Immitation is the Sincerest Form of Admitting You've Got Nothing

A local Ford dealer has decided that copying a popular Geico campaign will help them sell cars and trucks. I think not. A forgettable, regrettable effort on the part of Tropical Ford, but so sad that I jumped up from a reclined position to find it on YouTube.

It's Got a Great Beat and It Makes Me Buy Cars

Too often, advertisers for cars don't even try anymore. Find a song you like and put some images up. Done. For instance, Spoon for Jaguar. Or more currently, Phoenix's "1901" being used by Cadillac. Lincoln is triple dipping these days, putting Shiny Toy Guns cover of "Major Tom" to work for the MKZ, Cat Power's cover of "Space Oddity" for the MKS, and here's one for the MKT, trying to get into the heads of people who remember this song.



It is a good song, but this cover by Sia is a little on the anemic side.

Here's the real one, from The Church, 1989. I'm glad these long forgotten Aussie boys are making some coin from Lincoln, but I wish I'd never seen their video for the song now. They're doing that gross, 80s stare at the camera thing while telling a disjointed story about a girl walking around with a gold frame, a style perfected by their far more successful countryman Michael Hutchence.



Anyway, now that that trip through the glory days of Australian rock is over, I don't think this sells a single car.

A Jag by Any Other Name Would be a Ford

I've said it before, Jaguars look like Hyundais these days and Hyundais look like Jaguars. Now Jaguar has a new seizure inducing website to introduce the new XF. The Flash overkill on this site is like those rock guitarists who make all kinds of noise by turning up the gain and distortion and then running a pick all up and down the strings. It's not friendly to the eyes at all. What I noted most about the new XF is that they've removed the iconic Jaguar hood ornament from the vehicle. Shame.

Kingsford Trying to Kill Hispanics

I grill on average 3 evenings a week. Carne de Res. Carne De Pollo. Pescaodos y Mariscos. Etc. Down here in Florida, (The Sub Deep South) it's grillin' time pretty much 365.

I'm a Kingsford man. Mesquite, preferably. Kingsford charcoal has its roots in the Ford corporation. Bold Moves, indeed.

The entire bag is in English AND Spanish, EXCEPT the carbon monoxide warning at the top advising you not to grill inside your home, trailer, tent, or migrant worker shack.

I'm sure Kingsford means no harm. Update that package, bros.