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Yes. Honda, Acura have had some bad commercials recently. Another obnoxious one is for an Accord with a kid talking about his father hitting something in the driveway. Kids should be seen, not heard.
There are some other brands using, misusing kids, especially when kids come off as "wise", embarrassing their father in a commercial.
Notice his typical unattentive driving.
Hard to believe that concept is actually on the M-B display at LA.
Also on Smart's twitter feed.
It's as if Zetsche lost a bet he made during Fashion Week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CP7ijUkgc-4#!
FFWD to 0:54 for the dash, but watch the whole thing for retro 80s fun. :shades:
I like digital dashes though, I remember when nothing was more high tech than that.
Definitely not GM's best era.
She described her sister's car as "bumpin'".
I just realized that was the last time I saw her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI2B3ldx6Q0
Funny thing is the engines didn't sound that bad in person.
The owner of that car was the person who liked it the least. It was strange. Guess it didn't meet her expectations.
My group of friends back then had this eclectic collection:
1986 IROC light blue
1983 Cadillac Coupe Deville DeElegance baby blue, white vinyl top, white leather
1986 RX-7 Turbo - red
1988 Pontiac Sunbird GT Turbo - white
1986 Mustang GT Five Point Oh - red
1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z - red which was my car.
All these folks today drive minivans, SUV's and pickup trucks.
1986 IROC light blue
1983 Cadillac Coupe Deville DeElegance baby blue, white vinyl top, white leather
1986 RX-7 Turbo - red
1988 Pontiac Sunbird GT Turbo - white
1986 Mustang GT Five Point Oh - red
1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Z - red which was my car.
All these folks today drive minivans, SUV's and pickup trucks.
In the mid to late '70s my friends drove:
1970 Mark Donahue Javelin
1968, 19969, and 1970 SS396 Chevelles
1972 SS454 Chevelle
1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, and 1979 Z28 Camaros
I owned a 1974 Monte Carlo. I modified it as follows:
L82 Air filter/valve covers
Crane HT Cam/lifters
Edelbrock Performer Intake
Quadrajet carb(calibrated by yours truly)
Recurved Delco Distributor/Mallory Unilite/MSD5A
Blackjack Headers
3" dual exhaust with Cherry Bomb Q (Turbo) mufflers
B&M Transpak(Street/Strip calibration)
Flex-A-Lite 15000 lb. GVW Transmission cooler
3:42 Final Drive Ratio
The only work I farmed out was the recurve, the Transpak install and some exhaust pipe bending. Believe it or not, I still get requests to rebuild Q-Jets from time to time.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
Oh I know that!! I remember when we got the Odyssey back in 2000. A good friend remarked "wow - what a cool minivan."
I actually drove that van with a bit of pride. I was and am still quite secure in my skin and the van was a badge of honor. Heck, when I got the Passat I was excited about having a station wagon as well. It was bought with kids in mind as well. Lacrosse bags and d-poles take up too much space in a sedan.
When I was in school, I participated in hockey - could fit 4 guys and all gear in the fintail, but some sticks would run from front to back between the seats.
Since we now have an Explorer in addition to the Odyssey, I can say that the van has more efficient packaging than the CUV. Yes CUV's are sold partly on image but then again so are luxury/performance cars. Driving an E63 AMG as a daily commuter in stop and go traffic is no different than doing the same thing in a Tahoe. 99% of those vehicles will never be used for what they are intended. They are bought and driven to convey an image.
Ideally, the really big models would require license endorsements.
Had a Suburban for about 14 years and now an Ody for 12 years. Had these side-by-side for about 3 years. Moved a lot of stuff, things in each of these. Unless one is towing a trailer, there is no need for the added weight, poorer gas mileage and higher cost of a Suburban.
Wife and I helped move some relatives at two different times using both the ODY and Suburban taking loads. The ODY very clearly has the greater hauling capacity. It also rides and handles better than the Suburban.
* add air bags to the rear axle to reduce squat
For me, the Sienna was better than the Highlander in every conceivable way.
Edit to add Swagger Wagon link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4
11.5 million hits, yikes!
Abraham Lincoln
An owl
Sparks
Rock and Roll
This Lincoln ad is all over the place...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Iz2pJCEtCjo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZIGL_Mxn0NU
http://autos.aol.com/article/fiats-new-sexy-commercials/
They should show them all during the super bowl.
Then again they were nothing last year, so they're still tiny. Jaguar sells more cars.
The tagline is still being used but they've gone to a friends and family angle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qmb-PK0xlVU#!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnevDHWgiDk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ppTk0fgCnTs
Second one - kinda close to the old stereotype with the fake house and fakey people, but now focusing on the set who takes pictures of food and are addicted to braggy social networking, maybe a slight improvement.
Third one is OK.
Gee, you say that like it's a bad thing. My point and shoot even has a food mode setting. :P
(last night's dinner)
Had to actually go look at the commercial. Looks like quail. Those are better dredged and fried up in a cast iron skillet, served with biscuits.
Beats taking pics of an RX, I guess :shades:
German pizza - let me guess, each piece of sausage was exactly 2 mm apart, the crust was a perfect circle but long term (overnight) it cost twice as much for the antacids.
:P
That's ok, if pictures are of food on the plate. What is disgusting are restaurant review videos on tv not only showing the food as it arrives at the table, but then close-ups of people putting forkfulls into mouth and chewing.
They still use some of the memorable melody and then show the Lexi in a group with red bows on the roof.
Seems like they downgraded the level and quality of house prop shown in background in the latest commercial on RX. Just sign of the times what with our miserable economy and looming fiscal cliff. Probably decided to low key how some successful people live and what they drive lest they too get attacked by D.C. political people.
The few I already have barely qualify.
Husband tells wife about gift while standing in the living room. Husband intimates that "I left the seat heaters on". Both excitedly leave the house to see the (presumably) new car in the drive.
All they see are tire tracks and the red bow.
Moral of the story? Don't leave your car running (it's calling "puffing" here in Colorado and you can get a ticket for it).
Let's be thankful for galvanized steel.
ROTFLMBO!
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