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

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Speaking of TSX, I saw an ad from a local dealer for a $249 lease. I don't know the details, but that's not very prestigious. I don't think kids want a TSX either.

    I'd pick the NSX ad out of all of them. Too bad Ford can't get Eastwood to do something for some sporty new coupe...bring back the Torino name.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Fusion-based, perhaps?

    Acura really disappoints me. From precision crafted performance, to ... lowered expectations?

    They need a new leader, just cut the head right off, figuratively. ;)
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Well, he did do "spaghetti westerns" back in the day!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    I don't know if there's much market for a large-ish coupe that wouldn't be sporty in all variants - but at the same time, Toyota sold plenty of weird looking Solaras not long ago, and I do see Altima coupes now and then.

    Acura - like a Lexus-ized Infiniti.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Acura's average transaction is in the 30s. Not sure about Infiniti, but Lexus is right up there in the 40s with the Germans.

    When they say they'll aim lower, you have to shake your head...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    And with the beaks we had to deal with for a couple years, and losing the only thing to be proud of (Euro Accord), I don't know what they can do.

    They all have SUVs to thank, too.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    A Mercedes commercial just came up here on the Edmunds site for the 2012 C Class. It has a price of $34,800. What a deal. Good looking car per the picture. No dogs, big cats, actors or comedians in the photo.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Prolly the new C250. Any one sampled that engine yet? I wonder how the throttle response it, that's not a light car.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    The commercial was for a 2012 model. But, elsewhere on Edmunds, they say that Mercedes is coming out with a FWD, Front-wheel-drive, C-- for model year 2013. It will have a turbo 4 cyl engine. What is this world coming to. BMW making a FWD car for last 10 years and now Mercedes.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    BMW and Mercedes probably need a turbo 4 to have any hopes of meeting CAFE and emissions standards in the future. It's a necessarily evil.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    edited February 2012
    A new C will come probably for model year 2014 or maybe even 2015. I don't know if it will be FWD. A rendering I have seen has laughable overdone side sculpting, like on a Hyundai. But by then we will have the B-class, which is FWD. We could even have the little FWD A-class then.

    Turbos are the new Euro darling - the new MB twin turbo V8 is impressive and economical.
  • xrunner2xrunner2 Member Posts: 3,062
    BMW and Mercedes probably need a turbo 4 to have any hopes of meeting CAFE and emissions

    So, this new smaller fwd 4 cyl Mercedes will probably compete with the small Cadillac with a 4 cyl. The tree huggers have taken over.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,352
    The Chrysler ad was an embarrassment. What did any of that have to do with selling cars?

    I liked the Camaro graduation ad.

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  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    It's more a come back theme song for Detroit itself, the city.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    In autoblog voting:

    http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/06/adspotting-super-bowl-edition-grading-the-ads- /

    Just remember the Fiat ad snuck in, too. Pretty cool, even if it didn't seem "new" to me.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I wanted to see more NSX, less people talking!

    For you, then:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P6lZE37gBzs

    5:58 shows the torque vectoring capability. It can control each side indy, regen on the inside wheel, accel on the outside wheel. Pretty neat.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We could even have the little FWD A-class then.

    http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/04/production-mercedes-benz-a-class-spotted-undi- sguised/

    Looks like Mazda's outgoing Nagare theme. A lot, actually.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    I don't know, I don't see a dopey smiley face which alone would make the car embarrassing for someone who isn't 18 years old and an anime geek, or someone who likes "cute" with many groups implied.

    The side detailing is ridiculous though, more lazy stylists at work trying to make artificial interest.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,803
    I agree the 'Hype' that younger drivers are being subjected to, is building.
    When I had my 4 cyl Focus, that was the most expensive vehicle to insure.
    It also had the lowest MSRP by over 10k to 20k, other than my Mustang GT which, despite being 17 years older, still exceeded it by over 20%.
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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,803
    The Clint Eastwood commercial was a good 'Rah Rah' half time speech.
    It was for Chrysler/Fiat, but all Michigan auto makers got some love from it.

    Although I had seen it previously, the Camaro ad was a favorite.
    The kid in the commercial actually made it and won a contest to get it broadcast. Good for him!

    The 2012 Chevy pickup ad was lost on not car people.
    'It said something about Ford, but I thought it was a Twinkie commercial'.
    Preaching to the choir, but maybe it worked.

    I posted my Ford rebuttal ad on another discussion.
    Something along the lines of 'Chevy may consider 2012 to be the end of the world, but...'. :)
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  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 267,527
    edited February 2012
    ..was the FIAT Abarth ad... very clever..

    The Audi ad was terrible... I got it... but, a european car promoting their cool headlights? Really?

    The Camaro ad was good... the rest of the GM ads were lame..

    I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan, but how sad is it that the best car that Chrysler can hype is the 200?

    Veloster.... the ad was good in concept... not so great in execution... I think the cheetah gave up too easily....

    The VW ad was good, but trying to tie it into last year's Star Wars ad was a mistake...

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited February 2012
    Did anyone notice whether Suzuki actually ran the Kizashi dog ad during the Super Bowl as they were supposed to?
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,803
    The Abarth ad has been out for a while, didn't stop me from watching it again. :)
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    There's a Camry ad out there touting its performance (I think for the hybrid) that shows it passing a group of sportbike-style motorcycles, but the dubbed in noise is certainly not from sportbikes. I know the typical Camry driver doesn't know the difference, but still, really lame.
  • anythngbutgmanythngbutgm Member Posts: 4,277
    I couldn't get "Kickstart my heart" out of my head till about yesterday... :D
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,133
    Verrrrry clever spamming there, tommyjon!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The side detailing is ridiculous though

    That's what I was referring too.

    Thankfully Mazda came to their senses, have a different theme now, and the smiley faces were all toned down, for the most part.

    I got an 08 Miata mostly to avoid the 09's grin. :sick:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    a european car promoting their cool headlights? Really?

    My daughter liked that one. At 12, they may have missed their demographic target. LOL

    how sad is it that the best car that Chrysler can hype is the 200?

    It's not that - it's because that car is made in Detroit. Isn't the 300 made in Canada? It truly is imported.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    They must have taken a lot of flack, as Acura did with the shield beaks.

    Mazda somehow thought dorky 17 year old anime nuts were a large car buying demographic.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I think so. Mildly amusing, but didn't stand out.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    The ad most certainly does sound lame, but to be fair, the TCH is actually fairly quick now. They really tuned it for a lot more performance.

    CR tested the TCH and Passat TDI in the same issue, head to head, and the TCH pretty much humiliated the diesel in acceleration tests. It wasn't even close.

    So there is some truth to the claim.

    The buyer, who as you say "doesn't know the difference", will go in, agree that it's quick and exceeds expectations, and buy one.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Verrrrry clever spamming there, tommyjon!

    Beat us to it. :shades:
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Oh, the hybrid is probably the best choice for that box anyway, as V6 models are becoming more pointless. My ire wasn't the car or the implied performance, but the dubbed in cruiser bike noise for sportbikes, and what it says about the demographic. They don't care about "quick", it might make them spill their Starbucks or drop their iphone while they are "driving".
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Meh, they all dub in sounds. Nobody ever gets it right. :sick:

    I dunno, everyone likes a quick merge every once in a while.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    I guess I shouldn't expect more from people who call the new Camry "reinvented" :shades:

    Come to the eastside suburbs of Seattle...plenty of people seem to avoid a quick merge as if their life depends on it.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    We're all stocked up on bad drivers here in DC. ;)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    And already, a parody:

    http://youtu.be/CBgYqCsd_uw
  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,389
    Again, what's the message- buy a Ford and join a bunch of imbeciles?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Not a commercial but a print ad: in a local free used car dealer rag saw an ad for a Hyundai XG "comparable to a baby Bentley"...yeah, I know when I see that thing, I think "Bentley" :shades:

    The "now that's a Hyundai" spots are airing too much here, too.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    edited February 2012
    Yeah, I see it! (roll eyes emoticon goes here).

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    They both have wheels.

    I wonder if that thing had the same V6 as the earlier Kia Sedona - the one which was a mix of 6cyl smoothness, 4cyl power, and V8 fuel economy...they got it backwards :shades:
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    That only emphasizes how far they've come in such a short time.

    ;)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Which might emphasize that it takes both work and coddling/aid to do anything in today's world.

    Baby Bentley...I am still laughing.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    edited February 2012
    Didn't Hitler do the same for the German auto industry?

    I'd like to see you quantify just how much coddling there was and how it compares to the Hitler-Germany team. :P

    The turnabout for the German motor industry came about in the 1930s with the election of the [non-permissible content removed] Party to power.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Germany
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    I am not crying about national aid to auto industries - if anything, I think it can be a wise investment, so no need to get offended when I question the "underdog" and pull a version of Godwin's Law.

    I am just saying, the rise hasn't been built simply on work alone. Deal.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Nice dodge! :P

    In the case of Korea, it was a wise investment. Hyundai stock is up 1000%.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    Nothing to dodge. I just can't call the "underdog" an independent success.

    Korea as a whole has been a role model as to how aiding industry can work. It can afford this when it is protected by others and can engage in some less than open economic principles.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Just admit you're prejudiced against anything Asian and we can end the argument for good.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,517
    As soon as you admit you are fixated with everything I post ;)

    Not agreeing that a so-called "underdog" is some kind of miracle independent success and being against everything Asian is kind of apples and oranges, if not a strawman. Heck, I told my mom to buy a Camry.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I don't subscribe to any M-B topics....

    I would not call the Koreans underdogs, especially not now.

    Come Back Kid is more like it.
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