Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/15/21 8:56 a.m.
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Just because car commercials have the specific goal of promoting a car  doesn’t mean that they can’t be funny or enjoyable to watch. In fact, it’s often things like humor—whether intestinal or accidental—that make some car commercials more memorable than others.

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ascott
ascott GRM+ Memberand New Reader
2/15/21 10:04 a.m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlIu1a1Vieg

Classic. Mostly because I loved Hum back in the day. Went to a couple of their shows. Fantastic band that never got polished enough to go mainstream and moved on to other things.

Then suddenly they show up in a Cadillac commercial twenty years later. At that point, I knew my generation had at least conquered General Motors from the inside.

Cool fact: Hum never sold enough albums to pay Sony back for their advance, but Sony shared the royalty revenue for that commercial with the band anyway.

mtn (Forum Supporter)
mtn (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
2/15/21 12:33 p.m.

There is only one option: With the Camry Sport Edition, you'll feel grounded to the ground.

Kreb (Forum Supporter)
Kreb (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
2/15/21 12:51 p.m.
noddaz
noddaz GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
2/15/21 1:08 p.m.
fearlesfil
fearlesfil New Reader
2/15/21 1:17 p.m.
rbpeirce
rbpeirce
2/15/21 1:30 p.m.

My favorite goes back, I think, to the 1950s.  It is particularly appropriate this week.

Did you ever wonder how the man who drives the snowplow gets to the snowplow?  This man drives a Volkswagen [original beetle].

LouInPA
LouInPA New Reader
2/15/21 1:38 p.m.

I love the Nissan 300ZX Ken/Barbie ad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QKK5IDSXE

borf42
borf42 GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/15/21 1:38 p.m.

I have always liked the Unpimp ze auto commercials from VW back in the day...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1MNEqCr748

 

They were silly. Stilil pretty silly.

Bill Strong
Bill Strong New Reader
2/15/21 1:42 p.m.

Really? There is no substitute.
Joe Isuzu


https://youtu.be/7gTI6KO75hY

 

rbpeirce
rbpeirce New Reader
2/15/21 1:49 p.m.

In reply to rbpeirce :

I actually found the ad on YouTube.  Turns out it was actuall from the 1960s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABcckOTVqao

Trent
Trent PowerDork
2/15/21 3:03 p.m.
Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter)
Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
2/15/21 3:46 p.m.

In the mid 90's when the LT1 was put in the Cadillac Fleetwood there was an ad showing one effortlessly passing a Lincoln while towing a wooden Chris-Craft boat.

pontiacstogo
pontiacstogo Reader
2/15/21 8:27 p.m.
f1carguy
f1carguy New Reader
2/16/21 3:31 p.m.

The old Volvo ads with the stacked up Volvos!

Lasso
Lasso New Reader
2/17/21 3:03 a.m.

The only way to travel is Cadillac Style!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Ha_sFNsqc

 

 

jnoyes
jnoyes GRM+ Memberand New Reader
2/17/21 6:20 p.m.

Love the creativity of this classic one for the E39 M5:

https://youtu.be/OFIbuFUqJM0

rico750sxi_2
rico750sxi_2 Reader
2/17/21 8:08 p.m.

https://youtu.be/LZbzWB8df8g

one of my favorites. 

Jordan R
Jordan R UltraDork
2/18/21 1:20 p.m.

Definitely do not watch this at work...

 

Dootz
Dootz Reader
2/19/21 2:09 a.m.

I grew up and get nostalgic for the 2000s Mazda zoom-zoom ads, but this right here reminds me about being passionate for driving
 

 

MrFancypants
MrFancypants Reader
2/19/21 7:31 a.m.

It's not a traditional commercial, but the last Ken Block Gymkhana video is a pretty great Subaru advertisement.

 

Peabody
Peabody UltimaDork
2/19/21 7:45 a.m.
buzzboy
buzzboy Dork
2/19/21 9:17 a.m.

The old VW ads are my favorite, but it's so hard to pick one.

Wilt Chamberlain

or

Dustin Hoffman

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