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

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Yeah, a burgundy IS, likely an automatic IS250, just what every man wants. Reminds me of Homer buying Marge a bowling ball for Christmas :shades:

    Jingle bells being compared with a marketing slogan for the brand that best combines pretentiousness with boredom? Crackpipe? :P
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Yeah, a burgundy IS, likely an automatic IS250, just what every man wants.

    Well, at least it is a new car, new technology, highly reliable. Not some 40 or 50 year old piece of antiquity.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    What does a vintage car, usually had by most as Sunday drivers, have to do with anything? :confuse:

    Most new cars have new tech and are reliable.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,353
    Don't worry, he's probably one of the lost generation who are Toyotaphiles, an increasingly rare breed, thankfully. :sick:

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  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    edited December 2011
    Good Hyundai commercial of their top line sedan driving slowly into a big city at night. Couple inside park on street and go to event at art museum or concert hall. Very tasteful, for adults who can afford to buy the car, not teen agers.

    There is hope. Auto makers maybe realize that teenagers and 20's people, who like spectacular simulated driving scenes, just don't have the money to buy new cars.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,808
    Great license plate for that car.
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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,808
    There was this thing called Woman's Lib that started in the 60's.
    That commercial might appeal to those adolescent before that.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    I could see the thing being a gift for wifey - but a burgundy IS isn't exactly what I would call a young man's car.

    A fuddy duddy here needs to realize that youth sells, nobody wants to buy something advertised as an old man's car, you see very few ads on TV for cars that old men buy.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    nobody wants to buy something advertised as an old man's car, you see very few ads on TV for cars that old men buy.

    See a lot of old people in Cadillacs, Buicks, Mercedes. There are many commercials for these brands.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,055
    I have a feeling that guy would've been happier with a Hummer than a Lexus. :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited December 2011
    likely an automatic IS250

    Nice assumption.

    Aren't all AMGs autos? :P
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,055
    Is this commercial online anywhere? I tried googling and couldn't find it.
  • odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    I've started seeing the new 2012 Honda Civic commercials popping up during some of the NFL games. Here they are if you haven't seen them yet. I'm posting the 1st one that shows all five together, then each of the individual commercials.

    To Each Their Own

    Monster

    Zombie

    Woodsman

    Ninja

    Wrestler

    Odie
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It is, here:

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

    And by the way those rims are forged and only come with the F Sport package, so that is far from a base model.

    Ironically, that color and the F Sport package are indeed available with a manual transmission.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    I wouldn't call an IS ANY man's car! It's something you buy for your wife or mistress. Shoot, why didn't she just buy him a pink VW Cabrio with "teddy bear" rims?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You guys have this all wrong.

    Europeans have mistresses. They invented the concept.

    The Japanese pay for, uh, professionals.

    That's why Mercedes have 3 position seat memory. Husband, Wife, Mistress. :D

    Heck, French Presidents have mistresses attend their funerals, with illegitimate children present, front and center:

    http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/mitterands-funeral/
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    edited December 2011
    Where there's smoke there's fire...even the color is kind of motherly.

    No choice with the AMG - never has been and likely never will be, unlike the IS, which attracts a far blander subset of the population....
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    edited December 2011
    Younger people do buy them too. And none of them sell by showing some old codger going 50 in the left lane with his blinker on :shades:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    edited December 2011
    Yes, I am sure the wheels couldn't be bought elsewhere. Did you actually take the time to go online and build one....funny :shades: "F Sport Package" will probably sell in about the same volume as the IS-F - aka making the C63 and M3 look downright common.

    Previous Camry was available with a manual too.

    Lemko - it's definitely a wifey car, mistresses are more expensive than that :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Where there's smoke there's fire

    You don't think that a sig other who knew enough to fork out $4000 for the forged rims would consider the manual?

    The IS attracts the same bland subset as the C-class does. No difference.
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    See a lot of old people in Cadillacs, Buicks, Mercedes. There are many commercials for these brands.

    But you don't see any ahem, mature people in the ads. All brands aim to have a low average age of buyer. They hope to hook them as young as possible and them keep them for life.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    mistresses are more expensive than that

    On that I agree.

    Heff got his kept women European cars.

    Holly had a Porsche Cayenne, as you may have guessed.

    Bridget has a Cayman S.

    Kendra had an Escalade, I think. Ironically she got a Lexus IS with her own money after she left the mansion.

    Crystal got a Bentley as a parting gift.

    Twins Kristina and Karissa got a white Benz CLS.

    Safe to conclude ALL mistresses get European cars gifted to them, none are Lexus, sorry! :D
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,055
    Lemko - it's definitely a wifey car, mistresses are more expensive than that

    I don't think that woman in the Lexus IS ad is the guy's mistress. I think it's the other way around...he's her kept man!
  • robr2robr2 Member Posts: 8,805
    juice - why do you all that stuff?? Do you really watch the Girls Next Door?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Maybe a sweet talking salesperson saw they had a sucker. I mean, considering that bland aging thing as a gift could make one a "mark"...

    Is there a more boring entry premium car than an IS250?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    That's probably all the excitement she allows the poor sap. He's lucky he's not in a tan Corolla.

    I want to see big wheel kid getting an ES, that one made me laugh. That was a couple years ago I think.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    What are you doing with your free time? Shoot your TV, man :P

    Yes, wifey gets the Lexus.
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,389
    What a fine spot. Why can't GM or other American brands come up with such touching and moving commercials.

    You have to be either putting us on or trolling. The hand-wringing safety nanny vibe you emit when talking about cars being driven with enthusiasm is the tip off, I think.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Just a few quick Google searches to prove a point.

    Is that show even on the air any more?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Keep on pretending...
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,055
    juice - why do you all that stuff?? Do you really watch the Girls Next Door?

    I used to watch them religiously, until I got busted and they started closing the curtains at night! :P
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    By the way, while we're on that subject, I have a movie recommendation:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306734/

    Interesting peek at the contrasts between French and American cultures. And of course, many quirky French cars.

    Is that redundant? Quirky + French? ;)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Pretending that what, the one who performs in virtually only one market, is some kind of beloved underdog that we should all embrace?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Mostly pretending you know everything based on observations of a few cars and their owners.

    It was the same way with Hyundai and fleet cars.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,353
    That first one, "To Each Their Own", is one of the worst TV ads ever made.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Where there's smoke, there's fire. There are exceptions to every rule, but the rules remain. If you don't like the smoke, don't look at it :P

    I am sure, somewhere, there is an adventurous independent sort who drives a slushbox IS or maybe even an ES. Might be in a parallel universe, but that's somewhere too.

    Lots of rental fodder Hyunkias out there, no big deal. As many seem to be at least moderately equipped, perhaps they are using a different strategy than just dumping unwanted inventory.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    edited December 2011
    I have a feeling that guy would've been happier with a Hummer than a Lexus.

    Well, if you have a nice wife as depicted in the scene, you will LIKE and drive what she gave you. How many of you guys here are, not were, married?
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    Europeans have mistresses. They invented the concept.

    Oh yeah? What about Bill Clinton?
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    All brands aim to have a low average age of buyer.

    Could be with some stupid Mercedes commercials with chains, cars sliding sideways. But, what I continue to see in my area, a lot of seniors, super seniors are seen in Buicks, Cadillacs, Mercedes IN SPITE of their commercials trying to pitch the current "IN" thing.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    The hand-wringing safety nanny vibe you emit when talking about cars being driven with enthusiasm is the tip off, I think.

    What are you talking about? What is your point? Keep it related to Car Commercials.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    Last time I saw a "super senior" in a new MB, he was in the middle lane of an interstate going about 45-50 as traffic passed on both sides. Not quite what anyone wants to put on TV...

    Those ads are "stupid" yet sales are as healthy as ever while some traditional brands have died off. Hmmm
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,389
    edited December 2011
    This is one of the print ads that turned me on to BMWs back in the early 1970s:

    image

    I thought a four door sedan that would cruise at 120 mph was just too cool. And I do know that a 1973 Bavaria will cruise for at least two hours at 100-120; I averaged that driving through Pennsylvania on my way home from my first BMW CCA Oktoberfest in 1984.

    This early 2002 ad is also quite good(sorry I can't find a better image):

    image

    Another favorite was the BMW NA print ad for the 1988 M5; In it simply proclaimed:

    BMW ANNOUNCES THE M5.
    A NICE PRACTICAL 150-MPH FAMILY SEDAN.

    That REALLY got the safety geeks at the IIHS in a lather... :P

    My last selection isn't really an ad; it's one of the short films from BMW's The Hire series(I suggest skipping this one xrunner, as it may well cause your head to explode):

    Star

    Enjoy!

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I don't see (or feel, after driving both back to back, on two occasions) much difference between a base IS/auto and a similar C-class.

    If anything, I expected more from the Benz, so it disappointed me more.

    Way too much body roll, out of its league compared to BMW and Audi. The one saving grace was a linear, responsive throttle, and they just replaced that engine with a small turbo. Whoops.

    Hyundai isn't dumping unwanted inventory, they have too little very-much-wanted inventory. Only Subaru has lower incentives and inventory than Hyundai. They *wish* they had more inventory to sell.

    On that note, the Veloster/Accent/Rio engine just made Ward 10 Best list. Not bad given they usually go for 300+ hp engines.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited December 2011
    Oh yeah? What about Bill Clinton?

    Google searching "Monica Lewinsky car"...

    Another non-Lexus, not even Asian branded. 6 for 6 have been European or American SUV:

    http://articles.latimes.com/1999/aug/02/local/me-61821

    Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern at the center of a presidential sex-and-perjury scandal, suffered minor injuries Sunday when her sport-utility vehicle tipped over just north of Ventura, according to the California Highway Patrol.

    Lewinsky was traveling north on the Ventura Freeway at an unknown rate of speed when she lost control of her 1999 blue Ford Explorer about 1:10 p.m., said CHP dispatcher Bob Inman

    Funny thing is I'd never heard of that story before now.

    Safe to conclude kept women do not drive Lexuses. ;)

    Lexus is probably marketing to them to penetrate a segment that the Europeans and D3 SUVs have clearly dominated.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    sales are as healthy as ever while some traditional brands have died off

    Those Wall Street golden parachute recipients have to drive something!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,522
    You expected a base C to be sporty? Did you really come from Neptune instead of Brazil? :shades:

    But is anything really more dull than a base IS auto? I'd expect granny to drive a C, but the IS gets this marketing driven image of being high tech and cool and aggressive, and it is anything but.

    I never said Hyunkia was dumping inventory. I said maybe their fleet strategy isn't about that - IMO it is about exposing people to the brands. A lot of mainstream buyers still won't give them a chance, and I know job one is to change that.

    And about the golden parachutes, if you get one and all you buy is some boring normal C or E, the parachute wasn't big enough, or you are trying to stay under the radar for when the guillotines finally start falling :shades:
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,055
    Well, if you have a nice wife as depicted in the scene, you will LIKE and drive what she gave you. How many of you guys here are, not were, married?

    You might not be thinking of the same type of Hummer as I am...
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    You expected a base C to be sporty?

    I expected it to be close to the base BMW and Audi that were there for comparison.

    It wasn't. The amount of body roll surprised me.

    But is anything really more dull than a base IS auto?

    A base C-class automatic ties it.

    marketing driven image of being high tech and cool and aggressive

    I don't get that from the elevator commercial.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/715998/fiat-500-abarth-special-edition-pop-up-vide- o.jhtml#id=1675245
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,353
    Just moments ago (as the sports announcers like to say) I was driving back to the office from lunch and saw a woman in traffic who looked exactly like Monica Lewinsky, driving a Cadillac. It couldn't have been her, though, because she was smoking a cigarette, not a cigar... ;)

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