2004 Pontiac GTO - Smoking Tires
Submitted by floride on Wed, 04/07/2004 - 15:17.
Hiya
Dunno about US car ads, I*m sure you have some kind of car-ads rules there such as putting a white disclaimer at the bottom of the screen when illegal and/or crazy stunts are pulled - [*closed track professional driver* rings a bell] - here in the EU however, you can*t make an illegal feature the selling point of the ad.
see this post for a Citroen mistake in that department
http//ad-rag.com/104503.php
Kinda funny. wink
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I just don*t understand it.
I DO understand that they want to convey the power of the car. I have now seen 2 commercials in which they show this overly-powerful car smoking the tires as if it wanted to see rubber melt.
Why would the convey such a message when IT IS ILLEGAL TO DO SUCH A THING? If a cop saw anyone doing something like that, their butt would be pulled over in a heartbeat!
The Mazda 6 commercials seem more on target. They show the tachometer reaching to 6000 RPM*s, but really make no mention of obnoxious behavior.
There are a LOT of car commercials, and companies take different stances on what to portray, but this new 2004 GTO seems a little too MACHO to me. roll
Anyone? Thanks!
Floride
The GTO was built on being macho. 1964, was like, one of the first years that the "muscle car" term was coined. I haven*t seen the spot yet, but I*m sure they are trying to appeal to those that lived in the era, those that understand what a muscle car is and what a muscle car represents now.
I don*t find fault in a car commercial that shows someone burning their tires or other "illegal" activities while driving around.
Sleepy time.