I think VW has some great advertising. I love the "unpimp your car" commercials that have been running on TV lately. And online today, I noticed an ad for VW that challenges you to move your mouse as quickly as possible over... a cat? a frog? what? and when you hit a certain speed it morphs into a car. So cool, I kept refreshing and doing it again.
I teach high school German, and my students' new "gang" signal is the VW gesture he makes. Represent'n Deutschland!
ReplyDeleteMy husband walks around sayng Vdub all day. He loves those commercials.
ReplyDeleteVW has the best advertising - I used to have a Jetta back in the fahrfagnugen (?) days, remember that one? I haven't seen the "pimp" one yet, but it sounds hilarious. I'm off to look for it on their website now!
ReplyDeleteMy dh says "Vdub in de house," too!
ReplyDeleteIs your dh a goofball, too, chickie?
I love those commercials. I laugh and laugh.
I went to the site to spec a new GTI and one of the "features" is what they call a "fast". That's the little creature you roll your mouse over. Go to vwfeatures.com and spec one to see. It's the last thing you "modify".
ReplyDeleteit's a rabbit. The GTI is the performance version of the Golf which used to be the VW Rabbit. you can spec your fast out (he comes with different tail options to suit your mood) at the above site as well. don't forget to watch the road test movie with your newly speced out GTI - it features the girl from the unpimp commercials.
ReplyDeleteDH loves the commercial where the guy tells the girl he can't hear the engine over "all you yappin'". Sigh.
ReplyDeleteWe love those commercials too.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to thank you for posting that hot wing dip last month. I finally tried it. yep, rotissere chicken works great in it. I didn't want to spend the extra $ for hotwing sauce so I mixed 1/2 stick margarine with a small bottle of Franks Red Hot Sauce - yikes. Too good for words.
Crispin Porter + Bogusky makes those commercials. They're the same ad agency that makes the Burger King ads. But, the question is, would you buy a VW based on those commercials?
ReplyDeleteThere's a post about that at The University of Texas Advertising Blog.
that sounds like a really fun ad. I love good commercials!
ReplyDeletethere's another set of commercials featuring the "fast", but they're not as entertaining as the peter stormare ones. i love the fact that they got the pancake guy from fargo to do the "v-dub in ze haus, ja" stuff.
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