On a slightly related note, I was watching the 'Charlie's Angels' movie this past weekend, and there's a scene where the Angels go to a guy's house and sing a polka song on his doorstep...They arrive in a dark blue pre-1986 Vanagon. I realize that this is rather detached from the line of Vanagon discourse, but I thought it was kinda cool. Joe T. Denver, CO '85 GL 'bertha'
----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sean B." <vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET> Reply-To: vgonman@EARTHLINK.NET To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: VW Bus in Advertising... Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:14:59 -0800 To add my 2c, I like the newest VW ad more than most that I've seen in the last year or so. I've never been able to see the exact features of the new bus in that tiny shot we get at the end of the commercial, but due to it's large (compared to the "road" it's on) boxy shape, I'd already assumed it was either the T5 (Eurovan replacement) or the "new Microbus". Sean B. '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy Torrance, CA Join the TiiCo registry at HTTP://www.vgonman.com
Birkenfeld Jeff <BirkenfeldJeff@JOHN To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM DEERE.COM> cc: Sent by: Vanagon Subject: Re: VW Bus in Advertising... Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanag on.com>
02/11/2002 11:53 Please respond to Birkenfeld Jeff
> >it was a VW ad about their designers > >and engineers continually tweaking their products and it had these cool > >high-tech-looking graphics of Beetles morphing through evolutions of the > >designs, then of vans, then Rabbits to Golfs, etc. > >I missed the Vanagon part, > > There was no vanagon part but the 60 second ad shows the morph of T1 bug > to T2 bus to T3 ghia and even shows a Thing then into the Golf and Passat > and Beetle from what I recall. Now the interesting part is the end of > both the :30 and the :60 spot....they ask "What will they think of next?" > while showing the same type of animation of a long winding road from the > top of screen and from what I can see, it's the NEW Bus! No kidding, > looks just like the pics from Detroit....now you have to look real close > and real quick. I've seen both ads appear on during NBC's "The West Wing" > and other shows from the network. It's a cool ad and I appreciate their > latest marketing savvy. > > JB
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