Your favorite TV car commercials?

What car commercials really do a great job of making you want their car? What ones do you hate?

Good ones:
Subaru Impreza WRX commercials
Any Nissan commercial with sideways moving cars :D
Audi TT commercials
Volkswagen commercials (guy tackling the cart, GTI falling from the tree, guy washing neighbours Passat, etc..)

Bad ones:
Mazda Zoom Zoom commercials
Ford Windstar ("We designed this vehicle for absolute safety as you tug around no one but yourself in a uselessly large gas guzzler and vision blocker.")

Audi has a good one with the "form" morphing into performance and I like Porsche's "Even heaven has it's moments of hell" With the guy at the tracks and the train is going backwards.l

I like some BMW commercials, like the one wit the M5 that's driving beside that rocket car filming it..... and there are others but i forget what happens :)

The new WRX commercial. WOW! I could watch that till my brain rotted and oozed out my right ear. And I did mean X, the z is right beside.

I hope you meant "WRX". That's not even the half of it though, if you really like it, learn about the STi model, it has 275hp, a racing wheel, seats and brakes.

Too bad the STI won't be coming here...Canada at least, probly US too. That's what the Subaru dealer guy told me...they won't pass friggin emissions controls.

Renault has some good commercials. But I think you wont have the same commercials as we in Europe.

yeah heep, we get all the same things as the states, so if they aint gettin it, then neither are we

Europe has all different commercials. We don't even have Renault over here, just the old crappy 80' ones like the Alliance and Le Car (R5). They have some nice cars now though.

yeah europe gets alotta cars we don't, like rover, fiat, citroen, renault...... but i think that some of those are owned by american companies so, they're almost the same.... and some are the same design as ones here under a different badge

well we do get the land rover part of rover

I'm hoping to someday own a dealership, but I plan to sell cars that are not normally sold here, mostly the European ones like Alfa, Peugeot, etc. Also some Jap cars that aren't sold here like Skylines and Crowns, etc.

I'm hoping to someday own a dealership, but I plan to sell cars that are not normally sold here, mostly the European ones like Alfa, Peugeot, etc. Also some Jap cars that aren't sold here like Skylines and Crowns, etc.

If you do that, I will be a repeat customer!
Anyway, many European cars don't make it here in any way.
Canada doesn't get everything the States get and vice-versa. We are luck enough to still have Lada. Oh yeaa.

My favorite commercial is fot the WRX. Everytime its on I run to the TV (I'm serious, my family thinks I'm nuts). I love all the aural and visual excitement. Ohh honey!
I also like some Audi commercials, they emphasize drivng, but they aren't as visceral as the WRX commercials.
I want to see that M5 commercial.
I hate Porsche commercials (they are quiet and stupid, no overpowering emotion, nothing)

Heep, I will also be a repeat customer, it's too bad that we can't have the same cars worldwide.

You just got yourself another customer Heep. I've always wanted a skyline.

The commercial that does it for me is the GTI commercials.

Those are kinda neat, the first time I say the tree one, I was a little unnerved.
Gotta love those WRX commercials, though:D :D :D :D

Good news for my import dealership!!!

I just found out that the 4 eastern Canadian provinces (including New Brunswick, where I live) have no, zero, zippo, 0 emission regulations. Woohoo! I can import Skylines, old WRX's, Elises, etc. without having to worry about emissions, at least for eastern Canadian customers!!! Yipee! :D

I can't think of any commercials that make me want the car. Mazda commercials with the Miata are good, but I think it's only because I love miatas. Maybe when some RX-8 commercials hit the air.:D

Originally posted by Heep
Mazda Zoom Zoom commercials

My little girl loves those commercials. She kind of dances to the zoom zoom :)

Hey, heep, do you know about crash testing?? That is perhaps the biggest hurdle, as you could put on 50 cats for the test, then remove them.
Good to hear you're making progress!!:)

who would buy skylines and elises in new brunswick?
Put the dealership in the T dot (t.o..... toronto)

I would, rich people here might. :D

The reason I was saying I'd open it here is because we have no emissions regulations. Maybe I should start up a continent wide distribution program, so that you can buy a, say, Peugeot 206 over the internet and I can ship it to you, with any additional emissions or other equipment installed based on where you live.

Pathfinder: "Not that you would, but you could" . . . downhill skiing in the Path . . . gotta love it!

Maxima: "Cars like it: 0" . . .

I like the Benz commercials. The best one is when the E320 goes through the car wash, and the parents cover the kids eyes.

WRX's set of 2 or 3 "Rally Bred" spots.
The Lexus IS "Rally" commercial was really good, too, but I don't think it's quite setup for that yet.
The new BMW spots featuring the flicks on BMWFilms.com, which are great commercials in themselves.

VW gets the award for funniest, by far.:silly2:

Oh yah,I like the maxima commercial when he drives up to the sunset, wathches it, then ddrives down the road to watch it again.

Heep, you should actually consider the dealership thing in like 10 Years. I'd sell my house (If I got one) to get a TVR. You could easily get customer to buy little Euro-econo boxes.

How about this Kawasaki commercial?

You know the new one with a guy in the hospital . . . he puts the blood pressure cuff around his neck and pumps it up, then tries to use the defibrillator (that thing that jumpstarts half-dead people) on himself . . .

All in an attempt to imitate the rush he felt riding his Kawasaki . . .

Porsche:

That's what I was thinking. I'm certainly not gonna have too much luck with importing exotics only. I'd make most of my money off of Peugeot 206's and VW Lupo's and stuff.

Oh yeah! Anyone see this Pennzoil commercial?

It starts with a guy in a sauna wearing only a towel. Two big men in labcoats run in and grab him by his arms while he shreiks "You got the wrong guy!" They toss him onto a treadmill and shove a breathing tube into his mouth, while a lady with a control box that has buttons for STOP and GO starts the treadmill and stops it suddenly. The guy stumbles and as he stands back up she starts it again. Stop, start, stop, start. The poor guy collapses and rolls off the treadmill as the voiceover comes up: "This is what you do to your car everyday. Stop. Go. Pennzoil."

I freakin' died when I first saw it! :D

Thats funny it made me chortle. Yes, chortle.
And I would think exotics or sports cars would be your biggest business. Shipping isn't free. Hell, its all good (love the 206 styling, ahhh, amazing for an econo-box!)

Good Point, I didn't expect you to be a Lotus and Evo dealer only, Of course you'd have to sell bsic cars to get ongoing buisness. I think it's a great Idea. How many people in NA do you know that have a Peugot 206. Or a Renault? It might cost more, but I'd still buy one. You'd have to sell the following makes: Peugot, Rover, Renault, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Lotus, TVR, Ford (Cosworth), Mini, Fiat and Alfa Romeo. I know some of these do make it to NA, but it is a great idea.

You could have the Euro-spec cars. And I would pay a little more for something unique, and cool. And people trust some of those brands, too (bidness).
But beware: In england, they sell 1000 Camry's a year, over hear its like 400 000! Big difference, eh.

sweet! that bmwfilms.com site is awesome
i never knew about it before

Oh, yeah, it's great. Especially over a high speed connection. I watch them at work after everybody else goes home. ;)

http://www.bmwfilms.com

Check it out. Right now.

I canonly watch them at school, so I canb't download teh player, I have to watch it sreamed in. They are REALLY good commercials, if you can call them that.

Yeah, I hate having the same car as everyone else has, that's why I'm so interested in non-NA vehicles.

Toyota Europe actually has a completely different Corolla than we do.

YEs, europe has a different corolla. I said Camry, which is the same.

I also like unique cars (doesn't everybody) EXCEPT the Aztek.:apuke:

Japan's Corolla looks kinda weird to me.

Sort of like an overgrown, gas-guzzling (by comparison ;) ) version of the Prius.

that isn' teh european corolla. I will get a pic soon.

have you guys seen the commercial for the new INFINITI Q45???? THAT CAR LOOKS SWEET NOW!!
the commercial shows how the car has all voice activated stuff and in the other commerciall i saw it shows how the car has like a camera in the back, so you can see everything behind the car on the navigation system screen

I've never seen that Corolla before...hm...

Anyway, here is Europe's Corolla:

http://www.toyota.de/images/cor_ga_09_im.jpg
http://www.toyota.de/images/cor_ga_08_im.jpg

The corolla I'm thinking of, I will scan sometime. It is the previous generation one, with the |new Impreza-type headligts.

yeah, I know what you mean. Like the ones you always see as rally cars with the round headlights. They discontinued that style though.

And lets be thankful the old style has been vanquished:D

The new Toyota Celica commercials are literally over the edge . . . funny stuff.

To promote the new "Action Package" . . .

The premise is that the package makes the car look fast even when it's standing still . . .

One spot shows a dog run out of someone's yard and slam into the back of the car . . . as if he intended to chase the car . . . except it was standing still.

Another spot shows a cop on a motorcycle . . . first you hear the bull horn in the distance "Red Celica . . . pull over!!" . . . then you see the cop ride alomst past the car before realizing that no on is inside of it . . . and that it wasn't moving . . .

There's another, something to do with an old man yelling . . .

REALLY funny stuff . . .

"Slow down! This is a neighborhood!!!"

LOL :hehe:

I laughed my ass off the first time I saw that. The old guy walking by, stops. Faint Russian-Euro Accent "Hey you, slow down. Punk", then he continues walking. Ah you have to see it to appreciate it better. as for BMWfilms.com, I went there after reading your post Silver S2000 and Saw STAR. OMG that is by far the best MOVIE I've ever seen. I mean it's a guy actually using an M5!

Great, I'm glad you liked it.

But, I don't think that's a real M5. They have and area of the site that showcases the featured cars, and there's a 540, but no M5.

I think it was just the shift knob. :(

no it's a real M5, if you read somewhere on the site it says, when they were shooting the movie they were going to use the 540i but then guy richie saw the M5 and he loved it so they used it, notice the M5 symbol on the back, the shifter and the slightly different M5 body

Yep. it's definately an M5, I know those Rims and the front bumper/airdam area has two foglights molded into it. If you ctach the back it also says M5. I also doubt a 540i could haul ass like that. They did use a 540i Six Speed in "Chosen".

Okay, then, M5 it is. Do they realy fly like that? ;)

The one most prominent in my mind is Nissan's Sentra ad (not the most recent one) where the SE simply appears to be following the camera, when suddenly the shot rotates to show that the Sentra is actually speeding on a steeply banked section of a track.

OK, we all know that it's actually easier to drive a car on a banked turn rather than a horizontal plane, but I still say, as R35 always states, 'tre cool'.

How about the new Nissan Sentra commercial:

Two crash test dummies beating the crap out of each other to get to drive the car . . .

HILARIOUS!!

Hmm... maybe Nissan is spending the last of its money on a huge advertising campaign. I hope it makes more than a dent on the public. These commercials really get an enthusiast's attention.

Does anyone remember the theme/slogan of Toyota, before it was "I love what you do for me, Toyota"?

Originally posted by morpheusxiii
Does anyone remember the theme/slogan of Toyota, before it was "I love what you do for me, Toyota"?

"You want it, you got it. Toyota." Just a guess. :)

It was "Who could ask for anything more!" back in the mid-late eighties, maybe ninties too.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! THAT was the one I was trying to remember! Thanks, Heep.

No problem. I just looked through some of my old car magazines and found some ads.