Chevy spot already front-runner for most controversial ad

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | February 5 2012 | Katie Dowd

[WilliamIII]

If you’ve learned anything from Super Bowl XLVI so far, it’s that driving a Ford will get you killed when the apocalypse comes.

Unsurprisingly, this spot from Chevy is already generating the most controversy. In it, a man drives through a post-apocalyptic landscape and finds the only survivors are fellow Chevy drivers. Their friend, sadly, drove a Ford and is dead.

[longtermmemmory]

I don’t think that is they type of twinkie the madison avenue types were promoting.

lets just say the chevy drivers would have a REALLY difficult time repopulating the earth...

[BlueLancer]

It looked like to me that it was supposed to reflect all of the varied "doomsday" movies that have come down the road. There were volcanoes, asteroid strikes, a giant mechanical monster, a crashed flying saucer, and all of the like.

The falling frogs at the end were a nice touch though ...

[HarleyD]

LOL!!!

That should have been Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf. Good catch.

[moviefan8]

The falling frogs at the end were a nice touch though ...

The falling frogs was at the end of the motion picture called Magnolia, staring a number of movie stars.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175880/

[dragonblustar]

I figured it was filmed in Deadtroit.

You mean, Detwat.

[Hot Tabasco]

all of the varied "doomsday" movies

And here I had already named myself "Mr. Astute" for having noticed just the flying saucer.....LOL!

[Abathar]

I don’t know about that, this one was pretty good too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QKK5IDSXE

[nascarnation]

Union workers forgot to install them!

Are you sure that's correct? I read on The Truth About Cars dot com that the front end module is assembled at a non union supplier.

[nascarnation]

great dane and missing cat Doritos ad.

that one wasn't even done by an ad agency

it was another contest-generated ad from the public

an awesome ad imho

[netmilsmom]

That’s GREAT!!!

[sarasmom]

LOL!
The commercial was funny!

I drive an old beater car amidst a lot of pick up trucks on my route to work, early morning, every work day.
They are mostly all F150s or F250s.
That I know the difference between two Ford models says it all.

Other than that, and color, I can identify vehicles as cars vs trucks vs vans and SUVs.

[ReagansShinyHair]

I doubt Ford will do anything in retaliation, but it would be SO funny if they did something like that.

[biff]

Yeah, the Obammy gestapo would be their panties in a bunch over that.

Better scene to pan too: Ford truck in background, “Dave” sitting in front of a campfire roasting marshmellows and saying to a group of Hooters quality gals, “well girls, looks like the chevys didn’t make it”. Of course, he would have a devilish grin on his face.

[RightWingConspirator]

I have to agree, “The Power of the Crunch” will be hard to beat!