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Awwww, Brand Logos When They Were Babies
We know where brand logos come from and what they mean, but what did they look like when they were babies? Thanks to Brazilian ad agency Dentsu working for Minichamps, a die-cast scale model company, we now know what the toddler versions of logos from Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati and Jaguar all look like. Wait — why is there a "baby" version of a trident? They don't make baby tridents do they? How many Zeus babies can there possibly be? That's like making a baby version of the Buick logo with cutesy shields. That doesn't make any sense.[Lerr]
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American Idol Ruins Johnny Cash Song With Help From A Fake KITT Mustang
If you thought the GT500KR in the Knight Rider made-for-TV movie was a disgusting piece of product placement, you ain't seen nothin' yet. What could be worse? How about the four remaining contestants in American Idol massacring Johnny Cash's song Ring Of Fire? What makes it extra terrible was the so-called "music video" which involved the Idols bullfighting with a Mustang which was apparently the cousin of KITT. Feel free to watch the clip with your sound turned off— we don't want to scar you.[americanidol.com]
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Lindsay Lohan Poster Girl For Breathalyzer Ignition Interlocks
You know you've made it as a hard partying celeb when yours face is chosen by paranoid delusional persons as that of drunk driving goddess incarnate. Lindsay Lohan is just so lucky. Her 2007 DUI mugshot is featured prominently as the example of those kinds of people who need an in-car breathalyzer ignition interlock, versus you know, the regular drinky-drivers. It's all part of a newspaper ad from the confusing folks at Interlock Facts who want to make sure those dastardly "anti-alcohol activists" don't get to put a breathalyzer in your car. We hate to break it to you "Interlock Facts", but on the list of things to be paranoid about, this one is pretty damn far down. We do give you points for your mean-spirited ads though. Full spot below the fold. More »
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All Italians drive Vespas, talk with their hands, and drink espresso. All we ever needed to know about Italians we learned from the new Lamborghini ad campaign. We kid. Philipp und Keuntje are the same folks who brought you the "Welcome to Sant'Agata Bolognese" series and are at it again with "Feels Italian. Wherever you are". It plays on the same clever take on all things raging bull while educating the youth of the world about the Italian lifestyle. We especially like the burley biker doing the burnout on a Vespa in front of El Chicos. Well done sirs, well done.
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New Lamborghini Ad Campaign Is Stereotype-tastic
All Italians drive Vespas, talk with their hands, and drink espresso. All we ever needed to know about Italians we learned from the new Lamborghini ad campaign. We kid. Philipp und Keuntje are the same folks who brought you the "Welcome to Sant'Agata Bolognese" series and are at it again with "Feels Italian. Wherever you are". It plays on the same clever take on all things raging bull while educating the youth of the world about the Italian lifestyle. We especially like the burley biker doing the burnout on a Vespa in front of El Chicos. Well done sirs, well done.[Carscoop]
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Lonely And Pathetic? Buy A Saleen Mustang From These Guys
When we were 11 we had a bachelor uncle who proudly displayed a poster in his bedroom of a woman wearing soap and little else cleaning off a Corvette. We thought it was hot at the time but, thankfully, grew enough over the next two years to understand the difference between things that are sexy and things that are merely unpoetic attempts to allude to sex. Though not everyone, particularly people who own car dealerships, have the evolved taste we developed at age 13, we're guessing you all can see this local advertisement for a Saleen mustang for what it is: two unimpressed bottle-blondes in bikinis doing what they have to do to scrape together enough funds for that final semester of beautician's school. Though it may have helped sell a few more cars, this is only because the dealership is from a northern Dallas suburb, meaning it is even closer to Oklahoma. (SFW, not safe for epileptics) [Motorpasion via CarScoop]
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Ford Succeeds In Giving Us Nightmares With New Ka Spot
We understand the Ford Ka is a roomy vehicle. Hell, it's even big enough for James Bond and many Bond girls, but the means this Spanish commercial goes to in order to express that notion is going to cause us to have some serious trouble sleeping tonight. The first one to identify what the hell those creatures are gets a cookie. [Neatorama]
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Pontiac Vibe Commercial Featuring Shwayze. Wait, Who?
You know you're not 'hip' or 'with it' anymore when when you see a musical artist featured in a new ad campaign and you don't know if they're a nobody or a somebody. Does anybody know who Shwayze is? It's kind of a catchy tune, that relies a little heavily on the fact that Shwayze rhymes with everything. The ad is undeniably targeted at that wannabe-indy-hipster-with-cash demographic that Pontiac is probably just drooling over. Maybe Pontiac is trying to pull an Apple and make artists with their ads. Whatever the case, we're still not sure about this whole "Is Car" slogan Pontiac is running. Nevertheless, the product they're churning out lately is way better than the "Driving Excitement" days so we're not complaining.
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Volkwagen Scirocco Chase Video Awful, Confusing
We refuse to believe someone was paid to produce this Volkswagen Scirocco video that's so bad it makes us feel itchy. Why is this man driving a Scirocco through a barren desert landscape? Well, he's being chased by the worlds laziest police force — apparently there for comedic effect, rather than an actual car chase. Is the Scirocco so titillating — so mind-bendingly amazing — that when they finally catch up to him in an airport hanger, they forget the driver is still in the car? Bad car ad, bad. No, no, no — rub your nose in it! [Youtube via Carscoop]
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Kobe Bryant Jumps Over Aston Martin?
Say what you will about Kobe Bryant, you can't deny the guy has some serious jumping capability, or "mad hops" as they say. But can he really jump over an Aston Martin DB9 Volante? More importantly, did he actually jump over it, or was it all a slickly edited fake? We're skeptics, but what do you think?[kb24.com]
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Clearly, It's The Children That Are Screwing Up The Environment
We stumbled across these Japanese commercials for the Mitsubishi i MiEV and noticed something very interesting. It's basically the same as the commercials for the Yukon/Tahoe Hybrid. The gimmick in both of them is that someone explains to a group of children how the technology works and how awesome it is. The real meaning behind this is that you, the consumer, is about as smart as an eight-year-old when it comes to green technology. But rather than explaining it to you directly they use kids as your proxy, expecting you to be too dumb to know what a proxy is. [Via TH]
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* If you come back at 11 there will not be any more information, but feel free to keep watching the commercial.
Breaking: Truck Rhymes With Fuck, Advertisers Exploit
Hide your children, let your pets outside, the advertisers have finally stumbled upon a new gimmick in advertising. Little did anyone know the word truck rhymes with and sounds like that familiar four-letter f-word. What will happen when your kids start going around spouting off the word truck? Is it time to bring back whoopings? Is Toyota to blame with this Tundra advertisement? More at 11*. (Hat tip to Buckster!) [via Youtube]* If you come back at 11 there will not be any more information, but feel free to keep watching the commercial.
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The BMW M3 Takes You Through The V8 On A Real Fantastic Voyage In "Performance"
As we've already shown you, the new BMW M3 is a hot bit of precision machinery. While it is essentially a modified 3-series, the real difference is the M3's 4.0-liter V8. Trouble is, nowadays you pop the hood and you're overwhelmed with all sorts of plastic and coated metal covers. So BMW decided the M3's V8 engine was deserved of a Fantastic Voyage of a trip on the inside of this magical metallic marvel of modern technology. That's right, this commercial isn't some newfangled computer-graphic simulation. This is good ol' fashioned footage— you know, shot with cameras. Special holes had to be precisely cut for the tiny cameras to peek through, and other holes for just the right amount of lighting. The end result is a masterfully-shot, slow-motion micro-documentary of the beautiful process known as internal combustion.[YouTube]
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Angry Bob Knight Yells At Volkswagen
Last night a Big XII team won the NCAA National Championship, but it wasn't Bobby Knight's former Texas Tech Red Raiders, who failed to get an invite to either the NCAA Tourney or the NIT. But Bobby Knight did get an invite to reprise his role as an angry, sad man in this VW commercial, which is part of the Das Auto series wherein famous people are interviewed by Max, a 1964 black Beetle that sounds suspiciously like our favorite doctor. Enjoy. [YouTube]
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frigtening naivete of physics terrifying Deutsche chompers movie in three parts. ED: Yes, we know we're probably just shilling for BMW, but they're practically making fun of themselves here, so how could we not run with this? UPDATE: All three parts of the video are now below the jump to prevent the threesome of streams from all playing together.
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EXCLUSIVE: "The Ramp", A Documentary by Jeff Schultz
"There's a fine line between genius, and insanity — and a hair brained scheme, and a revolutionary idea." posits this film, and we agree. As a result of our early discovery of the 2009 BMW 1-Series themed Rampenfest viral marketing campaign, we have been offered the exclusive rights to bring you the world wide documentary premier of "The Ramp". The thirty minute movie chronicles the men, the mission, and the madness of an attempt to launch the 1-series from Germany to America by way of ramp. And before you get to thinking, "Bah, that's not too hard," the attempt is not designed to simply go from the imaginary town of Oberpfaffelbachen, Germany to say, New York City. No, the car's intended target is San Francisco. So grab some popcorn and a comfy chair, sit back, and enjoy the
10:20 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
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Latest by jamesuschrist: They stole my idea! I once gave a speech (to my high school class, admittedly) suggesting that our county should build a giant ramp to attract tourism. The concept included a once-yearly festival... more »
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As much as the Internet is powered by ads, you probably don't want to go too far down the Google AdWord rabbit hole because you might be frightened by what you find. In this case a search of Hummer served up a steamy ad claiming
A Hummer Won't Get You The Love, Hummer You Really Want
As much as the Internet is powered by ads, you probably don't want to go too far down the Google AdWord rabbit hole because you might be frightened by what you find. In this case a search of Hummer served up a steamy ad claiming "Most single men buy Hummers to impress women. The only women that a Hummer impresses are high maintaince goal diggers. Is this what you really want in your life?"It's an excellent question. Is that what we want in our life? Maybe this site is offering guys a way out of merely buying their way into undergarments and offering them a chance to develop real character. It's not. What it's offering is wrong on so many levels. The full ad below the jump. More »
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Michael Schumacher Wants You To Get Wasted Responsibly
We all know that seven-time Formula One Champ Michael Schumacher loves to race taxis to the airport. But apparently when he goes out for a drink, he lets the cab driver take the wheel. Schumacher has just produced this short spot in partnership with Bacardi to encourage responsible drinking. It will be shown internationally, though we doubt that means you'll see it on your telly in the states.[via Bacardi]
