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Disney, Hewlitt Packard, the Wright Brothers, Harley Davidson, Mattel, and Amazon all started in garages.. ain't garages great?! The new Cadillac commercial nails the sentiment
“Come again?” they said.
"Build me garages in a vast, scientific vaudeville hall. Then invite your museum visitors to open the garage doors one by one. Open the first and find two bicycles repairmen putting wings on a super-bike and flying it down the Kitty Hawk sand dunes. Fling wide the second and see Henry Ford climbing out from under his pet road-mobile. Third garage door? We’re in California, and we find a pale young man with a mustache drawing a cartoon mouse. Fourth “garage”: a gaggle of Caltech students in Pasadena horsing around with rockets to start the Jet Propulsion Lab. And fifth: Steve Wozniah in a Silicon Valley back-yard garage seeding Apples and harvesting communications. So many garages, so many toys, so many earthshaking devices."
thanks Steve!
5 top Toyota television commercials
This angry girl is in for a big surprise when she tries to destroy her boyfriend’s Toyota Tacoma. The car rolls down the cliff, but only to land on its feet like a cat ready to strike. The rough video footage makes the actual stunt seem authentic; viewers get the feeling that this girl wants her boyfriend back and she will do anything to get him. But, the power of the Toyota Tacoma is just too much for her.
4. Swagger Wagon: Toyota Sienna
Priceless! This one includes two extremely “normal” parents rocking out their Swagger Wagon Toyota Sienna. Their kids are adorable, the setting “realistic” and the music pumpin’. Toyota created a Swagger Wagon series for YouTube with the Swagger Wagon Family living their life with their Sienna, but showin’ the world their Swagger. Nothing is taboo as they take on tea parties, cupcake sales, and baby bottles in this gem of a commercial series. You cannot help but laugh at the way the Swagger Family takes on suburbia and the typical family that has to show the world what good parents they really are. The Swaggers take family time to a new place and once you start watching their antics, you will find it is difficult to stop.
the above I posted once before http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/05/swagger-wagon-ode-to-minivan.html
This commercial shows us that Toyota has been airing plucky commercials for many years. This advertisement from the late 1960s is absolutely hilarious as it showcases the strengths of this affordable, economic, and clever little car against a high speed rocket car. It is worth the 1:01 of time it takes to watch it from start to finish.
While you watch this video, pay attention to the background noises as the announcer praises the amazing abilities from the Corona and denounces the terrible statistics of the Green Monster. It is also interesting to consider that this commercial is two times as long as the thirty second commercials we normally watch today. Also remember, no one could TIVO or DVR this beauty; when it came on, you had to watch it!
This one dates back to the 1970s, but it such a classic spoof from the 1970s. This commercial featured the popular actress Edie McClurg who was fresh off of her role in the horror film Carrie. The catchy slogan and the cars magically popping in from nowhere was the hallmark of the 1970s Toyota commercials. The outlandishly odd MPG ratings, the Harvest Gold Corolla, and the Starving Intern restaurant really bring out the kitsch factor in this little gem from 1977. In the 1970’s with “You Asked For It, You Got It!” commercials, viewers knew that the Toyotas would instantly pop up in a variety of places, like bedrooms, concert halls, and more. The 1980’s saw another memorable slogan: “Oh What a Feeling!” This slogan always finished with Toyota owners jumping for joy because of their love for their new Toyota.
Super Bowl commercials are usually some of the most memorable commercials ever and the “Reinvented Camry” from 2012 is quite memorable. No one will be able to forget the reinvented couch. Who would not want to be pulled over by the reinvented police officer? This one is sure to go into the record books as a clever, impressive, and extremely inspired laugh fest. It is even more unexpected because the Camry is one of the best selling cars in the United States. In the late 1990s, the Toyota Camry held the position of top selling car for four years straight and it has constantly received awards for its quality, affordability, and drivability. Once you realize this commercial is not only funny, but extremely ironic because of the fact that the Camry is such a classy, clean, and tasteful car, the commercial becomes even better. Nothing that was “reinvented” is clean, classy, or even tasteful – unless you decide to taste the yummy curtains!
all videos and text from http://www.toyotaplace.com/blog/2012/09/01/five-best-toyota-commercials-of-all-time/ the first good dealership blog I've found!
Most memorable car advertising
the VW commercial with the Darth Vader kid
the Mayhem commercials from Allstate
the "That thing got a Hemi?"
the old but classic "Corinthian Leather"
and built Ford Tough
Either Nick Cage is desperately broke, or his agent sucks as bad as this Sevova car commercial for BAIC Motors
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNTU0NDc0MjY4.html?firsttime=0
The Chinese government owns the car company, and besides Nick Cage, Brad Pitt and some soccer star also have made car commercials for Chinese built cars
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-27/nicolas-cage-hired-by-china-s-baic-motor-to-promote-senova-cars.html
found via http://stipistop.com/
there is no end to the unusual in the vehicle world, just things I've yet to learn of... like the Richard Petty riding lawn mower from Lowes, thanks to Jay Phillips!
if you know of any more of these Richard Petty mowers, or paperwork about them, Jay would like to hear from you J Phillips <mopar_superbird@yahoo.com>
is this the most far out lawn mower you've seen? Sure, racing mowers are incredible... but a real sponsored RP mower, that he takes time to sign, sit on, and with the owner? That is amazing. Thanks to Jay Phillips who filled me in about his collecting these
I was a 5-year old kid sitting on a school bus with a friend checking out the newspaper sales ad of a Richard Petty riding mower.
I grew up watching Richard Petty race at both Dover, DE & Richmond, VA.
In 1986, I purchased my favorite car a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird. Then a friend of mine purchased one for himself. He was (and still is) a Petty fanatic. One day, we were discussing our Richard Petty collections we've added to over the years. I asked him if he had ever stumbled onto a Petty Mower. He had never heard of one. This put me in gear to find one and prove I wasn't crazy.
Early 90's I finally found my first Petty Mower. Immediately I called Petty Enterprises asking for information. (This was before the Internet.) The woman that answered the phone told me that I would need to talk to Martha Jane, as she was the only one that would have worked for Richard during that time frame. Martha Jane was Richard's personal secretary. She was quick to inform me that she knew EVERYTHING about those little mowers as it was her husband that set up the meeting between Richard and those at Lowe's headquarters. WOW.....pay dirt!!! She also told me that it was the VERY first sponsorship in Richard's career.
Busy with work and drag racing, I packed the mower away for 11-years.
Finally, I decided it was time for a complete restoration. First things first, I again called Marthat Jane asking her if she remembered our conversation 11-years ago. She said sure I do, you're the only one that's ever called here asking about those mowers. I emailed her pics to show Richard and it was enough for him to confirm it to be an authentic Richard Petty Special. He signed a "Letter of Authenticity" with the model & serial numbers.
Now it's time to document, disassemble, restore or replace, and assemble. (I also spent nights at my local library going through microfiche newspapers, page by page, hoping to find the ad that I'd seen as a kid on the school bus. This is when I found the Richard Petty Special riding mowers were actually built in both 1971 & 1972. Mine was a 1972 and I gotta find a 1971 to complete the set.
I quickly found a second 1972 during the restoration of the first. So, I decided to restore them both side by side at the same time. All the best pieces went to the first, and the remaining parts to the second. (I also purchased 7 other similar, but non-Petty mowers that were used for parts donors.)
Since Martha Jane had a personal attachment to the mowers, and it was Richard's first promotional deal in his career, it was as simple as scheduling a meeting time, and place and an autograph session took place. Yes, Richard and those that work for him are the nicest people you'll ever meet. They're very down to earth people.
Since then I've found (3) 1971's and (3) 1972's, the original cardboard stand up of Richard Petty that was used for the promotion, the original roll of film of the commercial, and the prototype mower that was sent to Lowe's for approval.
Me and my much better half, Jeannie, display the RPS mowers along with many others at antique tractor shows. They've been featured in a MoPar magazine (Mopar Collector's Guide ~ Toys in the Attic), and were on the cover of Lawn & Garden Collector Magazine.
I don't know if Lowe's headquarters knows of their existence, as those that remember have long since retired.
Yes, many have offered to buy, making offers, and asking what it would take to let them go. I did not restore them with thoughts of resale.
Recently I was researching something automobile related, and my Google search took me to your site. I've been back every day for updates. So, thank YOU for that!
Not long after the restoration process, I uploaded images to the web showing before and after views. After seeing those pics, someone from Chattanooga, TN emailed me pics of their Richard Petty Special. Theirs was very different, and not at all consistent with the research that I had found on both the 1971 & 1972 models. I assumed it was a late '71 model that was never shown in the Lowe's ads. It was for sale, but the price was NOT cheap!!!
Fast forward to two years ago. A friend of mine calls me to tell me that he had just found (and picked up) a Richard Petty Special in Tennessee. My heart sank...I just knew it was the odd one that I'd only seen pics of. We talked about it's details, and thankfully I realized that it was not the same mower.
As soon as we hung up, I called the gentleman in Chattanooga. We came to a reasonable agreement, set a date & time for it's pick up, and off we went.
It's now loaded into the bed of my truck, and we're heading to Richard Petty's shop to pick up the other RPS. While making a fuel stop, I then had the time to check out the details of this odd RPS. And THAT was when I realized that the decals were without their part numbers! E.T. Rugg....the manufacturer always included part numbers with their decals. Then I noticed the hood stripe was wider and longer than what was used on the RPS. Then I noticed there were a couple of decals adhered in the wrong locations. Of course the "BY Petty" decals were all the way near the front of the hood, instead of aligned with the seam in the hood....where they were on all of the RPS's that have surfaced to date.
I called a friend that is very familiar with lawn & garden restorations. He explained that when a manufacturer consistently used part numbers on their decals, and they're NOT there....it's a pre-production unit, AKA PROTOTYPE!
Then a call was placed to a retired Lowe's employee, that was the actual buyer for the lawn & garden department. He explained that when a new product was to be sold at Lowe's, the manufacturer would first have to submit a prototype for approval. Sometimes it was acceptable as-is, and other times changes would have to be made. Prototypes were then sold, without warranty to Lowe's employees.
The Chattanooga find was a gold mine to a collector of Richard Petty Specials.....you know....ME! LOL
It was found in the early '80's, in a ditch on the side of the road, somewhere in Georgia. Thankfully the guy was smart enough to stash it away for all of those years.
Jay
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