"Dr. Z" Chrysler Commercials
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"Dr. Z" Chrysler Commercials
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Does anyone else find these "Dr. Z" Chrysler Commercials offensive and annoying? IMO, this Dr. Z (Chairman of Daimler-Chrysler) is a terrible pitchman. I do not find him likeable in the least bit. I don't like some pushy, fast-talking arrogant German with a bad mustache and bad accent attempting to educate us "dumb" Americans on quality and engineering - especially when MB produces so much garbage that consistently rates at the very bottom of JD Powers and Consumer Reports studies. Sorry for the rant but I had to get this off my chest.
Here are the commercials if you haven't seen them:
http://www.askdrz.com/
Does anyone else find these "Dr. Z" Chrysler Commercials offensive and annoying? IMO, this Dr. Z (Chairman of Daimler-Chrysler) is a terrible pitchman. I do not find him likeable in the least bit. I don't like some pushy, fast-talking arrogant German with a bad mustache and bad accent attempting to educate us "dumb" Americans on quality and engineering - especially when MB produces so much garbage that consistently rates at the very bottom of JD Powers and Consumer Reports studies. Sorry for the rant but I had to get this off my chest.
Here are the commercials if you haven't seen them:
http://www.askdrz.com/
Last edited by Gekko; Jul 18, 2006 at 06:36 PM.
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I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to post a rant about the new "Dr. Z" commercials.
Talk about stupid. Looks like they got the same advertising agency that did those VW commericals.
How many commercials with CEOs talking about their products actually work? I think your typical
Amercian will not be able to relate at all.
for the new campaign.
Talk about stupid. Looks like they got the same advertising agency that did those VW commericals.
How many commercials with CEOs talking about their products actually work? I think your typical
Amercian will not be able to relate at all.
for the new campaign.
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The only one of those commercials that is palettable is the one where Dr. Z finds the J.D Power trophy in the storage compartment of the minivan and shows it to the lady and says "what do we have here"... I don't know why, but I laugh everytime I see that.
Otherwise, the commercials are a joke.
Otherwise, the commercials are a joke.
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I guess I am the only one "on here" but I think it is a great marketing plan and in metro Detroit it has been a big hit it seems in the news.
They found a way to say hey, don’t lump us in with the big 3, we are part of the Benz group and you get that high end German engineering in our cars.
They found a way to say hey, don’t lump us in with the big 3, we are part of the Benz group and you get that high end German engineering in our cars.
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So, what else is new?....another BS auto commercial? Big Deal. Most of them are an insult to even an ape's intelligence, much less ours.
Bill Clinton will be faithful to his wife before an honest auto commercial is made. Perhaps the most honest ones made yet were the famous Joe Isuzu commercials around 15 years ago...Joe didn't even try and disguise his lying.
Bill Clinton will be faithful to his wife before an honest auto commercial is made. Perhaps the most honest ones made yet were the famous Joe Isuzu commercials around 15 years ago...Joe didn't even try and disguise his lying.
Last edited by mmarshall; Jul 19, 2006 at 07:17 AM.
The use of "Dr." is illegal in the first place. But then again, it is a fictional character...
Second, he isn't a German enough. You can tell it's a fake accent. They should use someone that wears a swastika. That should catch people's attentions!
Second, he isn't a German enough. You can tell it's a fake accent. They should use someone that wears a swastika. That should catch people's attentions!
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BAHAHAAHAHAAHA Yesterday on TV was the one with him driving a Pacifica or whatever into a wall and then getting out unharmed. So my mom asks, "He isn't really in the car when they do that is he?"
To which my dad replies....."No, but if he was a real executive of a company that had any ***** whatsoever, he would have been in it."
ROFL I laughed so hard.
To which my dad replies....."No, but if he was a real executive of a company that had any ***** whatsoever, he would have been in it."
ROFL I laughed so hard.
Last edited by np20412; Jul 19, 2006 at 08:00 AM.
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Originally Posted by RX_330
He says DaimlerChrysler pioneered/developed the ESP, which is totally wrong. Giving credit where it is not due.