Just wondering what everyone thinks of the debut of the RX-8 commercials during the Monday Night Football game. It's good to finally see the car advertised. Oh yeah...and go Cowboys!

Probably the same as when they were aired last weekend during football. ;)

---jps

I mentioned this in another thread, but I was pretty repulsed by the ad I saw. It was a guy hugging his '8 and getting hugged back by the car doors. Here's why it almost made me gag: Mazda needs to carefully guard against perceptions this is a "cute" car. If they fall into that realm, it becomes a chick car, all of us look like jerks, and sales fall off about 90 percent.

I see the car as muscular and very cool, but I hear whispered comments on the fringes that it is "cute." So no more hugging commercials, ok Mazda? Let's see this thing in the twisties with Nirvana blasting, or something like that. Crank up the testosterone!

The ones I have seen tonight haven't been about hugging, though.

---jps

Yeah...I agree the hugging has to go. They need more footage of the car in motion tearing up the road.

Even better idea....

350z owner gets out of his car at a parking light with one hot chick. RX-8 pulls up beside and parks next to him and opens those suicide door and voila....3 hot chicks. ;-)

Originally posted by allstate
Even better idea....

350z owner gets out of his car at a parking light with one hot chick. RX-8 pulls up beside and parks next to him and opens those suicide door and voila....3 hot chicks. ;-)

Hahaha

Yeah, then a month later, when we all realize that we're getting no three-ways, Mazda comes out with a letter, "The advertised chick rating of North American-specification vehicles will change from three to one..."

Funny, I posted about the commercials during sunday night football here in the lounge and it got sent to the Media review area... you mods need to have a meeting or something :p

Ike

You guys can check it out right here. I happen to like it. :D

Commercial thread (http://www.rx8forum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11060)

I guess you have to have a sense of humor to like the hug commercial

Bleh, I just hate that zoom zoom crap, and I especially am bothered by that kid. I've said before that I thought Mazda was trying to appeal to more females and I think that whole ad campaign would support my beliefs. Anyone else wish Mazda would drop the whole zoom zoom thing?

zoom zoom zoom

must... kill... the... zoom zoom... kid...

Since the first time I saw the zoom-zoom kid, I keep waiting for him to say:

"Zoom-zoom" in his whisper, then pause and add "I see dead people".

I'm with Ike on the zoom-zoom kid. Ever since Mazda started that ad campaign it's been nauseating. The stupid song and the Alfred E. Newman look-alike kid makes me have to turn away. I think the only thing worse than that is the incredibly lame "the greatest love" song from some RX8 commercial vids floating around here. (ok I feel better now, thanks)

Three chicks, Nirvana and twisties. How could they go wrong with that? ;)

Originally posted by foodiedave


Hahaha

Yeah, then a month later, when we all realize that we're getting no three-ways, Mazda comes out with a letter, "The advertised chick rating of North American-specification vehicles will change from three to one..."

LMAO!

I see dumb people!

I spoke with Mazda's advertising account executive like 10 months ago and he was talking about the Zoom-Zoom campaign. When asked what he thought of the kid that says "Zoom-Zoom" he said he hated him and his company recommended that the annoying kid be removed from the commercial. However, the senior exeuctives at Mazda insisted on keeping "Mikey" because they thought he was cute. Go figure...