Superbowl Car Commercial Blogging
First of all: Et tu, Clint Eastwood? I mean, really. The next half or whatever. After the bailouts. I’m unimpressed.
Up next, no, Chevy I will not trust your vehicles during the apocalypse. You can’t survive a recession, much less the end of the world.
Audi, as always, was sort of meh. They make some fine cars but I can never get excited about them.
But Hyundai brought their A game. When they said the new Genesis Sedan could beat a Porsche Panamera to 60, I jumped back. Then I realized they likely didn’t mean the turbo version, which does it in 3.6. But they meant the regular, which does it in 6. Impressive but not fantastic. Then, the 348HP Genesis Coupe. Presuming they can get the torque and weight right, that could hang with or beat the G37. Interesting stuff coming out of Korea. I mean, really, those are Hyundais.
February 6th, 2012 at 10:47 am
My wife made the funniest comment of the night during that Chevy post-apocalytic commercial.
“They shot it in Detroit so they didn’t have to spend any money on set design.
February 6th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Wow. Chevy couldn’t survive the last recession without government help, but they’ll survive the end of the world? OK then.
At least Clint Eastwood’s national pep-talk disguised as a Fiatsler commercial was better than that…
But yes, the Hyundai Group – including Kia and that hilarious Optima commercial; careful with that pixie dust! – stole the show last night. Alas, I can’t afford a Genesis Coupe or Genesis R-Spec sedan on an Elantra budget… 😉
February 6th, 2012 at 11:31 am
By the way: Somebody actually did take the Chevy apocalypse ad seriously: Ford.
They got all butthurt over the shot the commercial took at the F-150.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/05/ford-asks-chevrolet-then-nbc-to-pull-silverado-super-bowl-ad/
Which sounds like a waste of legal fees to me, considering the source of the offending ad, but whatever.
February 6th, 2012 at 11:39 am
So I see that Hostess Twinkies survived the Apocalypse, since Civilization Ends when there are no more Big Boys. But since Hostess just filed for Bankruptcy, how many Billions will this Admin spend to Bail them out?
February 6th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
At least I wasn’t reaching for my rifle like I was with the green police bs from Audi.
February 6th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
I am seriously considering trading my Elantra for the 274hp Genisis 4 cylinder Coupe in the fall.
February 6th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Vampires are so gay.
February 6th, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Or, maybe Clint was staying it’s time to make a coaching call and change the QB.
February 6th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
I’ve been watching the Genesis Sedan for several months. My wife’s G35S might be in trouble!
I want to see one in the flesh, and drive one back to back, though.
February 6th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
Ford should just bring back the “bailout” spot they were induced to pull.
February 6th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Filed under “He’s an actor, it’s fake” Drudge reports that the Clint Eastwood De-troit commercial was filmed in Lost Angeles and New Orleans.
My wife thought the Fiat commercial with the Starbucks-guy and the hot Italian chick was cute.
February 6th, 2012 at 7:09 pm
“I’ve been watching the Genesis Sedan for several months. My wife’s G35S might be in trouble!”
My parents have both the Genesis and the G35. There is no comparison. The Genesis is bigger, faster, tons of leg room is the back, smoother, quieter, and a lot more fun to drive.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
I probably be thinking about it the wrong manner, but the kia optima is just one fancy tiny vehicle.