Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Fallen For A Beautiful… Car Commercial
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Steven Lang
Published: June 18th, 2012
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The music starts. A pulsating display of automotive brilliance comes through the screen and draws you into the moment.
The car… is perfect.
The person driving the car… is Wow!
The music.. the action… the excitement…
In the last moment, you see the seductively low price and the equally elusive lease terms.
Or maybe you simply saw this instead. Today’s question of the day is… “Has a car commercial ever put a vehicle on your shopping list that otherwise, you wouldn’t have considered.”
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Usually the Mustang makes for some great commercials.... like back in '05 when the S197 debuted, they had one with the Mustang's V8 revving the national anthem while a projector screen behind it showed historical Mustangs and general hoonery.... again at the same time they had one that echoed 'Field of Dreams' with "Build it and he will come", so the guy builds a racetrack in a cornfield and pulls out a new Mustang out of the barn.... out of the corn walks Steve McQueen wearing his outfit from Bullitt.... just perfect. Or the one with the Shelby GT500 called "Germany"; in this one they let the Shelby's root style supercharger do the talking.... or 'The One' Superbowl ad for the Ford GT... my dad did a double take on that one.... There was one for Shell gasoline (or at least I think it was) where they show a junkyard.... suddenly fuel nozzles start pumping fuel into the rusted hulks.... then they cut to the entrance of the junkyard and all the sudden cherry classic muscle cars start coming out- the one I remember was a yellow '71-'73 Mach 1 Mustang with a bunch of other cars that I would happily give up a kidney for. I haven't been able to find that commercial though.
- Late 1990s and early 2000s VW commercials in general - Lexus "Something Wicked" - Shell Ferrari - 2000 Nissan Maxima with The Who (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URSmFnkQGP4) - "Porsche kid" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1EoNaZpPzI) - Lincoln "Perceptions" AKA "Surprising Journey" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknwHj2VXoQ) - Volvo "New Direction" for the original S60 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jsDhXmCVqg) - "Little Red" for the new S60 R-Design (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzJHzmkgEvI) - VW "Night Drive" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9I7QrpSkk) - Kate Walsh for the Cadillac CTS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkEw1rsBUak)
The 4th gen Camaro ads from '93 with the Z28 power sliding across the screen "cup holder big enough for a Slurpee". The 4th gen Camaro ad from '94 with Jimi Hendrix "Let me stand next to your fire" soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMFYWb5QIcM The Mercedes-Benz ad that shows the life of the E class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqAh__shMHA Their SL history "As Time Goes By". They are both brilliant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoP5jJG1Cdk&feature=relmfu I win!
One of the cutest car ads (from the other side of the atlantic) for the Skoda Fabia around 2007. youtube /watch?v=WhfEGKc7PLQ