Comments on: Ford, Chrysler cut advertising costs while Toyota and GM boost spending

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:07:50 +0000

Bryce (post 9); I’ll have to agree. Any ad that makes that pig of a truck look good is quite a commercial…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:42:27 +0000

That’s funny, Deanster. You said ‘member’.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:18:01 +0000

^ ‘member that?

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:17:14 +0000

Like a ****,
Standing arrow straight,
Like a ****,
Grab and masturbate,

oooooo, oooooohhh

OOOH LIKE A ****!!

By: Bryce

Bryce — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:49:20 +0000

In contrast to Toyota, GM’s truck advertising was (still is?) pretty weak.

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:29:46 +0000

Wow, I never knew Ford was spending so much on ads alone. Funny, I never see any of it.

By: NoNameDenton1

NoNameDenton1 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:05:40 +0000

No bolex, the worst Ford commercial is the new one that says Drive One.

By: bolex

bolex — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:41:30 +0000

good call. Ford and Chrysler commercials suck so bad it makes me NOT wanna buy them. the ‘Ford Challenge’ trade in, whatever its called is the worst.

By: tzu13

tzu13 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:30:45 +0000

So, in order to save money now, they’re going to reduce the chances that people will see their product on TV and then (possibly) be swayed to come out and buy one?

By: shaver

shaver — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:07:54 +0000

I never understanfd why they did not use Tattoo in those commercials. Thee plane, thee plane.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:17 +0000

There hasn’t been a good advertising campaign since Ricardo Montalban introduced the world to rich Corinthian leather. Whatever happened to Corinthia? I hear it was nice in the summer. Lots of cows, though.

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:48:16 +0000

“Oh what a feeling.” That slogan really made me buy a lot of Toyotas.

By: SickofGarbageMotors

SickofGarbageMotors — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:40 +0000

GM would be smart to abandon all advertising for Hummer and even it’s other large utes like the Suburban/Tahoe. Let the potential buyers of those buy what they planned on in the first place, but don’t even bother trying to lure any others as there probably won’t be many takers with todays gas crunch. Spend the ad dollars where they would be most effective. Pickups ads would probably be OK since that segment will never disappear and GM needs to remain aggressive to keep buyers from buying F150’s, RAMS, Tundras and Titans.

Same for yota although they don’t really advertise their large vehicles much anyways. Well maybe the Tundra, but again, that’s just to remain aggressive and not get lost in the shuffle.

By: The Stig

The Stig — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:21:29 +0000

They have to sell Hummers somehow.