encore888

This evening, I saw my first ES 350 commercial. It takes place in a black hall room, with light on the black.gray ES 350 at the center. The new car is flanked by a row of test dummies.

As the narrator spoke, the camera focused on: an aerial view of the cabin, the perforated seats, the glow of the instrument panel and movement of the auto-tilt steering wheel as the engine was turned on, the start/stop button, the center console...

The narrator, Mr. Lexus, said: "Every line...every texture...every nuance...is designed for one thing..." (I'm paraphrasing here).

At the end, the test dummy seated in the driver's seat was shown...getting goosebumps!

Followed by "The all new ES 350."

A very nice, tasteful commercial. Attention-grabbing. It made the ES resemble a museum piece, or part of an orchestra section for some reason.

I'm intrigued for sure!

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

Which channel did you find it at? The commercial/video is not up on Lexus.com yet...

encore888

It was on ABC during primetime.

GFerg

http://mfile.akamai.com/8065/wmv/toy..._Debut_Win.asx

SilverLady

If you watch "The Apprentice" on Monday nights you will probably see every car commercial made.

The ES350 one had these robot arms caressing the car. My daughter thought it was kind of odd!

jeffofla

Does anyone have the ability to give an mpeg file of one of the commercials?

encore888

This is the file as a Windows Media Player, .wmv file.

http://rapidshare.de/files/19655163/...t_Win.wmv.html

encore888

This is the "Goosebumps" ad I summarized earlier:

http://mfile.akamai.com/8065/wmv/toy...ebumps_Win.asx

jeffofla

Any chance of getting a non-expiring version?

encore888

What do you mean, non-expiring? If you download that file, it is saved to your desktop and is no longer a streaming video clip, so it will never expire. You can play the clip even without an internet connection.

If you play it in WIndows Media Player, it cannot be fast-forwarded, but if you use VLC Media Player or some other program, you can stop, pause, fast-forward at any time.

jeffofla

My bad. I see uploaded files expire. Not downloaded. So it doesn't seem to have any copy protection on it. Thanks.

MPLexus301

iTrader: (3)

Wow I really like that runway/manufacturing plant one. The car looks great there.