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

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  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    Now I am reminded of a few car commercials featuring jet fighters... not the most memorable, but fun to watch nevertheless.

    I am not sure that I would want to live on a carrier.. maybe just be on there long enough to watch some arrivals and departures... F-18 or F-14 would be nice.
  • bdreggorsbdreggors Member Posts: 143
    Seeing a commercial once for a French car where it was catapulted alongside a Dassault Super Entendard. I forget what make/model and the actual punchline of it, but the skeleton of it is there!
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Jet fighter commercials were big in the 1950s. I recall seeing a 1956 Dodge television ad with jet fighters prominently featured. The Thunderbird was once featured with stock footage of the Air Force Thunderbirds. I think SAAB had a commercial with a jet fighter a few years ago.
  • ls1v8ls1v8 Member Posts: 34
    sabre jets! :)
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    For some reason, the commercial for the Subaru WRX appeals to me. I'm hardly a fan of subcompact foreign sedans, but that commercial makes the WRX appear to be a lot of fun!
    The commercial makes the WRX look like a good contender to the BMW 3-Series. At $22K, it's a real bargain. I don't know how practical it would be for daily commuting, but it sure looks fun as a weekend toy.
  • blarg1blarg1 Member Posts: 59
    Have you driven a ford lately
    Then you don't know what you're missing...
    Car in the screen was a mid 80's Tempo.

    I am still looking for a Ford Lately. Is that some English Ford inflicted on the Canadians?

    English Ford Perfect, was this a pos? never been to England to see for meself. It must be perfect?
  • ajvdhajvdh Member Posts: 223
    Prefect, not perfect. A prefect is "A high administrative official or chief officer". The fact that the Brits considered this a passable name for a car yet again reinforces the validity of the phrase "Two countries divided by a common language."

    Ford Prefect was also the name of a character in "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy."
  • blarg1blarg1 Member Posts: 59
    Thanks for the clarification.

    I remember the book, the character was an alien trying to infiltrate Earth, and he picked a common name of the dominant species. Nothing edgy about "John Smith".
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Is the one with Paul Hogan playing Crocodile Dundee as his neighbor shows him his new SUV that turns out to be a modified school bus!
  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    so says the Mitsubishi commercials.... I kinda like the new Eclipse commercial - all the lights, the music, the people who drive the Eclipse :)
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    Ill take a chevy playing or working in the mudd any day
  • countsmackula1countsmackula1 Member Posts: 61
    Well, let's see........the Mitsubishi commercials are very much like their cars-- all show and no go!And that guy saying something along the lines of "inside your head a little voice is saying I'm better than you are!" I'd stomp that guy just for the way his voice sounds.. No joke!! Toyota ads are very annoying, especially the Toyotathons! The Chevy ads just make it seem like that the only reason to buy one is that they won't break down! And the Chevy trucks are made only for the mountain man who bulldozes dirt into it daily, they'd have you believe! That's probably why all the rednecks around here buy those ugly GM cars and trucks. One commercial I actually have fond memories of is the Subaru commercials back in the early 80's ---"Subaruuuuuuuuuuu...we're goin places in the South!" Anybody out there remember those?!! They were cool,( maybe because I was six or eight years old). Oh yeah--- one more thing. I agree that local dealers should NOT try to feature their own salesman on TV to advertise their products: Ahem -do you hear me, Bill Gatton Chevrolet, Wallace Mitsubushi?!!!! Sound byte: "Her at walluce mitsabishe(pronounced this way, bear with me) we got low low priaces, and we ain't gonns be beat. Yore job is yore credit. Fer only one ninty fave per munth, you kin drave this E-clipse wid ur(air) CD, V-6". It's pitiful , dude sounds like he snorted 25 lbs of Nasalcrom!
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    "That's probably why all the rednecks around here buy those ugly GM cars and trucks"

    UGLY?????????????

    image
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    ...where the young guy is driving an early 90's LeSabre, and some hot young women pull up beside him to get his attention. He thinks they're attracted to him, until...

    "Excuse me, Sir? Could you tell us how to get back on the interstate?"

    Then he feels like a loser for driving an old man's car and getting called "sir!"

    -Andre
  • jkidd2jkidd2 Member Posts: 218
    Until Chevy played "What you need" a billion times an hour during prime time.
  • abbanatabbanat Member Posts: 57
    "SAKES ALIVE!! Only Mazda's got a sporty truck for just Fifty Seven......Ninety Five!"
  • chevytruck_fanchevytruck_fan Member Posts: 432
    I'm a redneck and proud of it,

    this is real smart on Chevrolets part cause they have always pandered to the rednecks, thats why in agriculture areas Chevrolets are the number 1 trucks.

    lol
  • bdreggorsbdreggors Member Posts: 143
    lol...for every redneck out there, there are at least two soccer moms in SUVs ;-)

    Latest local commercial for Stadium Nissan in Tampa:
    "You can get this loaded '95 Olds Cutlass Ciera for $8520!" car speeds away, another car follows it and stops in front of the camera "This '94 Frontier crew Cab...etc.". Kinda lame, but catchy.

    I like the new Century ad and apparently Buick's new tagline of "Its all good."
  • chevytruck_fanchevytruck_fan Member Posts: 432
    well everyone one likes the west, cowboys, hicks, horses cows....look at Marlboro their whole brand was built around a cowboy image, most people that smoke marlboros don't listen to country music

    lol

    I don't know what I think about the Buick commercial, pretty original it seems though.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    There are a few jingles from car commercials I remember as a kid and teen that most have probably forgotten:

    "Chevrolet - Building a Better Way to See the USA" for 1972 Chevrolet lineup.

    "That's why the lady drives a Scamp" for early '70s Dodge Scamp hardtop.

    "Small Fury - The Car a Lot of People Have Been Waiting For" - for 1975 Fury midsize.

    "It's like nobody else's car" - for 1977 Mercury Cougar.

    "We are driven!" - for late 70s Datsun.

    "We make it simple" - for early 80s Honda.
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    you talking about me?

    Well i dont live on a farm. And i do play basketball.

    So i guess i am a "suburban redneck?"
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    ...here in Maryland, but do you guys and gals in other regions get the commercials for local car dealers and insurance companies where they have people attempting to rap and dance?

    I remember this one from the late 80's for an insurance agency that had a bunch of stock footage from a demolition derby from the 50's or 60's in washed-out film stock, and the voice-over was rapping "You want insurance quick..at a affordable price...'cuz they're kind understanding...and Down right nice". Try to spit a lot when you rap to it, and you'll get the idea.

    We have a local Fox dealership that tends to rap a bit too much, as well!

    -Andre
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    yep we have lantern man and eagle man insurance. Very cheesy commercials. (those of you in the chicagoland area can verify this)

    Also get some dealerships advertising on cable. They are nice commercials though. SHow their dealership and usually the owner/manager talk. No rapping or anything just showing cars.
  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    but Pennzoil has some funny ones... the latest one being the guy being dragged to a treadmill. They kept start and stop the mill - what a riot.
  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    where the guys drove in one and the girls drove in another - the guys waved to the girls - all of them got out and the guys were about 5 inches shorter than the girls - ouch !
  • bornagainbornagain Member Posts: 38
    Anybody see the new Ford Mustang "Made you look" commercial?? Two guys walking down the street pass a real babe and hardly notice but when they pass a new red Mustang, they keep walking but their HEADS turn backwards so they can keep checking it out! Then the caption "Made you look". Pretty funny really.
  • ludacrisludacris Member Posts: 185
    i like the new maxima commercial with the "doo do doo do do" song, i dont know what the name is, just those same words over and over. and the car is watching the sunset, once the sun goes below the horizon the car blasts off and stops again and the car again is watching the sun set. made me proud to have a Max in the family ; )

    i also liked that CRV commercial with the skiers...that makes me smile everytime i see it. i think i may be going crazy but im starting to like the azteks styling (my lil sis always has) and consequently im liking the commercials more because its the only time i get to see azteks. i live in LA, car city, and ive seen 3 Azteks on the road lol...guess those X-terras took southern cali.

    ..oh and one more thing, where the hell did all this redneck pride come from?!? i was watching MTV and they had this thing on NASCAR racing. they interviewed fans and they were the biggest, scariest rednecks ive ever seen. confederate flags flying, n word comin out of all their mouths. they said things i never thought id hear...pretty scary stuff..
  • jkidd2jkidd2 Member Posts: 218
    Suzanne Vega is the singer of the song in the Maxima add. She is a folk singer that comes out with a pop song every so once in a while that makes the charts. I like that commercial too.

    Redneck pride? You gotta be from the South to understand it. Don't believe every thing you see or hear on MTV...they and most of their programming are the biggest hippocrits in the world. Ever listen to some of the things the guy's from "Jackass" say to each other? The don't seem to be watching those "Stop the Hate" MTV programs.....
  • kostamojen2kostamojen2 Member Posts: 284
    You think thats bad, watch TNN during the commercials and see all those "Pop" spots...
  • jkidd2jkidd2 Member Posts: 218
    has gone down the tube....I hate those "pop" commercials....I think its their attempt to attract a "younger" crowd and distance themselves away from their roots.

    They still have some of the best car/truck shows on the weekends. HGTV should take those shows over and start calling itself "Home & Garage Television"!
  • ban1ban1 Member Posts: 5
    I only watch it for the Dukes of Hazzard marathons. Good stuff.
  • chevytruck_fanchevytruck_fan Member Posts: 432
    They are trying to leave their redneck base for a more progressive base.....boooo

    I like the Dukes, the Real McCoys, though I haven't seen them on there for a while. While it was on it was my favorite show. Now Its in the heat of the night.

    You guys haven't seen bad insurance till you have seen "Verne Funk" honest that is the company name. he comes on the commercial in some 70's jumpsuit then says "honk when you see...vern funk" or something like that. It is sooo pathetic

    I hate that acura tl commercial going to the jazz festival, I can like some jazz, but I can't stand those women that go boo pop bop badu bee bop...I' mean it actually sends chills up my spine.

    Hey the rebel flag and redneck pride have nothing to do with racism, why do people have to associate that with it. As charlie daniels says "what most people call a redneck ain't nothin but a working man".
  • jkidd2jkidd2 Member Posts: 218
    You really, really need to move to Texas. There is a bumper sticker down here, that you could put on your truck. Says: "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could!"
  • ban1ban1 Member Posts: 5
    I ain't askin' nobody for nothing
    If I can't get it on my own
    and If you don't like the way I'm livin'
    You can just leave this long haired country boy alone.

    Some famous dude said it first though. Dad wasn't too original. Profound. But not original.
  • goonargoonar Member Posts: 2
    Hey folks:

    Love the posts I read but couldn't read them all. I have a question...Does anyone know the title and the artist to sings/performs the song in the Volvo V70 commercial where the father is racing back and forth between his son's swim meet and his daughter's soccer game?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Thanks.

    David
  • wishnhigh1wishnhigh1 Member Posts: 363
    "what most people call a redneck ain't nothin but a working man"

    naww, to me, a redneck is someone who is making a living off of other working men. a la welfare.
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    It helps, too, if as Jeff Foxworthy said, they've got a home that is mobile and four cars that aren't.
  • bornagainbornagain Member Posts: 38
    Hmmmm...can you hum a few bars???
  • robertrrobertr Member Posts: 125
    I don't know if its a national or local commercial, but here on the radio the volume goes up and the announcer screams "Do you have a job?" "Do you have a hundred ninety-nine dollars?" "Do you want a new car?" Annoys and irritates me everytime I hear it. I think the next line should be "I sure as heck don't want a KIA". Also dislike the KIA SUV commercial showing the idiot woman going off road to steal a parking space. The other day I saw their new Maxima ripoff on the road for the first time ridiculously badged some alphabet soup name like XG300GL(?). I wish they would keep Korean cars and the commercials for them in Korea. With the image both the cars and commercials convey, I can't imagine why anyone would want to drive one except price.
  • windowphobe6windowphobe6 Member Posts: 765
    Actually, that's a Hyundai, but since Hyundai is Kia's single largest stockholder - well, you get the idea.
  • robertrrobertr Member Posts: 125
    there were letters both before and after the number, a total of at least 6 characters, and they were all together on the nameplate in the same size and style of lettering like "XG300L". Six characters without spelling anything seems silly, LOL. I can't think of any other CAR names like this, can you? A fictitious truck nameplate example would be "F150GT". Hey, doesn't Edmunds have another discussion on car names, anyway? LOL.
  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    where some young people were in a hatchback... forgot the car model... the driver parked in a tight space so they had to crawl out of the rear door.
  • abbanatabbanat Member Posts: 57
    "where some young people were in a hatchback... forgot the car model... the driver parked in a tight space so they had to crawl out of the rear door. "

    Ford Focus.
  • missemisse Member Posts: 22
    that shakes like a labrador retriever pup and splatters owners, house,... with mud. Sorry, I am the mother of 2 and appreciate seeing someone else's mess now and then.
  • blarg1blarg1 Member Posts: 59
    the rustproofing guys had a car that when the driver's door closed the car crumbled and colapsed. either get ziebart or close your doors a little more gently.

    They also had one where they staged a funeral, complete with crying widow and orphan. They were burying a caddy, I think.
  • ban1ban1 Member Posts: 5
    as they say Life imitates art!
  • ineto6ineto6 Member Posts: 161
    thanks abbanat.

    Yeah, I like that Jeep commercial, too. Pretty good fx.
  • bdreggorsbdreggors Member Posts: 143
    The new commercial for the Explorer is kinda ironic. If I were Nature, I sure wouldn't rejoyce over another iteration of the Explorer.
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    Im not totally sure on this but isnt the recall only on the trailblazers???
  • ryanbabryanbab Member Posts: 7,240
    I wasnt sure if they were also recalled. I know One of the local dealers has almost 30 trailblazers on their back lot.

    Crazy thing saturday afternoon i seen one driving around. I wanted to go tell the guy to stop driving it.
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