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Old 06-11-07, 09:39 PM
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Default Favorite car commercial ever?

So I was browsing through Youtube and thought, "Hey, what if everyone shared their favorite car commercial ever?" That could be tons of fun.

I'll start... Enjoy!

Fittingly, one of my all-time favorite cars. I present you, the E39 BMW M5:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQ5Je2D-eGg
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Old 06-11-07, 10:32 PM
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!@
At first i was like...she doesn't look like the M5, but the ending was hilarious.
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Old 06-11-07, 10:37 PM
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Wow! That was was pretty friggin' awesome! Thanks for sharing!

My fave car commercial is still the Shell & Partizan one where the Ferrari is rippin' through the streets.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7qT_q8PXFrw

Here's another bad@ss one made by Pirelli Films (if you enjoyed the M5 one, then I'm pretty sure you'll like this one as well) It features Uma Thurman rippin' around the streets in a yellow Gallardo Spyder

http://www.pirellifilm.com/thefilm/viewTheFilm.jsp

- Enjoy!
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Old 06-11-07, 10:43 PM
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I liked the one posted last year by Porsche where they took a tour around in the car set to slow music. Remember that one? It was "touching".
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i have the dvd for that whole season of bmwfilms, yes the star is the best one hands down

but regarding commercial, i am with seize, the shell one is
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i like the shell/partizan one as well, but two of my other favorites:

Lexus "Totally Unexpected" (dont think this was official )
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rAs8Boc25v8

and

this Porsche Germany Commercial
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-sjM863pk
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hard to top this one.

Nissan 300ZX Commercial


ken needs to step up from the vette

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Mt two favourites:

Honda always do very good adverts; everyone knows "The Cog":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGngc...elated&search=

and they re-did the "The Quest" for last year's World Cup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7wo...elated&search=
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This is still my favorite (E39 M5)

http://www.youtube.com/v/plxNfU-PA2c

The Shell one is a very close second, though.
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Default Funny Rav4 commercial...

I just love the ode to "War of the Roses"...

Australian Rav4 commercial
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Originally Posted by juniorEXE
hard to top this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qp8siUEY74

ken needs to step up from the vette

+1. When Nissan commercials were good. The 97 Maxima and pigeon commercial was pretty cool too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hma4WubVMjI

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One of the first Mustang commercials ran in the Southwest during its introduction in the spring of '64. Sadly no examples of this one still exist, although I worked on it and I had a copy in my portfolio some years ago.

Scene: long shot, a ghost town of the old west . . . silence with a gust of wind and a tumbleweed rolling by - shuffle of feet as an old prospector in tattered overalls leads a tired donkey into the bottom of the frame.

. . . Two-shot prospector and donkey - a rustle and a faint whinny are head - the donkey's ears twitch, the prospector squints up to a faded sign - "Livery Stable" over an old clapboard building. Cut to the door as the whinny is heard again, louder this time - accompanied by a snort and the pawing of horse's hooves.

. . . quick cut of the prospector - looks puzzled as we cut back to the door from a low camera, in time to see it burst open and a new Mustang convertible comes vaulting out of the barn over the camera, with a blare of V8 exhaust, accelerating hard.

. . . a few tight glamor shots of wheels, taillights, grill - and a closeup of the donkey - swinging its head to follow.

. . . closeup on the old prospector is at the wheel - hat flying off, beard streaming out behind him - he's hanging onto the wheel, eyes wide open and screaming with delight as he drives out of the camera frame.

. . . cut back to the street over the donkey's shoulders - silence descends as we see the Mustang and driver disappearing toward the horizon . . . the donkey's ears droop.

Tagline: "Get yours at your Ford dealer . . . "
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Some of he best auto commercials ever, IMO, were the VW ones in the 60's and 70's when they sold strictly rear-engine/air-cooled vehicles, and the Honda commercials of the 1980's. Both series showed originality, ingenuity, were a refreshing change from the usual Madison Avenue and mass-marketing junk, and were, IMO, a pleasure to watch and read, with just a touch of dry humor and puns. (I can't post them all, of course, on one thread, but you older guys here on CL, I'm sure, will remember them).

Some VW dealerships today, like the one nearest me, still post blown-up graphics of those old commercials in the showroom and other areas, even though the VW vehicles today, of course, are totally different from those of 40 years ago.
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Originally Posted by juniorEXE

yup, the best. still gives me chills
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screw CGs. when Isuzu actually made nice cars.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YPz06ZGyYsg
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