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What is your favorite recent Volkswagen ad?
VW rabbits multiplying like ... rabbits 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
VW GTI: Unpimp my Ride. German Engineering in da House! 56%  56%  [ 10 ]
First Act guitars ... with SLASH! 17%  17%  [ 3 ]
First Act guitars ... with Christopher Guest! (as Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap!) 11%  11%  [ 2 ]
First Act again ... with Jon Mayer. 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
Other? 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 18
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El Santo
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Alright, I was gaping at the awesomeness of the VW slash ad when it occurred to me: VW had had some pretty memorable TV ads this year. The Rabbit ad was fun, the Jetta ads were hilarious (made moreso since I have a German friend and I like telling him "German Engineering in da House"), and .. well, Slash and Nigel Tufnel rules.

Of course, this doesn't convince me to go out and get a VW. It's just not my style (I've always been a Dodge/Chrysler man). But the commercials are genuinely entertaining.

So what is your favorite recent VW ad?

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I love the "Unpimp ze auto" ads, and the Slash and Nigel Tufnel ads. Haven't seen the John Mayer ones.

BTW, the "German Engineer" is Peter Stormare. You may know him from The Big Lebowski, 8mm or, perhaps my favorite role, The wacky cosmonaut from Armageddon.
One of the best movie convos ever:
Affleck: "Ever hear of Evil Knievel"
Stormare: "No, I never saw Star Wars"

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It's got to be the German Engineer FTW.


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I've seen them all, but I think the Jon Mayer one is the most entertaining.
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I loved the unpimp my ride themed ones (The trebuchet one was cool). But the Slash one was good. I saw it the first time, and I was like, "Holy crap it's Slash!" and nobody in my family knew who he was (They know nothing of music. Actually my parents do, but I digress).

I haven't seen the John Mayer one though.

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Unpimp zee auto, jah. I'm sorry, those just get me good.

Which company had the "least ego emissions" ones?

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Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
Which company had the "least ego emissions" ones?
VW. They used that in their Jetta ads.

I like the one with Slash.

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Nigel FTW! Spinal Tap RULES!

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Beyond the Grave wrote:
Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
Which company had the "least ego emissions" ones?
VW. They used that in their Jetta ads.

I like the one with Slash.


Darn it. That's probably my favorite one. XD

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V-Dub in da house, representing Deutschland.
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Unpimp my auto equals the best thing ever. Last year I was quoting it for about a month. ;)

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I love the song in the Rabbit commercial, but I gotta reprazent UNPIMP ZE AUTO *smash*.

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Unpimp ze auto, of course. It has more fahrvergnugen than any car commercial to date.

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Unpimp ze auto, of course. It has more fahrvergnugen than any car commercial to date.


More what? :P Or am I not paying enough attention to commercials? XD

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Cybernetic Teenybopper wrote:
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Unpimp ze auto, of course. It has more fahrvergnugen than any car commercial to date.


More what? :P Or am I not paying enough attention to commercials? XD


Kinda... but it's from a Volkswagen commercial from about 17 years ago, so you can be forgiven. :) It was quite the fad way back in the day, so I guess it's proof that VW has always had a knack for memorable commercials.

Here's the explanation from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrvergnugen

Also, after reading that link, it's the first time I've realized that "Fahrvergnugen" meant "driving enjoyment." All these years and I thought VW just made that word up. :)

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