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(46,327 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:55 PM Sep 2013

Toyota ad that cracked me up...

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Toyota ad that cracked me up... (Original Post) Archae Sep 2013 OP

That's kinda awesome! graywarrior Sep 2013 #1

Made me feel ten degrees cool. Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #2

That ad must have cost a fortune to make! 6000eliot Sep 2013 #3

The ad is a sort-of ripoff of Wiil Smith's "Will2K" music video. Archae Sep 2013 #5

It's good that the AD has style... jmowreader Sep 2013 #4

Fun spot, but says NOTHING about the car ... Auggie Sep 2013 #6

That's why Toyota was able to run over Detroit during the 70's. Archae Sep 2013 #7

Detroit's large cars were marketed poorly. The small cars were poorly built and designed. Auggie Sep 2013 #8

I guess trying to sell gas guzzlers in the midst of an oil crisis Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #9

graywarrior

(59,440 posts)

1. That's kinda awesome!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 11:08 PM

Sep 2013

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)

2. Made me feel ten degrees cool.

Reply to graywarrior (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 11:17 PM

Sep 2013

6000eliot

(5,643 posts)

3. That ad must have cost a fortune to make!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 01:09 AM

Sep 2013

Archae

(46,327 posts)

5. The ad is a sort-of ripoff of Wiil Smith's "Will2K" music video.

Reply to 6000eliot (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 10:13 AM

Sep 2013

But I do enjoy it.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

4. It's good that the AD has style...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 01:49 AM

Sep 2013

because the car is about as bland as they come. (Yes, I had one. Didn't everyone?)

Auggie

(31,167 posts)

6. Fun spot, but says NOTHING about the car ...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:09 AM

Sep 2013

other than, perhaps, it's always been in style. More or less.

Archae

(46,327 posts)

7. That's why Toyota was able to run over Detroit during the 70's.

Reply to Auggie (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:24 AM

Sep 2013

During the 50's thru the 70's, American car makers peddled bullshit.

"Our car makes you sexy!"
"Our car makes you glamorous!"
Etc...

It just didn't dawn on them that people wanted economical ways to get from point A to point B, safely.

Auggie

(31,167 posts)

8. Detroit's large cars were marketed poorly. The small cars were poorly built and designed.

Reply to Archae (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 11:46 AM

Sep 2013

Pinto, Vega, Starfire, Monza, Skyhawk ...

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)

9. I guess trying to sell gas guzzlers in the midst of an oil crisis

Reply to Auggie (Reply #8)

Tue Sep 10, 2013, 02:24 AM

Sep 2013

would constitute "poor marketing". American Motors tried to market smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, but their designs often left something to be desired. The Vega morphed into the Monza which morphed into the Chevette, which morphed into the Sprint, which was a really high fuel efficient car (up to 50mpg) that was actually made by Suzuki.

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