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Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Poor Wes, all the "butt" jokes fall his way... The penalty of having such a nice ass... #toyotaprius more »
area_educator: If you want a swedish vampire crossover just watch Let The Right One In. My copy is in the post. It's times like these I have to point out, again, t... more »
theeastbaykid: I could let the murdering of pedestrians and bicyclists slide, but being gay...that calls for raising a bunch of money at church! #toyotaprius more »
FrankGrimes: would have been just as effective with them side beside instead of down under. #toyotaprius more »
that ain't the way to have fun, son: I'd just run with butt ugly, and leave it at that. Pain-in-the-butt works, too. #toyotaprius more »
AmishJohn: They're just making The Rainbow Connection. #toyotaprius more »
Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978: Homo habilus Homo erectus Homo sapiens Homo prius #toyotaprius more »
Alfisted: So my boss is a Prius? #toyotaprius more »
Turboner: Actually, it's my wife's obsession with "The Ghost Whisperer" that is creepy, but also kind of hot. #twilight more »
GreenN_Gold: I found Stig! #wrc more »

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Toyota Prius Is A "Butt Buddy?"
This Australian ad for the Hybrid Synergy Technology used in the Toyota Prius and other hybrids draws a parallel between gas/electric harmony and having a weird guy attached to your butt all day. Ya know, that actually kinda makes sense. More »
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Creepy Sparkle Vampires Want To Sell You A Volvo
If you have a wife/daughter/girlfriend/sister, you're likely incredibly annoyed by their obsession with the Twilight Saga movies and their lame sparkle vampires. Now, Volvo wants to use this schlocky tween vamp romance to sell you a car. Gag. More »
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Sebastian Loeb's 6th WRC Championship Memorialized With Oil Painting
And you thought rallying was dangerous before the English invaded. [via Ads Of The World]
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"Poop Explosion" Coats Holden Interior In Aussie Diaper Ad
Babies are, basically, tiny humans with a propensity for making enormous messes. This Holden Captiva learns that the hard way when a baby has a "number 3" — you know, a "poop explosion" — in this Australian diaper ad. Gross.
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"I Live. I Ride. I Am. Jeep." Ad Will Not Conquer
The Caesar-like tagline and montage-gasmic commercial created for the New New Jeep fail because they could be used for almost any product. I Live. I Watch. I get bored. I forget this is an ad for Jeep. See for yourself. More »
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My Name Is Irony
My name is Ram. My tank is full. I am fueled by optimism, driven by passion and stopped by lawyers...
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"My Name Is Ram" Ad Just Too Easy To Parody
The My Name Is Ram ad has only been on the web for a few hours and already here's the first parody exposing Chrysler's full tank of schlock. [Banovsky]
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First "My Name Is Ram: My Tank Is Full" Ad, For Real

After attempting to show you the first My Name Is Ram commercial yesterday, we now have the final-cut that aired at last night's World Series below the jump. More »
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First "My Name Is Ram" Ad: My Tank Is Full...
Here's the first look at the new ad for the Dodge Ram brand with the awkwardly double entendre-filled, overly repeated taglines: My Name Is Ram and My Tank Is Full. Yeah, you're definitely full of something New New Chrysler. More »
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Everyone Rush Down To Elder Ford To Buy A Focus RS
In what might be one of the most appealing, and therefore misleading, advertisements in recent memory we have a local Ford dealership promoting both a Ford Focus RS and a Ford Raptor. More »
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Less Than 1% Of GM Customers Take Money Back Guarantee Option
GM's latest numbers from their "May the Best Car Win" campaign? Of 142,000 vehicles sold, 449 customers took the money-back guarantee option, four have returned cars, and 49 vehicles are in process. Overall, less than 1% of total sales.
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'69 Corvette And '88 Lamborghini Horrifyingly Swap Paint In Japanese Gran Turismo Ad

We spotted this Japan-only Gran Turismo commercial in the Playstation booth here at the Tokyo Motor Show and it made us want to cry. More »
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"Motor-Tober" Campaign Hopes To Scare Up Mini Sales
Mini's rolling out a campaign dubbed "Motor-Tober" to drum up interest in the lineup. The fall-theme includes the above ad and others, open houses at dealers, auto-cross events and the like. Wonder if there'll be a mini-pumpkin carving contest? [Twitpic]
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The Self-Purported Funniest Commercial Ever
The YouTube headline on this commercial claims this oldie's the funniest commercial ever. It's pretty close. Also, it's not safe for work. Unless you work around people who don't speak a lick of English. Then it's hilarious.
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James Dean Dodges '50 Ford, Goes On To Save African Children
What if James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder had missed that Ford Custom at the intersection of State Routes 46 and 41? According to South Africa's Allan Gray Investments, Things Would Have Been Different. More »
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How To Advertise A Luxury Car In Middle Of A Global Recession
Lexus, Mercedes, Rolls–Royce, whoever else is in the luxury business these days: take note of this Duesenberg ad from the June 1935 issue of Vanity Fair. More »
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Skoda Yeti Adverts Mix Cars, Mixed Drinks
Out friends at Animal New York summarize these ads for the Skoda Yeti as "Yeah, let's get drunk and go run over some polar bears and penguins!" True, but it's a Czech company. Do you think it's so awful? More »
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Subaru Outback Detergent "Infomercial" Is Clever, Unexpected
We were busy tuning out just-another-cleaning-product infomercial on television when we noticed someone falling off a cliff and decided there was some funny business going on. Turns out it was a weird, funny, totally-off-the-wall Subaru Outback ad.
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Advermentary Explains How Honda Is Exactly Like Tony Hawk
Honda has just released yet another embarrassingly well-produced video in their "Dream The Impossible" advertorial documentary series. It's all part of a clever PR offensive to remind lefty buyers that, unlike those other guys, Honda has a soul. [YouTube]
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VW Turns Stockholm Subway Staircase Into Awesome Giant Piano
Volkswagen's turned a subway staircase in Stockholm, Sweden into a giant piano to show fun can trump conveniences like an escalator. The ad, created by DDB Stockholm, is part of the "Fun Theory" campaign and does indeed seem fun. [Neatorama]
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Did This UK Mercedes Ad Cross The Line?
The new Mercedes E-Class was launched in Britain with a tree-hugging ad stating "It's a pleasure, but not a guilty one." The UK's national Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) disagreed and told them to pull the print advertisement. Who is right? More »
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Bankrupt Buff Books Blow Wad On Boosted Lincoln To Beat Bigger-Engined Euros
~~Ford~~ Motor Trend and Automobile pit an ecoboosted Lincoln versus eight-cylinder Euros in a race over Loveland Pass. Since there's no disclaimer saying this is advertorial, how is a bankrupt media company's editorial budget big enough to support this? [6versus8]
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BMW Museum's "Advertising Through History" Display Conspicuously Blank For 1940s
The BMW advertising through the years display at the BMW Museum in Munich features a conspicuously empty 1940s. Well, if you've got nothing nice to say, best to just leave it blank, right? [via Imgur]
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Audi Taunts Ferrari On Their Own Turf
First there was the Audi billboard aimed squarely at BMW. Now Audi is poking Ferrari with this ad and their new Audi R8 5.2 FSI. Will Ferrari follow BMW's lead and respond? We can only hope.
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Ad Agency Sued Over Toyota Matrix Prank Marketing
Remember the prank-based Toyota Matrix marketing from last year? Amber Duik sure does. She's suing Saatchi, Toyota's out-going ad agency, after their "pranks" made her believe a criminal and his pit bull were heading for her house. More »
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Audi Canada Offers Garages An R8 V10 For Just $469.99
No, there haven't been any wild currency fluctuations. Audi Canada is offering a garage-sized, printed photo of an open garage with an Audi R8 V10 inside for just $469.99 Canadian. Poseurs wanted. [Audi Canada via Carscoop]
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Doomed Detroit Iron Sings The Praises Of The Peugeot 207
OK, so we've got this alternative universe in which new Peugeots are sold in Southern California, and in that universe are singing Detroit junkers! More »
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Child Safety Has Come A Long Way, Baby
The "Easybaby Car Belt" is clearly the product of a time when pregnant women smoked, men drove drunk, and people expected to be ejected "safely" from their cars. "A perfect baby present" for a baby you hate. [Copyranter]
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Romanian Drivers Get Another Kind Of Urine Test
This ad campaign is intended to deter drunk driving in Bucharest by reminding drinkers of their inebriation while they're peeing. Think it'll stop people or just encourage accurate pissers that they're ok to drive? [Copyranter]
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VIDEO: Drew Barrymore In Jay Leno's Reasonably-Priced Electric Ford Focus "Race Car"

Jay Leno, in a bout of what we've gotta believe is advertiser capitulation, described the prototype electric Ford Focus to his first celeb-driver, Drew Barrymore, as an "electric Ford Focus race car." On what planet is this a race car? More »
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What's The Mystery Cadillac In GM's Money-Back Ad?
The CTS Coupe's coming next year, the ATS and STS/DTS-replacing Cadillac XTS are in the works, but in Ed Whitacre's 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee commercial, there's a Caddy peeking out from under wraps. But which is it? Find out below. More »
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Tesla Tea Party: Cups Hold Up Heaping Helping Of Tesla
Remember the William Ashley china shop? They put a Lamborghini Superleggera up on tea cups outside their shop in Toronto. Before that, a plain-Jane Lamborghini Gallardo. Now, a Tesla roadster. Apparently, their china is going smug and green. Gallery below. More »
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GM Launches "May The Best Car Win" Campaign With A 60-Day Money Back Guarantee
GM believes their new products are the best, launching a brand spankin' new ad campaign complete with a 60-day money back guarantee. Also, Bob Lutz is going to race Wes Siler. But you already know that. More »
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The Official Ford Scorpion Diesel Engine Mascot. No, We're Not Kidding.
Apparently Ford contracted an out-of-work Detroit-area album cover artist for 80s hair bands to do the mascot for the 2011 Ford F-Series HD's all-new 6.7-liter V8 turbodiesel Scorpion engine. Or they were channeling the band of a similar name. [Pickuptrucks.com]
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Ten Surprisingly Graphic Street Advertisements
With fewer people reading and more people Tivoing, advertisers are turning back to the outdoor ad. Naturally, they're injecting sex, violence and butt jokes to get them noticed. Ten graphic, and often bootylicious outdoor advertisements below. NSFW. More »
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Jay Leno's "Star In A Reasonably-Priced Green Car" To Use Ford's Battery Electric Focus Concept
A specially-built battery electric Ford Focus will be driven through Jay Leno's (pictured above with two Jalopnik readers) new show, premiering Sept. 14 on NBC, by celebrity guests who are competing in the "Green Car Challenge" for best track times. More »
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Lexus Creates Tennis Ball Fuzz-Covered IS 350 For U.S. Open
Lexus exhibits their talent for extremely literal marketing with this neon green tennis ball fuzz-covered IS 350 on display at the U.S. Open; the neon green is easier to find in a parking lot or wooded area near the court. More »
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Honda Responds To Facebook Crosstour Hatefest
After enduring a seemingly endless litany of complaints regarding the design of the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour on the Crosstour Facebook page, Honda is finally attempting some damage control. Apparently, it's the photographers fault! More »
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Honda Fan-Boys Unleash Haterade On Official Crosstour Facebook Page
Not everyone is a fan of of the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour. Want proof? Head over to Honda's official Crosstour Facebook page. If you enjoy irked Honda fan-boys, you really need to go here.
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Jalopnik's 9 Favorite Vintage Citroën Commercials
It's a shame that the Citroën brand never really made it big in North America, because nobody does weird ads like Citroën. Post-apocalyptic scenarios, brain-scrambling animations, and- of course- the giant robot head of Grace Jones! More »

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