Knight Rider last night
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/18/knight-rider-last-night/'; NBC aired its two-hour movie “event” last night and of course we were in front of the TV. While we were pleasantly surprised by the show -which was better than we expected- it could have been much better. There’s been tons of reactions on the Internet, both by websites and their users, and they tend to be either very sour (like Autoblog and its “liveblog” (and most of... Read More
Sunday Ads: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-megan-fox-hearts-pontiac/\\\\\\\'; Before Transformers hit the screens last year, GM was already capitalizing on its product placement in the summer blockbuster to boost its sales with several ads. This one was for the Pontiac GXP, a.k.a Jazz in the movie, and was linked to a website , killer3.com, on which viewers could win an actual GXP. Killer 3 because (I’m taking a guess here): killer... Read More
KITT is Back: the newest NBC commercial.
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/09/kitt-is-back-the-newest-nbc-commercial/';Only a week away from the 2 hours pilot of the new Knight Rider, the marketing is getting more and more aggressive and NBC airing new commercials. Here, Justin Bruening (as Mike Tracer) is being explained that the Foundation is back and that they want him to drive the car. He’s then seen driving it and gettting a first hand experience of KITT’s abilities (including not getting... Read More
Sunday ads: Cars.com, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, Cadillac ‘08 Super Bowl commercials
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/04/sunday-ads-carscom-toyota-ford-08-super-bowl-commercials/\\\\\\\';Yep. It’s Monday. But yesterday was so big it was hard to fit everything! So here are the links to the XLII Super Bowl ads of Cars.com, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai and Cadillac. Of course we loved the E*TRADE Trading Baby too, but that as nothing to do with cars and/or movies. Ok… here’s the link. Links open in a new window. Toyota The All-New... Read More
Sunday ads: Audi R8 “Godfather” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-audi-r8-godfather-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\'; “Old luxury just got put on notice.” Audi, struggling with its own image being always one notch below BMW and Mercedes, has decided to put them down once and for all, at least in its commercial. In its remake of the famous “horse head” scene from The Godfather, the R8 is the hitman who just made the old mogul an offer he can not... Read More
Sunday ads: Garmin “Napoleon” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-garmin-napoleon-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\';Napoleon drives a Panhard PL17, navigating to his troups with the help of a Garmin GPS. Very well done, with a cool song and a car unknown to the American audience, but unmistakable. Read More
Sunday ads: Pepsi “Timberlake” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-pepsi-timberlake-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\'; Really simply because it’s funny and there’s some cars in it… Yep, that’s our excuse. Read More
Sunday ads: Bridgestone “Scream” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-bridgestone-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\';Bridgestone had an amazingly funny commercial. Even though we first thought it was for Saab, it’s works great and it seems to be this year’s favorite Super Bowl ad on the web right now, with the E*Trade baby. Update: the other Bridgestone commercial (the creepy one with Alice cooper) “Unexpected Obstacles” Read More
Sunday Ads special: it’s Super Bowl time!
digg_url = \'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-special-its-super-bowl-time/\';Today is the Super Bowl XLII, and as you might know, Super Bowl means uber expensive, never-seen-before ads. It’s very important for a lot of brands and especially for car manufacturers.As revealed by Autoblog, this year Toyota, Hyundai, Audi and Chevrolet are the four car brands who will take the financial and creative challenge. Cars.com and Garmin will also be there. Watch... Read More
Chinese Citroen C4 transformer
You might have heard of this already, but some guys built a Citroën C4 Transformer. They were either obsessed with the commercial (our article) or working for some Citroën event there… We’ve found a video on digg and couldn’t understand a word, but it’s funny to see that thing, real size and all. And the guys are dead serious when they talk about it. The Youku (Chinese YouTube) video. Read More
