ETA: because in the one you linked, the advertised factor is "topless" because the car is a ragtop and can go topless. In the one I posted, the advertised factor is "seductively sexy"... and that car is BUTT UGLY.
-- Edited by RichardInTN on Monday 13th of May 2013 09:10:05 PM
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"Yabba Dabba Doo" - Frederick J. Flintstone... So what?
(Judd Nelson as Atty. Robin 'Stormy' Weathers in "From the Hip")
I hate that commercial. I don't care how much they were going to pay me, I wouldn't let a scorpion crawl on me. Maybe it was CGI?
I can understand the "ick" factor of that... yeah.
It still comes down to "appropriate ad" compared to "product/service advertised" for me. "topless chick" to relate to "topless car" works in that comparison because both are "topless"
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"Yabba Dabba Doo" - Frederick J. Flintstone... So what?
(Judd Nelson as Atty. Robin 'Stormy' Weathers in "From the Hip")
The link doesn't work for me but I think I know what it is. I just saw (as in 10 minutes ago) a car add that sounds like what you are describing. It did NOT make me want to buy their car.
There's a lot of car ads that don't make sense to me. Right now there's a lexus ad that has two robots (at least I think they're robots) that end up swinging around a light pole. I'm not a fan of the Fiat one, either. The ones with Charlie Sheen weren't much better, but at least they had a bit of humor to 'em.
My favorite all-time car commercial, though, is the VW Jetta with "Da Da Da" playing in the background. I so want to go test drive one and play that song and see if the salesman says anything.
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"I never understood why blessings wore disguises. If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked." - Sophia Petrillo
Okay I liked that commercial! When I was really little I went running up to my dad to show him the TOTALLY NEATO bug thing on my arm. Which turned suddenly into many things, then into dead things as my dad swept them off me and stomped them. I cried. It was a momma scorpion who had babies on my arm. I wouldn't want a real live one near me now, but pictures don't bother me unlike just about any other thing that creeps/crawls/flies.