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catlover79
06-07-2007, 10:41 AM
Sorry, I didn't know which board to put this under. :lol:

My dad and I always enjoyed the VW "Fun in the Sun" ad. The guy picks a sunny Mexican vacation over the car, and the waiter watching on TV says "Idiota!" When he turns around, the contestant is right there, scowling! It is pouring buckets outside!! :brent Another VW commercial I enjoyed was the "da da da" one, with the chair. Another good one was the guy getting a phone call from himself in the future: "Don't take that job in Boston...and when you meet Becky...RUN!" I think that was a VW ad as well.

Some car commercials I like because they are very simple and to the point. The Dodge Ram commercial that aired a couple of years ago just showed the truck with "Keep On Truckin'" by Eddie Kendricks playing in the background. Very nice. Recently, I also enjoyed the Saturn (?) commerical that had "Mahna Mahna" playing. I was humming it for days!! :lol:

TripperFan
06-07-2007, 10:55 AM
VW are putting out some really good ads right now.

I like the one where a couple of young guys are in a City Golf and there's a cop car behind them with the lights going. The driver says, "Oh oh - I stole this car." The passenger freaks and says, "WHAT?!" The driver says, "Yeah, I only paid $14,900 for it - totally stole it". The passenger keeps looking back nervously and then the cop just passes them to pursue a chase with someone else.

It's good - makes you pay attention and it's a clear message of how inexpensive the car is.

Steve M.
06-08-2007, 11:25 PM
VDub and Miss Helga - those ads are great! :)

EmoJoe
06-08-2007, 11:55 PM
umm...none. i dont think ive ever seen a halfway decent car commercial. they are the lowest of the low when it comes to commercials.

Fleet
06-09-2007, 12:42 AM
Here is my favorite car commercial. :)
Check out the super-plush interior at 25 seconds into the commerical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shllko2uQEA

Mysty Eyes
06-09-2007, 12:57 AM
Some are fun, some are dull, some are beautiful, some are scary.

One I like:

Honda Element... Gil the Crab:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxPg7CwtG2w

*pinch*

Steve M.
03-12-2008, 11:55 PM
From 1981:

A Scotsman complains about all of the fuel his VW Rabbit diesel uses from driving between Glasgow and Edinburgh twenty times a year.

"Last year," he says, "I had to buy two whole tankfuls!" :lol:

Mikado
03-13-2008, 01:29 AM
My fave is an ad with Dustin Hoffman for the (Then) New VW type 3 fastback......who explains the car has no engine under the hood, but then, looks for the engine in the rear, only to get a big surprise! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiOwr7kkOE&feature=related

Steve M.
03-13-2008, 01:42 PM
My fave is an ad with Dustin Hoffman for the (Then) New VW type 3 fastback......who explains the car has no engine under the hood, but then, looks for the engine in the rear, only to get a big surprise! :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykiOwr7kkOE&feature=related

Your VW dealer will show you where the motor is. :lol: :rotflmao:

Mikado
03-13-2008, 01:52 PM
Your VW dealer will show you where the motor is.

We had a type 3 wagon (AKA Squareback sedan), I know where it is ;) !
Was a great car; with the pancake engine, we could store everything we needed for a weekend of camping in that little machine with room left over for a big box of comic books :D the rear seat folded down flat so you had a trunk in front and basically a covered mini pickup truck bed behind the seats.

coffield3
03-13-2008, 07:03 PM
I like this one :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ckJFNkra8

Steve M.
03-13-2008, 10:04 PM
Cool! :)

Stormtracker TF
03-13-2008, 11:25 PM
The recent Audi R8 commercial is one of the best I've ever seen.

AMackII
08-26-2018, 09:43 AM
Chevy, Buick & Ford

Steve M.
08-29-2018, 08:42 PM
This one, because it's so absurd. "Who'd ever believe a Rabbit could be beaten by a Pontiac?" Someone who didn't mind a 1980 rear-drive Sunbird with a low floor, a huge driveshaft, and less room.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86vJNrcTYAY

Steve M.
08-29-2018, 08:45 PM
And then there's this equally absurd 1979 commercial for the Pontiac Grand Prix where a Japanese guy sees that it gets just as good fuel economy as Toyota Celica but at a cheaper price. Except that the Celica was more reliable and rode better than a Grand Prix, a mid-size coupe that had become a "personal luxury car" for people over 50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejfxWt2Ea3Y

MA
11-06-2018, 08:27 AM
The Chevy Venture commercials with Drew Carey's voiceover.