely.
  • jinx26jinx26 Member Posts: 1
    I too am looking for something a bit out of the ordinary. I am looking for a commercial (I can't remember what type of car it is) but in this commercial a guy is driving around through back alleys and narrow streets and Everything is in sync, the music of the commercial, how the people walk, the street lights and even the windshield wipers. The music is a little catchy.
    Sorry I don't have more to go on
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    That commercial was for the VW Jetta.
  • seminole_kevseminole_kev Member Posts: 1,696
    Yep. It was the "Synchronicity" ad. Here's a link to it.

    link title
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...I heard that DUH was supposed to mean "Don't Underestimate Hyundai."
  • rworrellrworrell Member Posts: 149
    Is the passenger Nina from 24?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You had respect for Kelsey Grammer?

    I mean, after he wrecked that Viper it was all downhill from there. :D
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Well it is all relative you know. Is there such a thing as nanograms?
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Kelsey Grammer is bad whether he's in character or not. In character, he's a pompous, arrogant stuffed shirt. Out of character, he's a coked-up loser. Who was the actor who wrecked the Ferrari Enzo? Of course, the all-time car-wrecking celeb has got to be Lindsay Lohan.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Eddie Griffin, I think, the guy from Under Cover Brother. It was a lame publicity stunt, too.
  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
    Eddie Griffin,the actor crashed the Enzo. The other Eddie Griffin,the basketball player crashed his SUV into a moving freight train. Authorities are not sure if it was suicide.

    Apparently Eddie Griffins and cars do not mix.
  • dgppolo03dgppolo03 Member Posts: 1
    I am looking for a song used in i think what was a recent add for either a suv or 4x4 truck. Its a hard rock tune and the singer sort of sounds like the lead from janes addiction, but i am almost sure its not from them. The adds got some guys sliding down sand dunes and hanging out by a campfire at night. Any help would be great i have looked everwhere to find the name of this song.
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    OK, I like some of the new commercials for the F-150. They're informative, they're catchy and they really hit the target, marketing wise.

    But, does anyone actually believe it can stop a 30k lb cargo plane? LOL, if the tow hook doesn't snap off at the first application of the brakes, I would expect the truck to be whipped around like a toy if anyone tried that in the real world.

    Or maybe the runway was as long as Tennessee? :blush:
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    I believe the song you are thinking of is called "True Nature" and it was used in a Cooper tire commercial. And yes, that is Perry Farrell with Jane's addiction. It's a pretty kickin song but the rest of the album is garbage IMO. Buy the song from itunes :shades:
  • speterson1speterson1 Member Posts: 228
    ...must...defend...artists I like....

    Although the album "Strays" which has "True Nature" is labelled as Jane's Addiction, without Eric Avery, the original bass player, that band is only a shadow of the real Jane's Addiction. Not convinced? Check out Eric's other work on the album "Deconstruction" (which also has Dave Navarro on it, awesome stuff) and with his follow-up band, Polar Bear, especially the "Chewing Gum" EP if you can get your hands on it.

    To get back on topic somewhat, the album art for Deconstruction is car-themed and pretty cool; there's a dangling engine on the cover, and in the liner notes, instead of a photo each of the three musicians is represented with a different auto part. If I recall correctly, Eric = distributor or an alternator, Dave Navarro = spark plug, and drummer Mike Murphy = air or oil filter. I assume that their representative car parts were symbolic of their roles in the band, interesting food for thought.

    /end music geek rant/
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    My apologies. I typed that out so quickly, I didn't realize how blunt I was being. I was a big Jane's fan back in the day, saw a few shows, including Lollapalooza but it was only a handful of songs which I got attached to. I prefered the heavier stuff to the experiemental, trippy tunes which is probably why I made such a harsh comment. From a band perspective, Jane's was cutting edge. Dave Navarro is a great guitarist, really the some of the best stuff came out of the RHCP when he was on board IMO. I meant no disrespect, it's just been a while since I've actually listened to them ("Jane says" makes me want to drive off a cliff when it comes on the radio)

    btw, Deconstruction was awesome, I totally forgot about that one! And I have no clue as to how Farrell found Nuno Bettencourt and decided to make an album, that is probably the most oddball combination I have ever heard since Axel Rose did the gig with Elton John.

    Anyways, let me retract my comment, "True Nature" is a kickin tune, I went on the hunt trying to figure it out when I saw the commercial myself.

    -Utter music freak-
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