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U.S. GTI commercials (un-pimp my ride)
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:12 AM
 
What do you guys (and girls) think about these? Are they being received well in the U.S.?

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/...y-ride-videos/

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Mar 22, 2006, 10:15 AM
 
I think they're amusing, well as amusing as commercials can be.
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:17 AM
 
I find them extremely amusing.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:57 AM
 
Vee-Duuuub, representing Deutschland!

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Mar 22, 2006, 11:03 AM
 
those commercials rule. and GTi Mark 5 dont look too bad either.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 11:37 AM
 
Originally Posted by Kr0nos
What do you guys (and girls) think about these? Are they being received well in the U.S.?

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/02/...y-ride-videos/
The commercials are cool, the car sucks.

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Mar 22, 2006, 03:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by Nexus5
The commercials are cool, the car sucks.

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Mar 22, 2006, 03:15 PM
 
I think they're hilarious.
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Mar 22, 2006, 03:53 PM
 
cool commercial, cool car.

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Mar 22, 2006, 04:02 PM
 
i think the car is cool looking - but v-dub? stupid

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Mar 22, 2006, 04:18 PM
 
You won't find a bigger GTi fan than myself - but the new GTi is ugly. Hate to say it. Looks like VW stuck an Audi-esque SUV grille on the front.

Perhaps VW should take their own advice and un-pimp the GTi.

It has its roots in being a 'sleeper' car. All it needs is a front airdam, some blacked-out chrome, and a GTi badge on its ass.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 08:24 PM
 
Those commercials are quite annoying. I really don't care for them at all.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 08:44 PM
 
Hey that's the dude from the movie Fargo. The one that put his friend in the chipper and likes to eat pancakes!



He kind of looks like Bruce Willis in this picture.

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Mar 22, 2006, 08:45 PM
 
I like the commercials
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 08:47 PM
 
Any marketing material with that girl in fullsize?
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 09:08 PM
 
isnt it the same dude from prison break?
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:18 PM
 
isnt it the same dude from prison break?
Yes. I nearly had an asthma attack from laughing the first time I saw him do the gang sign "VW" thing. Then I remember how much my wife's old VW Golf sucked and I was sad.

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Mar 22, 2006, 10:27 PM
 
Seen that on tv too much! I like the one with the ford focus, "THE FLAME" = "THE LAME" "You get an F", haha, yes I may have a weird sense of humor .
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:27 PM
 
It's one of the nihilists from The Big Lebowski, too

A number of my friends comment on them and have been laughing... pretty amusing in my opinion.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 10:29 PM
 
Brilliant advertising.
     
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Mar 22, 2006, 11:08 PM
 
Originally Posted by funkboy
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Mar 22, 2006, 11:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by Agasthya
Brilliant advertising.
seconded.


these commercials are pretty great. someone up the thread mentioned that 'V-Dub' was stupid.. it's what VW cars have been called for many years. Nothing new there.

additionally, you can build your own GTI MkV and then take it for a test drive with the blonde babe. and it's great fun.




I enjoy the 'my fast' commercials as well
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Mar 23, 2006, 07:45 AM
 
He's also the guy from Constantine, he plays the devil and reaches in Keanu's lungs to pull out the cancer. And, the commercials are hilarious.
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