speedy88
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Sexy Road. A bored endorsement from Bruce Willis. What does it mean?
OK ok, first up I can see this being moved into the videos section which is all good. Let's just see if this thread can get some traction in the General Board.
I love this. Like, I really really love this weird corner of YouTube. Mundane cars and sometimes lorries and buses with a soothing Japanese voiceover interlaced with excellent Japanglish and celebrity endorsements. It's surreal, hilarious and transfixing.
Here's a few videos to get you started (Eighties Rider seems to be the main trove of these but there are others dotted around).
Mundane Indonesian commercial vehicles
How about a VHS rip of the Lexus LS400 launch video?
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speedy88
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Nov 29, 2020 19:51:25 GMT
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adam73bgt
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I love these, they're often so wacky when the car they're advertising is very sensible and somewhat mundane theres a page I follow on instagram that posts loads of these but these are a couple of my favourites that come to mind American 300ZX advert that is as cool as it is bizarre Like one of the Skylines in that compilation vid, this Corolla vid also contains a car jump for no apparent reason Leonardo Di Caprio appears in a few old Honda ads, this one appears to be shot in America using a RHD Civic, in Japanese while he speaks English... And this Silvia ad is a classic, makes little sense but the Procol Harum and the "aesthetic" of it all is amazing
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Nov 30, 2020 13:09:19 GMT
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Mundane Indonesian commercial vehicles Guess what other vehicle shares the same mechanicals? Mine! The Deliboy shares more in common with the developing markets' Kijang/Tamaraw/Venture than it does with other Japanese commercial vehicles. This Corolla advert has fantastic and unique lyrics: Honda City with Madness:
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2020 13:12:23 GMT by Flingstam
1991 Toyota Deliboy (RWD JDM LCV) - Now SOLD 1998 Lexus LS400 (RWD EUR VIP) - Also GONE 1989 Volvo 740 GLE (RWD EUR GLE)
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Nov 30, 2020 13:13:12 GMT
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All the years driving my Soarer, I couldn't work out what "Mind Cruising" was.
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retrolegends
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Nov 30, 2020 20:57:00 GMT
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How times have changed! Audi has become what it didn’t want to be in 1995 😂
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1974 Hillman Avenger 1500DL1992 Volvo 240SE1975 Datsun Cherry 100a flying custard1965 Hillman SuperMinx Rock N Roller1974 Austin Allegrat Mk1 1.3SDL1980 Austin Allegro Mk3 1.3L1982 Austin Allegro Mk3 on banded steels2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible 220bhp TurboNutter1966 Morris Minor 1000 (Doris) 2019 Abarth 595C Turismo (not retro but awesome fun) www.facebook.com/DatsunCherry100a
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adam73bgt
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Nov 30, 2020 22:45:11 GMT
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"Drivers prestige, super Legend"... I'm no Harrison Ford and I've yet to winch mine onto the back of a yacht
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daklone
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Nov 30, 2020 23:40:17 GMT
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How about this?
A tinsy-bit OT, but it has CZJ's pins in it...so, OK?
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Last Edit: Nov 30, 2020 23:43:02 GMT by daklone
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Guess what other vehicle shares the same mechanicals? Mine! The Deliboy shares more in common with the developing markets' Kijang/Tamaraw/Venture than it does with other Japanese commercial vehicles. Plenty of Tamaraws here. Maybe a source for bits?
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Guess what other vehicle shares the same mechanicals? Mine! The Deliboy shares more in common with the developing markets' Kijang/Tamaraw/Venture than it does with other Japanese commercial vehicles. Plenty of Tamaraws here. Maybe a source for bits? Quite possibly, George. Sadly, the bits I'm most likely to need are in the upper body, which is the different bit
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1991 Toyota Deliboy (RWD JDM LCV) - Now SOLD 1998 Lexus LS400 (RWD EUR VIP) - Also GONE 1989 Volvo 740 GLE (RWD EUR GLE)
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Sadly, the bits I'm most likely to need are in the upper body, which is the different bit True. I've never seen one here.
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speedy88
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Brilliant! I've not seen some of these before. Yeah, the flying car for no reason seems to be a staple.
HEADPHONE WARNING, the clipping is f'ing awful on this one. A bit more of a journey into other markets:
Driving a Volvo 343 into the salt water is very brave, I must say
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adam73bgt
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HEADPHONE WARNING, the clipping is f'ing awful on this one. Wow you weren't kidding There are some amazing ads in there though, the Ford F1000 being thrown about every which way, the dramatic slow mo tracking shots of the Starlet pootling about the Nurburgring on a fuel economy run. I love the Cressida coupe(?) Chaser in the desert though, finshed off with another jump over the camera Here are some Suzuki Cultus ads which I came across The sheer energy in the soundtrack for this one This pair will end up rotting away like that Volvo not long after filming "Like a Jean"?... Also small car jump included in this one And this one is just nice
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adam73bgt
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I used to have one exactly like this, not sure I'd have called it the "consummate wind instrument" though
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Dec 10, 2020 11:25:01 GMT
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Not sure about aesthetics but the advert with grace jones in a citroen cx is certainly memorable.
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adam73bgt
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Dec 29, 2020 14:35:32 GMT
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Honda Jazz advert seems to have people doing a Madness-esque walk like the Honda City ad, but they've not featured the band in this one
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Dec 29, 2020 16:02:51 GMT
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Always loved a little bit of Nicole myself...
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jimi
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Dec 30, 2020 23:40:27 GMT
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One of the best car ads ever, not just because of the M People soundtrack
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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brachunky
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Dec 31, 2020 10:22:41 GMT
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Here's one of my favs from SA where the "Volksie bus" is known to everyone. The chap with the guitar is a local folky musician which VWSA hooked up with back in the day. VWSA adverts were always well done and one looked forward o the next one!
Memory lane ad
Enjoy
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