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BrakingforCars.com’s Top Ten Super Bowl XLIV Car Commercials
Based on how well the audience at a Super Bowl party we attended received this year’s commercials, we’ve ranked the ten most discussed Super Bowl car commercials. This is not all of the ads shown, only the ones that evoked some sort of response either for against the ad. If a spot didn’t make a big enough impression to warrant any impression, it was determined to be worse than bad, because after all, bad press is better than no press. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – Cars.com
For their 2010 Super Bowl ad, Cars.com once again brought us a story of how an otherwise confident individual became terror stricken when it came to buying cars, but overcame that fear with the help of Cars.com. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – Dodge: Man’s Last Stand
Chrysler was the only one of the three Detroit automakers to buy air time during Super Bowl XLIV. Not only does buying an ad during the Super Bowl require a premium chunk of change, we don’t imagine hiring Emmy Award winning actor Michael C. Hall can be done with too many discount coupons either. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – Bridgestone: Whale of a Tale
1. The ad that garnered the most laughs at the Super Bowl party we attended. Bridgestone has had a pretty consistent run of some of the best car related Super Bowl commercials year after year, and Super Bowl XLIV brings … Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – GoDaddy.com in the News
In the second of two Super Bowl XLIV ads from GoDaddy.com, the lovely and fast Ms. Danica Patrick is in a newsroom where she is being questioned about the “hotness” of GoDaddy Super Bowl ads. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – GoDaddy.com Spa
Great things come in threes like fast cars, fast women and great Super Bowl commercials. With race car driver Danica Patrick you get all three. In the first of two ads from GoDaddy.com to appear in Super Bowl XLIV, our favorite racy female is at a spa to get a massage when she is recognized as the GoDaddy girl. Continue reading
Super Bowl Ads – 2011 Kia Sorrento: Road Trip
When Kia introduced the 2011 Sorrento at the 2009 LA Auto Show, we were dying to get our hands on one and take a road trip. Kia’s Super Bowl spot featuring some very unexpected traveling companions has us pining for time behind the wheel through iconic American landscapes even more. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – Honda Accord Crosstour
The Honda Accord Crosstour was unveiled to harsh criticism for its unorthodox looks and prodigious proboscis. With looks only the deisgner’s mother could love, it only makes sense that the ad campaign for Honda’s less than attractive new vehicle feature animation displaying equally unflattering angles and shapes. Continue reading
Super Bowl XLIV Ads – Audi Green Police
When we first heard Cheap Trick was reworking their classic Dream Police track for an Audi commercial our first thought was “sell out.” When we heard the new lyrics were “Green Police” we felt our suspicions were confirmed. Then Audi released a series of mock public service announcements where the Green Police were identifying ways to make the world a greener place and weren’t quite sure who to feel more sorry for, Cheap Trick for hacking up one of our favorite tunes, or Audi for desperately trying to tie the green movement in whole to the naming of the A3 TDI as Green Car of the Year. Continue reading