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

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  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    Cool, I'll have to check that out...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,528
    I see Audi and MB now have lame Christmas-themed ads similar to the Lexus ads that have been out for ages. I've noticed all three on TV over the past couple days - and I don't watch much TV.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Is Lexus still running those obnoxious "December to Remember" ads?
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Is Lexus still running those obnoxious "December to Remember" ads?

    I saw my first one this morning as I was getting ready for work.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    Yep they are back.

    Meanwhile, Hyundai has out-obnoxioused themselves combining the mind numbing "duh" commercials with a holiday theme. Ugh. "Happy Holiduhs." They actually say that!
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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Yeah but Kia out did them all.

    Just freaking wrong
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,528
    Looks like another obstacle for the Koreans - lame ad campaigns. Tell me those don't impact brand equity in some way.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    I want to agree with you but the Happy Hondadays ads have returned so the Koreans don't have much of a mark to aspire to....
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  • irismgirismg Member Posts: 345
    Hyundai's ads are beyond stupid. Did they think an expression that's been around for ten years or more now was TRENDY?! It got on my nerves.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I agree, that is a new low.

    That ad is just repulsive. Makes me glad I didn't buy a Sedona.
  • speterson1speterson1 Member Posts: 228
    Seen the recent Kia ad where the male salesman runs around the sales floor to the song "Maniac" doing Flashdance moves?? It's done well; had me chuckling. And just as I was anticipating, at the end he strikes the pose while another sales associate dumps a garbage pail of water on him.

    Has nothing to do with their cars, but it was entertaining. Probably the best sales strategy to go with if you're Kia. ;)
  • rangersfan527rangersfan527 Member Posts: 1
    It's been a few weeks since I last heard the car commercial but I can't figure out the song playing on it. It's a rock song and I remember one lyric goes "everything's gunna be alright". Unfortunately, I don't remember the make/model of the car that they were advertising. If someone could identify the song, I would greatly appreciate it. thanks
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Maybe it's just me but I am greatly offended my the new Toyota ads which shows other vehicles being destroyed as an excuse to buy a 'Yota. Stupid and in poor taste.
  • Kirstie_HKirstie_H Administrator Posts: 11,242
    To me, not a lot worse than the VW ads that kept showing customers crashing in them (usually after not paying attention or just plain goofing off while driving) and then touting their safety. Hey, here's a hot tip: pay attention!

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yeah, the Sign THEN Drive ads are annoying.

    What are we supposed to conclude, that VW buyers are not intelligent?
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Yeah, the Sign THEN Drive ads are annoying.

    But funny because they are at least only running over traffic cones.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    "What are we supposed to conclude, that VW buyers are not intelligent?"

    Must not reply. Must not reply.....
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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Oohh I will...

    I sell what are supposedly the least reliable vehicles in the US and I wouldn't buy a VW nor recommend one to anyone else.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    Couldn't have said it better.

    Do I get get credit for the set up?
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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    image

    high Five. :P
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,528
    You sell Saabs too? :P
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    Amen, those ads are annoying as heck. Not surprised though as it seems to be yet another jeuvenile ad from those wacky Germans.

    I'll never forget the ad a few years back with the kid who got his GTi stuck in a tree, threw a rock and it fell out. Afterwards, one kid looked at the other with the "Whoa, dude should we like, go smoke a bong to celebrate getting my car out of the tree?" kind of look.

    VW ads have always been off. It's like they're trying to glorify stupidity.

    Jeeze, what was it a year ago that they had the "Pimp my Auto" or whatever ads deriding the whole aftermarket "ricer" scene? Then the GTi and R32 appeared looking just as guilty as the cars they insulted.

    VW is a just a screwed up company. Don't know whether to root for them or hope they disappear and take their goofy advertising with them.
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    The new Chevrolet Malibu ads, featuring quotes from auto magazines, are well done, IMHO. What I can't figure out why there is so much TV advertising in December when that much be a pretty poor month for sales, even though we bought our 2007 SEL AWD Ford Fusion ($27,105 MSRP) Dec. 4, 2006. I would think the auto industry would advertise more in the months know to be good for sales. I guess everybody is just running "end of year" sales.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Nope but thinking about buying one.

    I didn't even remember that stupid episode until this Monday. We had our big sales meeting for the first week of the month and they showed the first part of that episode as part of a joke. I never really liked Seinfeld but that is a funny episode.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I like the Malibu ads, too.

    A little self-deprication from Chevy goes a long way.

    I hear "we've changed for real this time, I swear!" :D
  • jipsterjipster Member Posts: 6,299
    Wasn't that the episode where a salesman ate Georges Twix or Clark candy bar? Then he had a line-up of different candy bars to catch the guilty party... and those were eaten too. :)
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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Did anybody see the toned-down Lexus ad where the husband calls his wife and pretends he can't pick up his kid? The wife then heads out to her car to pick up the kid and sees hubby and junior in the driveway with a new RX for her.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Haven't actually, but I did see an Infiniti ad that sort of copies the "makes a perfect Christmas gift" idea Lexus has used for so long...
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    There has been similar ads for RangeRover, Lincoln and BMW (funniest one with a huge lit arrow pointing to garage bay).

    Looks like Lexus started a trend...
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Did anybody see the toned-down Lexus ad where the husband calls his wife and pretends he can't pick up his kid? The wife then heads out to her car to pick up the kid and sees hubby and junior in the driveway with a new RX for her.

    She heads out, but not before getting angry. Good human nature piece of writing. Very realistic.
  • kplacerkplacer Member Posts: 97
    I've seen those Kia Flashdance ads and cannot begin to describe how annoying and irritating I find them to be. It is so 80's and corny... ugh.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    You and me both, lad. When you add that to the Hyundai Holiduh ads you have to wonder whatever are the Koreans thinking?
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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,571
    Uhh... I like the ad..

    Is that wrong? :surprise:

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  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,386
    Yes. Terribly wrong. You need to consult professional help. :P
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  • loncrayloncray Member Posts: 301
    There's a quiet ad running for the Ford Edge with the big sunroof - a group of folks gets into the thing to go to a restaurant (I think in NY City) and the young woman in the center seat becomes transfixed by the beautiful sights she sees thru the roof. Eventually, everyone else piles out and they call the phone in the car and she snaps out of her reverie. Doesn't make me want to buy a Ford, but it's a peaceful way to sell the thing.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,528
    I'll say the dorky Kia ad is better than the 'Duh' ads
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    There's a quiet ad running for the Ford Edge with the big sunroof - a group of folks gets into the thing to go to a restaurant (I think in NY City) and the young woman in the center seat becomes transfixed by the beautiful sights she sees thru the roof.

    It's an OK ad but when she answers the phone on the navigation panel she appears to be in a center front seat and the Edge doesn't have one, to the best of my knowledge. I dislike all ads that aren't realistic. I generally like the Edge, as a vehicle, but didn't care much for the ad where the crossover SUV ran around the edge of buildings either.

    The ads that are the most disgusting though are the ones where people destroy their supposedly current rides just so they have an excuse to buy a Toyota. These are really the bottom of the barrel in my book. -- Boz
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    The ads that are the most disgusting though are the ones where people destroy their supposedly current rides just so they have an excuse to buy a Toyota. These are really the bottom of the barrel in my book.

    Can you say insurance fraud?
  • loncrayloncray Member Posts: 301
    I think the girl in the Ford ad is sitting in the middle center seat, not in the front row. She reaches into the front to answer the phone.
    As to the Toyota 'destroy your car' commercials, are they suggesting that folks not trade in their old cars? Or perhaps the folks Toyota is marketing to are too stupid to understand the trade-in concept? :P
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    Can you say insurance fraud?

    Agreed. Why on earth would Toyota want to send such a message? Very poor judgment.
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,553
    Obviously, the owners are all men with wives. And they would be killed if they just bought a new car because they felt like it, and their old car was doing fine.

    For some of us, it will require a snowplow to be in the market anytime soon!

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Yeah, I just saw one where a crane operator drops an I-beam on what is obviously a thinly disguised Chevrolet truck. Too bad that old Chevy truck is probably superior to a Tundra in every way.
  • tallman1tallman1 Member Posts: 1,874
    I got a chuckle out of the Kia ad too. Maybe because I actually liked the movie Flashdance and that commercial is pretty dead on. Of course, maybe it was just that Jennifer Beals was in it. ;)
  • joel0622joel0622 Member Posts: 3,299
    If all advertising were realistic and could be taken literally then there would be some pretty boring commercials on TV.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    True. It's fun to pretend that a Tacoma could be swallowed by a CGI dragon and then burst back out.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1OMQiFS4DQ
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The Tacoma ads are funny. Remember the one where it fell down a cliff and was still OK?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Wasn't that from an episode of Top Gear?
  • urnewsurnews Member Posts: 668
    If all advertising were realistic and could be taken literally then there would be some pretty boring commercials on TV.

    There is no shortage of boring commercials on TV. :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Both.

    Top Gear blew up a building with an older diesel Toyota pickup on the roof. After some basic repairs with only a few tools, a mechanic still could get it to run.

    Toyota did an ad where a jealous girlfriend pushed a Tacoma off a cliff and it fell down upright, on its wheels, and undamaged.

    I guess the marketing guys sort of spoofed that true story.
  • lostwrenchlostwrench Member Posts: 288
    I think that new Jeep commercial is really great showing the vehicles going through the deep snow while that beautiful music is playing. :)
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