Volkswagen and the Story of the Weird German Man
| QuickTime link to the :30 spot, which will pop in a new window. 2.5 MB. |
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| No. Stop what you are doing. |
This is what all television commercials would look like had the Nazis won the war. In this television ad for Volkswagen..we see, um..stuff.. happening..
After that stuff happens, some more stuff happens. Then it’s rounded out by more stuff and talking.
Sometimes when making a commercial intentionally weird you can get a little too weird and the commercial gets bad. But then, theoretically, if you keep going and make it so very weird, something magical may happen. I’m not sure if this commercial went far enough in that direction, but it’s far enough to be disorientating and dangerous to those with weak hearts, pregnancy, and back or neck injuries.
| QuickTime link to the :30 spot, which will pop in a new window. 2.5 MB. |
Comment // March 11th, 2006 // 4:01 am
I apologize for this Commercial. As a German it pains me to see this - probably more then most Americans.
Entschuldigung!
Marco ;)
Comment // March 11th, 2006 // 8:05 pm
Thank you for manning-up about this.
Comment // March 12th, 2006 // 3:29 pm
I fucking love these commercials. Peter Stormare rocks my world.
Comment // March 17th, 2006 // 7:57 pm
hells yes, agree with the rabid weasel … these are freakin hilarious. peter stormare is brilliant and vw even more so for making fun of itself and the ricey tuner car culture. too bad u don’t think so, you’re missin out!
Comment // April 1st, 2006 // 7:04 pm
Hey, that’s the guy from PRISON BREAK!
Comment // June 20th, 2006 // 11:58 pm
as a german this is really humidiating for me!! i wouldnt want lots of americans to think that in germany, or german people in general are like that.. this is one bad commercial and it’s a shame to be represented by persons like this one!
sabrina
Comment // June 21st, 2006 // 12:00 am
sorry you guys.. i meant humiliating…
(i’ve been living in the us too long now to make mistakes like that ..how humiliating.. haha!)
Comment // January 1st, 2007 // 10:57 pm
Dear Volkswagen,
Your “crash” commercials are on my last nerve. I hate them with every last fiber of my being. The only thing that could make them worse was if you had David Spade as your spokesman. Do you really think that showing people getting smashed into by some idiot on the road is going to encourage us to buy your product? I mean, seriously, where is the logic here? “Oh look, a traffic accident. My worst nightmare. Let’s go car shopping.” The moment a commercial comes on where two people are chatting away in their car, I change the channel. I’d rather watch bug-eating asshats on Fear Factor than suffer through another one of your inane ads.
These spots do not make me want to buy a Volkswagen, in fact, I am going to pronounce right here and now that I will never, EVER, buy a Volkswagen. I don’t care if you invent a car that runs on dirty tap water, I’m not buying it because I hate your commercials that much. Not only do I not want to buy a car after watching your one of your advertisements, but I actually feel like getting into my car and ramming into a Volkswagen just for the hell of it.
Now go find an ad company that has a fucking clue. Maybe you should hire the company that created the spot below. This is funny. This is entertaining. And I am now going to Starbuck’s to have myself a coffee cause the ad is that good. Let that be a lesson to you.
You better hope I don’t see a VW on my way over there.
Signed, A Disgusted Viewer
Posted by Brookelina at 5:05 PM
Comment // May 9th, 2007 // 5:42 pm
These unpimpin’ commercial series just rocked. They mocked the culture and did a great job of having the Germans coming across as clever for producing an answer to this need to pimp a useless car; by making a car that doesn’t need to be pimped! If you don’t get it as a German, you are not understanding something. The character is portrayed as someone who fits the culture and his car is better as it comes from the factory.
This was brilliant!