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- From: davoli@natinst.com (Russell Davoli)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Lexus Commercials
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:37:23 -0600
- Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
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- In article <1993Jan24.054853.18849@scott.skidmore.edu> jdrout@scott.skidmore.edu (JTD is lost) writes:
- >
- >Does anyone remember the Nissan ad (my favourite) when the narrator
- >quips "I was having the wierdest dream. I was driving this car <black
- >300ZX Twin Turbo>, etc etc." People are chasing him and he spools the
- >car up to what must be 140 (full boost in 4th, hits the redline, etc).
-
- I personally preferred the 300ZX commercial where they start off with something
- like "Wouldn't it be great" if I drove to Europe and cruised the Autobahn.
- They show the 300ZX flying down the road, coming up on a Porshe, flashing the
- lights, the Porsche moves into the right lane, and the 300ZX flying past the
- German road machine. Then it ends with the car driving to the end of the
- pier and a voice saying "Too bad I can't drive across the Atlantic" or
- something like that.
-
- In the goofy vein I liked the Joe Isuzu ad where he fires a bullet at target
- a mile or something away, then goofs around for awhile, jumps in his car,
- zooms past the bullet the camera is following in flight, jumps out of the
- car, holds up a target in front of face, and finally catching the bullet in
- his teeth. I can't remember what he said or what car he was driving, but
- the sheer absurdity of this add made Isuzu stick in my mind. Which may have
- been all they were trying to do anyway since I think they weren't too well
- known at the time.
-
- -- Russell Davoli
-
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