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Old 19-11-2008, 02:24 PM   #1
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Default What are the most memorable car ads youve seen

I dont know if this has been done before, but since there are a few threads floating about on the efforts or lack thereof from Fords marketing department on the new FG series, I thought it would be interesting to know what car ads have been made that had an impact and which ones you really remembered long after they went off the air
Did these ads have any effect on what make/model etc you considered buying in the future?

For me, I really like the Toyota Ads - these seem to strike a nerve, particularly the Bugger Ad, the 200 Kilowasps and the latest Hilux Ad with the natives using it to collect coconuts.
Also the mitsubishi ads are quite good as well.

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Old 19-11-2008, 02:31 PM   #2
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BA Falcon ad in 2002, with the grey XR and 'cant get enough of this'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5qg9BjER6o
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:37 PM   #3
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I like the recent Lamborghini ad that showed it drifting, circle work, etc. There was a bit of outcry over it as it gave out the image of unsafe driving etc.
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:41 PM   #4
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The Valiant Charger ads in the mid 70's. I was in my early teens and they still stick in mind.

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Old 19-11-2008, 02:44 PM   #5
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the honda accord cog ad
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:48 PM   #6
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The holden ute "thunderstruck" ad...... made me want to do circlework.
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:54 PM   #7
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I like the toyota adds with the AFL legends. Very memorable.

One that I've always liked was the the VY (or VZ?) Storm ute, doing doughies in the field in a thunderstorm while ACDC's "thunderstruck" played. I think that was the last of the good car adds before they couldn't show off stuff like that.
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:56 PM   #8
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Yeah - play that AC/DC track all the time on my ipod
Very memorable
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Old 19-11-2008, 02:58 PM   #9
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The AWD Magna add that showed an AU XR8 and VX SS spinning when trying to turn a corner on dirt sticks in my mind.
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Perhaps for the rage it induced because of such a blatantly misleading representation of the product. :jab:
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:00 PM   #10
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I always remember XC 1/2 Falcons slalom between race drivers.

And the ad for alloy head XD i think where a bloke was whinging about his crappy econo-car he bought "But it does have four cylinders" then his mate tells him falcon is as cheap to run (Perhaps Ford could revisit that?)

The old nissan bluebird (pinball machine and "shes getting ready fro TRX") and mitsu sigma (burst thru mirror) ads were cool.
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:15 PM   #11
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What about the Mitsubishi Magna ad with the puppet kid in the back seat complaining and eventually falling asleep?
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:26 PM   #12
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The 350Z ad that was on in the cinema of the guy fanging it through the streets of a european city for 5 mins. Great ad.
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:47 PM   #13
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2 adds did it for me :

holdens VX SS with the tiger orange ss. the guy comes home from work and theres crap all over the driveway so he sets it up in a line and swerves in and out. the nxt week we had a VX S in our car port

and the BA falcon with the lightning strike? falcon xr cruising along a highway was it.

cant remember wat a BF add was. but got 1 of them incase they were good :P
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Old 19-11-2008, 03:52 PM   #14
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Definitely the Holden Ute ad 'Thunderstruck', first time I took my Storm to work the boys wanted to take it out on the dry lake and reenact the ad!

Also the 'Bugger' ad, didn't make me want to be a Toyota, but definitely memorable!

The only Ford one that really sticks to mind at the moment is the Territory one with all the mums going 'nice rig'.
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Old 19-11-2008, 04:01 PM   #15
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Ford Falcon Ute add - Must be stuck in 3rd.
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i also like the ute adds where all the dogs was it? were following them then the sound of the ute as it took off and the screen faded into the ford logo
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Old 19-11-2008, 04:13 PM   #17
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Late 90s Corolla add - Song 2 by Blur made it memorable.

Also the 2001 HSV range add. V8 Symphony

BMW's "The Hire" short films.
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Bloke world Falcon ute ad. Nuff said really
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Ford F250 ad pulling the seriously bogged (submerged) road train out of the mud, then offering them the lend of a chamois.

Also the Falcon ute ads on the dry lake bed (salt flats)
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The Holden Ute ad of a couople of years back where the old models transform into the new
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Gallardo LP560-4 ad.
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:12 PM   #23
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Honda accord Euro, 'cog' ad, Ford Courier 'manly man' ad, Ford F250 'Bogged Road Train' ad, among my favorites of the more recent ads. but my absolute favorite was this one for the Ford sportka (never seen/ sold here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSex9VxlwI
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The South African Ford Focus ST ad, that stuck in my mind for a bit.
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Old 19-11-2008, 05:45 PM   #25
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http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5530TwmoE

Starts at 43 seconds.

Late 80s Toyota Corolla TV ad

Favorite Ford ad:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2kd2mMa0KqE

Ford need to make an ad just like the Toyota Corolla one haha, especially all the stunt driving in it.
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I like the one that the car tranforms into a transformer and ice skates. cant remember the brand though. I think it was a euro hatch
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Citroen I think that car ad was for.
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The holden ute "thunderstruck" ad...... made me want to do circlework.
I'll fourth that or is it fifth it now?? lol

And the transformer one was a Citroen C4 and I believe it was voted best ad of the year
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This is my best car ad
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=4dPvuH_1KPM
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