Sunday Ads: a new direction for Kia
Kia TV ads used to be funny and a bit over-the-top, like the one with a salesman of the brand reenacting the famous danse scene frome Flashdance. But they got some attention. Now Kia Motors America’s marketing director, Tim Chaney, was quoted by AdAge saying: “We don’t want to spend a good chunk of our time in a 30-second spot trying to entertain people.” Hum. So the new TV spot for the Borrego reflects the new direction, it pokes fun a the traditional... Read More
Sunday Ads: Ford American Idol commercials
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/25/sunday-ads-ford-american-idol-commercials/'; Ford has once again came up with very specific commercials based around a sole popular TV show, and we selected three of them to share with you guys. You might remember the ads specificaly made for the new Knight Rider pilot, involving KITT, Mike Tracer (Justin Bruening) and pretty much every Ford vehicle equipped with SYNC. Well, they did about the same thing with the finalists from... Read More
Sunday Ads: a bit of physics with the Accord
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/04/sunday-ads-a-bit-of-physics-with-the-accord/'; “Isn’t it nice when things just… work?” Remember playing with gears and pulleys, for example with your Legos, when you were a kid? Yeah? Then you’re going to like this amazing ad, which was made to promote the Honda Accord back in 2006. Using only parts from the car itself, they put together an incredibly complex mechanism (a.k.a a Rube Goldberg machine)... Read More
Sunday Ads: Cadbury “Airport trucks racing”
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Okay. We already shared some ads with you guys this week: the Hoff and Heidi Klum for Volkswagen, and the newest Iron Man TV spot. Now we’d like to share this Cadbury ad we first saw on Autoblog. We called it “Airport trucks racing” because it describes it perfectly. Not a single piece of chocolate during the whole video, but awesomely customized airport vehicles laying some rubber down (better than KITT My Ride? One of Queen’s... Read More
Sunday Ads: easter egg Civic
If the thought of policemen dressed as easter bunnies makes you incomfortable, don’t watch the video above. It’s an ad for the previous generation Honda Civic, promoting the advantages of its flatfloor concept. A precious Easter egg has disappeared, the rabbit police is on the lookout… Enjoy, and easy on the chocolate, OK? Read More
Sunday ads: Pontiac, Sin City & Renaissance style
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/10/sunday-ads-pontiac-sin-city/'; As you can tell, today is Pontiac day, with two commercials relying on recent movies. The first one was linked to Transformers, with Megan Fox (read our previous article: Megan Fox hearts Pontiac), while the second one, entirely in black and white (except for the Pontiac logo) seems to be inspired by the movies Sin City (2005) and Renaissance (2006). Sin City by Robert Rodriguez & Frank... 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
