These some good TV adverts but mostly they can be a right pain, interrupting the program you are watching, forcing you to wait a good five minutes or so before it resumes (American TV viewers have it worst, with commercials breaks every 8-10 minutes). What car adverts, past or present, have irritated you the most? You can include adverts from newspapers/magazines if you like.

My choices are:

The Vauxhall adverts with Griff Rhys-Jones (circa 1999) playing a nerdy bearded bloke. They didn't do much for the image of a brand that already has a bit of an image problem.

The current Vauxhall adverts with two kids with Northern [English] accents who act like dads in a sort of role-reversal situation. "Eh up!" "How's your Vauxhall Zafira?" "I'm parched, I'm going to 'ave a kip!"

The adverts for the Fiat Sedici SUV, the one that shows a man getting peed on by a baby, parents picking up their kids in the rain (now however could you that without an SUV?), slogan: "Everyday life is an adventure".

The mid-1990s Vauxhall Astra advert that featured a baby giving a speech about the car (highlighting it's child-friendly features) to an audience of other babies. The baby is too young to actually speak so he just sits behind the podium bellowing demented gurgling noises (subtitles explain what he is saying). I didn't actually find this annoying, just hilariously stupid, one of the daftest car adverts ever.

The adverts for Sheila's Wheels car insurance (not advertising a car but car-related), Australian ladies with shrill voices singing an irritating jingle. After having seen it dozens of times I can't stand it anymore.

Once I went to the cinema and with the pre-film trailers there was this short film that showed a orchestra of human voices providing vocal sound effects for a Volkswagen, a bunch of grown adults making stupid car noises with nothing but their vocal chords, "Brrummmmmm" "Zozzzshhh" and it went on for, I'm not joking, 15 MINUTES! One of the wankiest things I've ever seen.


By the way if anyone wants to see some really silly Japanese car adverts (and adverts for other things) featuring film stars such as Sean Connery and Charlize Theron, visit www.japander.com

Wasn't that Honda?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kVhByk8z9lA
I found that well done.

One that I found really stupid is this Hummer ad that I saw recently:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bnXI4nTUQ
(some of their other ads are nice though)

Yes, stupid advert, stupid car, stupid driver.

It's funny the way at the end it says "20 MPG HWY" as if that's supposed to be impressive. I have a feeling if they were selling that car in Europe they wouldn't share that bit of information. I saw quite a few H3s in America recently, more than I saw the H2. It's not that big for an American SUV.

There are a bunch of adverts that get my goat. All have a common feature - some damn SUV that will never be off road climbing to the top of a mountain or cliff up a trail that a mountain goat couldn't manage..

The commercial for the new Taurus is lame. It's just boring.

But the most annoying commercial I've seen on TV has to be for a local furniture store. They just keep repeating the name over and over again! And it has bright pinks and blues and purples. I can't stand it!

This old Oldsmobile ad for 1995 has bad music.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbuN_yF-Qew

And here's an old one that would bug many

If it's found to be offensive to anyone, I'll take it off.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4sZuN0xXWLc

and another pathetic one from Hyundai.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zgA53w4Xk5E

I found the Huyndai ad funny
(btw just for info the song in that ad is in French)

Lol, that Hyundai ad was awesome!

This one's more hilarious than annoying, but I thought it would be worth watching. It's an immitated version of the 1984 Corvette.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ql7vfFQTZU

Enjoy!

That Hyundai advert made me laugh as well, it's the kind of thing they'd show on Tarrant on TV.

This one? http://youtube.com/watch?v=YdRgZgS9ieY

I think the worst one ever was the Head On commercials. Seen mostly during "Wheel Of Fortune".

What a boring ad indeed.
I hate this kind of "nice family" thing (like slogans including texts like "share moments with those that you like", "protect those that you like", etc.)

that hyundai ad is imho awesome - I laughed at it when I saw it for the first time so hard

The purpose of advertising is to encourage the viewer, not bore them. Compare it to the old Taurus Adds from 1986:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=piValJkSDVo

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SGgZ1PyaWuQ

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c9ygF8WCuT0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AiOq7O7Gc_Q

Maybe you will find these boring, but don't you see how more entertaining and encouraging these commercials are than today's?

The new Hyundai I30 advert with those dogs....

What's a Hyundai I30?

They probaly won't sell it in the states, but here is a link to it:

http://www.hyundai.co.uk/newCars/i30/

Ok, In the states there's an Infinti I30 (1996-2001), but not a Hyundai.

The commercial for the new Renault cars Lots of crashing new cars. See here: Renault commercial

I found it rather unusual and funny in a way, but indeed it is somewhat disturbing. On the other hand, crashing Renault Modus is maybe a good thing