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Old 03-09-2008, 06:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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New Commerical? Ain't this the truth...

Saw this and thought I would share it with those who haven't seen it yet. I thought it was cute. Wondering y there are no commercial here in the US? Is it because they are "not suppose" to be able to sell to the general public yet?

I love the other commercial with the murders that keep occurring in cars with back seats. If you haven't seen it here it is too.

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The reason for no USA commercials is "why pay to advertise?" They all ready have all the cars sold they can produce. When they need to sell more cars, you'll see ads.
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Absolutely spdickey! We probabaly won't see commercials for years! I do not recall seeing a commercial for the Mini....even today!
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I never have seen the first add before. I wonder for which countries it is? english lyrics but liters measurement ??? It"s not a french one. We don't have any tv add for smart here. Sadly
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I'm just surprised they don't do it to produce even more hype. A good example (ironically , because of their commercial) is the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo advertises and can't even keep up with demand at all, but they have produced so much hype to keep people wanting their product for years to come. Just a thought...

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Absolutely spdickey! We probabaly won't see commercials for years! I do not recall seeing a commercial for the Mini....even today!
There are Mini commercials. The new one is out for....I think its called a Clubman or something like that.
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There are elaborate and expensive mini clubman ads in magazines.
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I think that it is a big mistake from smart to pull appart the absolut need of advertising to sell cars. They always have think that because it is a mercedes benz brand they don't have to make add. Because we are, people will want. This don't work. The 4/4 and the roadster are the victims of this non advertising politics.
The cheapest car sold here ( the Dacia Logan made by renault for the rising counties) have is own tv add.

What a curious idea to show people how good is the car to sell more of them ????
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I asked that very same question before as well...
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I'm just surprised they don't do it to produce even more hype. A good example (ironically , because of their commercial) is the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo advertises and can't even keep up with demand at all, but they have produced so much hype to keep people wanting their product for years to come. Just a thought...
Those that buy pay for the hype, No thanks
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