I've done a mini-study of disgusting car ads, and there is one on each TV channel every 120 seconds or less.
I considered the Ford ad on the spanish channel, where I enjoy friday night "Boxeo Tecate", where Ford's "ad hero"
ignores everything, including a spaceship hijacking his family over the love affair with his new Ford shoebox.
BUT NO...
my final nominee in the disgusting car ad has come down to a tie between the

Toyota RAV 4 where the same nasally yoyo that narrates MAX-X skiboarders
flying down Mt Everest (and another long list of Darwin award winners of
all types, shooting themselves out of canons, etc) is regaling the public
with the bountiful benefits of the RAV 4 YECHHHHH !
PEEEEEEE YUUUUUUUU, I can't take another second of "Surfer Joe"
or whatever his name is.

AND

The Toyota Tundra ad provides an interesting, but also disgusting, contrast
to the nasally surfer joe ad, with the Virile and Macho basso voice of some
guy that eats broken glass and roofing nails for breakfast.
Hmmm, all the pickup truck ads seem to use that guy to sell their "product"
to their adoring public. Grrrrrr, He's so tough!

:-) Bill

I thought you were going to go in another tact when I opened your thread.

I find them all ridiculous because NONE of them tell me anything I want to hear.

I don't care about mulitple climate control, I don't care about the 14 USB plug-ins, I don't care about cup holders and I don't care that I can drive this thing out with no money down.
I want to know how roomy the engine compartment is for getting at parts you need to get at, I want to know that the Trani was built with bearings not Bushings, I want to hear that "this V6 does not blow Head gasket and intake manifold gaskets ever 50K miles, I want to see a Practical and functional machine..more then pretty. I want the add to walk around the car and show me how accessible and Owner friendly it is to maintain. They should advertise " Once you pull it off our Lot, we will never see you again.
Your 8 year old can maintain this beauty", They never do that.. I guess that's why I own the cars I own. Practical and functional. If I wanted a Movie theater, a Coffee shop or a Computer lab....I'd go there in my practical car, I don't need to be driving them.
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.no.net/ebrox/Tony's%20cars.htm

Don't really watch the Mexican/Spanish channels much but the adds do tend to be a bit cheeky and seem to utilize lots of cleveage which actually tends do draw your attention AWAY from what the add is all about. Oh well, seems to be a cultural thing....