<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Amerigasm]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Amerigasm]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/amerigasm http://jalopnik.com/tag/amerigasm <![CDATA[Chevy Thrusts Its New Ads Deep For Amerigasmic Payoff]]> We've really tried to not hit the easy joke from the bowtie brand's new tagline "Chevy Runs Deep." But when it's stuck on the tip of a phallic Camaro thrusting out in these new ads, how can anyone avoid it? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5674655&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mini Cooper Covered In One Million Swarovski Crystals... Is Proud To Be An American?]]> Who knew an art car (made by two Canadians) made from a Mini Cooper (a British brand name made by a German company) covered in one million Swarovski crystals (a German-founded, Swiss-owned brand) housed at a Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum (in London) could be such an Amerigasm? The "Crystal Car" made by Ken and Annie Burkitt of Ontario, Canada is covered in one million Swarovski lead crystals and displays 10 separate images of American Icons, including the Statue of Liberty, the Hollywood Hills sign and Mt. Rushmore. Believe it, or not America, but this is you. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5086878&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ten Greatest American Police Patrol Cars]]> We're celebrating Independence Day with a week-long automotive Amerigasm heading down two diametrically opposite roads. The first, started yesterday, is a salute to the best car commercials — a celebration of the conspicuous over-consumption that made this nation great. The second road is one we'll be traveling at government-mandated speeds — a salute to the police car. While The Man may always be trying to keep us down, we salute him for having some killer vehicles with which to do it. You can take both roads this week here. —Ed.
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=397257&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Looks To The Amerigasmic Power Of Toby Keith To Save The F-150]]> More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=396663&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Commenter Of The Day: Top Gear USAgasm Edition]]> If you hadn't noticed, we've written a lot about Top Gear USA today, including posting the official release, the first photos and the host bios. Basically, it was a Toby Keith-sized Amerigasm all over the Jalop today as all the months of wondering, waiting and complaining finally came to an end (well, an "end" until we actually see the pilot of Top Gear USA). But what about the important question: Will it work? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=396309&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ad Watch: Ford F-150 Eschews Amerigasm In Favor Of Killing A Cake]]> I've heard it's not possible to teach an old dog new tricks, and after watching years of Chevy and Ford truck ads, I was beginning to believe it was true. Especially after I saw the last round of amerigasmic ads from Chevrolet and Ford. Then FoMoCo dropped the above ad in our lap called "Cake." It's a commercial for the F-150 "celebrating" 30 years as the 'merican pickup truck sales leader — and lookie here — no Toby Keith, no "Ford Truck Man" song, no underlying message other than a truck driving through a big cake and a voice-over telling the viewer
"We've been Americas best-selling truck for 30 years now. Guess we should celebrate. Nah, we've got work to do. With best-in-class payload and towing, Ford trucks are built Ford tough."
Kudos to FoMoCo for running a commercial finally taking a step away from the awkward and uncomfortably jingoistic ads which have been the hallmark of the #1 and #2 pickup truck building automakers, and finally make a bold move by letting the product stand on it's own four wheels. You shouldn't need an amerigasm to sell a truck, you need a good truck to sell a truck. Oh, and the second ad, although not nearly as good, and not at all funny — but does talk about the truck without Toby Keith — is after the jump. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=230786&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The FordLink Mobile Office: An Amerigasm Of Computing For The Ford Truck Man]]> Apparently there's a part of the Toby Keith "Ford truck man" song we must have missed. It's a part of the song that must not have reached the commercials, where Keith pulls out a pocket protector and a tablet PC — and then says
"If you're the type of man who needs to surf the web and check your e-mail on the go, and do it from a ruggedized tablet platform running off of an AMD Geode LX 800 chipset, then you're probably a Ford truck man."
Keith must have said it — because with FoMoCo's new FordLink Mobile Office system, they've gone and done just that — come up with a way to integarate a tablet PC built by Azentek into your Ford truck — acting as the trucks GPS unit, satellite radio system, and surfer of Pr0n. FoMoCo claims it's a system designed for folks who use their truck as their office and want a simplified dealer-installed way to make sure their road office has the same amenities as their real office — namely a computer. We had the opportunity to do a test-run with the system, available only for FoMoCo's Super-Duty trucks, at the automaker's SEMA pre-show blowout two weeks ago, and the video above's the result. Also check out the gallery below and the full specs on the unit below the jump. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213994&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Idolator Wants Its Own Ford-Flavored Toby Keith Amerigasm]]> Our brother/sister site obsessed with music, we are flattered to learn, was so tickled by the phraseology we used to explain an orgasmic display of American patriotism — such as that displayed in the new Toby Keith Ford truck ads or the Mellencamp-soundtracked Chevy Silverado ads — they now want nothing more than to experience a Toby Keith-flavored "amerigasm" of their own. They're issuing a call to arms — a plea of help — an ecstasy-filled scream — to all of America's red-blooded and patriotic journalists to help them in their quest to find: More »
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