Interesting. A little long, but interesting...

I'll have to think about it for a while, but I'm not sure that it portrays Honda in a way that would make me buy anything? It does say that Honda has been around a long time. So they got that going for it...

 

I think it makes Honda a fair deal sexier than it actually is. I'm still "do not want" about the brand, but it did make me a bit curious about a brand I usually ignore.

 

That's pretty good, but I'll raise you my two favorite car ads in recent memory.

The more sedate, VW Night Drive. I love this for so many reasons, but mostly because I often go for solo night drives up the Coast Highway.

The eargasm, Ferrari Shell. No comment necessary.

Honorable mention, VW Cabrio with Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". It's a convertible thing. Wanted a vert the first time I saw this.

 

I like that first one, Saab does need something with its heritage, but catchy and simple.

VW Night Drive.

That is phenomenal. Makes me feel quite comfortable. ..::Not to mention that Richard Burton has an odd way of evoking emotion in that simple minute and a half::..

Ferrari Shell

I love that sound.

For these two, You sir, win.

..::EDIT::.. Here's one for the creepy factor just for kicks.
Creepy Ford Kid

 

That ferrari one is great, similar idea too.

Paul

 

Honda kind of did a "born from jets" with this, but in a not nearly as tacky way. It does not make me want to buy a CVCC though!

 

That is all.

 

I am quite glad to have seen that. I will be spreading that around now.

 

Entertaining add with a great song. I would have been more impressed it if showed me finishing a cord of wood splitting with a Honda 5.5 hp. They make great little engines.

 

 

as a side note.... i really hope Saab does the right thing and takes a long hard look at their advertising campaign. they need something new and fresh to wade through the muck of car adverts. this imho will be key to bringing them back to life as a global and profitable company.

 

If only we could get rid of all Citroen 2CVs as easily as that. For as much as I lust after a DS, I hate, hate, hate those stupid tuna cans.

 

That Saab one is hilarious.

So is this one

I think we need to have celebrities in commercials hawking bum-wines again.

Paul

 

On the topic of car commercials, does the soundtrack in this Subaru commercial remind anyone else of 2 girls 1 cup?

Also, pretty sure that guy is stealing...

 

No, actually it didn't. And he's stealing from his own car? rrriiigghhhtt...

 

That Soo-bar-u commercial makes me want to drown kittens.

 

I suspect Topher had something to do with this.

 

So there's no chance he talked to the owners of the junkyard and maybe bought the knob and drivers manual...

anyways, How about this one? I like it.
Wicked car.

 

Considering the look on his face and his pause prior to taking it, and then proceeding to put it in his pocket and drive off, I don't think he talked it over with the owners.

 

^^^That'll do nicely, thank you.

 

Also...the song in the background of the beginning of this Top Gear installment is fantastic for any spontaneous rally driving...

It's "Grounds for Divorce" by Elbow. I recommend that, if any of the Saab ad folks are at all listening, they use it for their first, pre-GM divorce ads.

I'll stop yammering on about this and go and have a smoke.

 

probably one of my fav Audi ads!