New car adverts

[AllanB]

I've been taking notice for some time of new car advertising on TV.

And it is depressing me

Apart from Alfa it appears the pros of purchasing a new car now revolve around its electronics - blue tooth, wi-fi, touch screens, electronic lane management, park assist, auto rain censoring wipers, anal temperature reading etc etc.

Nary a word about 'performance' or similar - fark one Mitzi advert states 'it's just better' ..........

What's the world coming too?

Look out it will affect motorcycles soon, Honda 700 thingy is a example .......

[Edbear]

Suzuki at least has a sporty ad with the Hyabusa morphing into the Kizashi. From personal experience of owning a Kizashi for nearly three years now, it truly is a sports sedan. But generally you are right, it's not PC to advertise performance these days, which is a shame.

[awa355]

Here's one for ya. from the ' good old days ' A real action ad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TwOc62YXJc

[nerrrd]

I've been taking notice for some time of new car advertising on TV.

And it is depressing me

Apart from Alfa it appears the pros of purchasing a new car now revolve around its electronics - blue tooth, wi-fi, touch screens, electronic lane management, park assist, auto rain censoring wipers, anal temperature reading etc etc.

Nary a word about 'performance' or similar - fark one Mitzi advert states 'it's just better' ..........

What's the world coming too?

Look out it will affect motorcycles soon, Honda 700 thingy is a example .......

Errr...Honda 700 thingy has...a storage area. And is economical. Doesn't even have ABS in NZ.

You're obviously talking about the latest top of the range BMW / Kwaka / Suzuki / Triumph / Ducati / Aprilia etc with oodles of traction control / power modes etc I hear some of them even have heated grips / seats / stereos (Goldwings, Harleys) electric windscreens and so on.

Shocking state of affairs.

[Gremlin]

Apart from Alfa it appears the pros of purchasing a new car now revolve around its electronics - blue tooth, wi-fi, touch screens, electronic lane management, park assist, auto rain censoring wipers, anal temperature reading etc etc.

The car industry is facing a potential future crisis. Young people today, especially city dwellers are less and less likely to purchase a car. This obviously doesn't apply to New Zealand, as we have shit public transport (and mostly love cars), but otherwise, the car is seen as taking up expensive space, cost of maintenance and if you're driving you can't be fiddling with Facebook/whatever (ok, some don't let that stop them).

Anyway, to appeal to new buyers, this is the track that has been taken. Wifi, bluetooth, a more connected car fitting in with your life style.

[ducatilover]

out of control

[SVboy]

Suzuki at least has a sporty ad with the Hyabusa morphing into the Kizashi. From personal experience of owning a Kizashi for nearly three years now, it truly is a sports sedan. But generally you are right, it's not PC to advertise performance these days, which is a shame.

A BMW m5 is a sports sedan. A Clubman R8 is a sports sedan. A falcon fpv is a sports sedan. A Merc 6.3 AMG is a sports sedan. A lexus is 450F Sport is a sports sedan. A Kizashi is not........but your happy and thats the main thing....

[Ocean1]

Young people today, especially city dwellers are less and less likely to purchase a car. This obviously doesn't apply to New Zealand,

But it does, the percentage of licence holders amongst 20yr olds is dropping heaps.

And it's nothing to do with bling, the whole process is apparently just see as too difficult. And nor is the lack of public transport seen as a problem, they expect their parents and friends to ferry them around.

[Ocean1]

Here's one for ya. from the ' good old days ' A real action ad.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TwOc62YXJc

It was all bullshit even back then I see, that land crab would have expired immediately on contact with any puddle a great deal smaller than that one.

[ducatilover]

It was all bullshit even back then I see, that land crab would have expired immediately on contact with any puddle a great deal smaller than that one.

Don't go there.




It wasn't a landcrab

[bogan]

Solution, watch better Ads. No mention of bluetooth in that one.

Suzuki at least has a sporty ad with the Hyabusa morphing into the Kizashi. From personal experience of owning a Kizashi for nearly three years now, it truly is a sports sedan.

Less power, 5x the weight, seems legit

[awa355]

It was all bullshit even back then I see, that land crab would have expired immediately on contact with any puddle a great deal smaller than that one.

My father bought a brand new MG1100 in Sept 1964. Went to pick it up about 5pm. At 7.30 we thought mum and dad had taken it for a decent ride. Turns out they were still at the dealers trying to get the wipers to work.

[AllanB]

That Morris 1100 advert cracked me up. Excellent stuff. I suspect half of the 'urban off-roaders' would not do so well now days - all that mud and shaking may upset their heated cup holders.

[Scuba_Steve]

Yep they don't make em like they used to

[Akzle]

fuck.
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