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14-12-2009, 03:45 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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OK, prize for the worst car show unveiling ever goes to... Chevy Volt.
Serious, they want these things to sell, don't they? Maybe employing a decent marketing team is a good start. Just so the journos don't die of boredom or walk out thinking it's a joke. Seriously! Just give us the car and the facts. Chevy Volt Video! |
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14-12-2009, 04:01 PM
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Thailand Specials
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Thats the worst ever unveiling I have ever seen.
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14-12-2009, 04:14 PM
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FGX XR8
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i suppose that's what happens when you got no money. seriously though are they for real or what i couldn't help but laugh at how stupid it was.
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14-12-2009, 04:17 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Yeah, you'd think that for the car that could save the company, they'd try something memorable (for good reasons). Maybe have a fake rainforest on stage, get a bunch of kids from the Maldives or something to talk about how sea level rise could destroy their home. It's a no-brainer really. And then they create this. Bahaha
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14-12-2009, 04:21 PM
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FGX XR8
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that song's like something out of a kids show. surely by spending about 5mins thinking about it they could of thought of something better for a supposed world changing car.
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14-12-2009, 04:27 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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They could have at least got the chicks in miniskirts or something to add some appeal....lame marketing for a lame car. big surprise.
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14-12-2009, 05:39 PM
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14-12-2009, 04:19 PM
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Long live the Falcon GT
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that is rubbish...
if you were the marketing company that pulled that sort of stunt... the guys from the Commonwealth Bank marketing team would have better chance "Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Basketball......."
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14-12-2009, 04:21 PM
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LIKE A BOSS 351
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E FOR ELECTRICITY, V FOR CHEVY VOLT AND ME
EASIER THAT ONE TWO THREE, JUST PLUG IT IN AND SEE E FOR ELECTRICITY, V FOR VEHICULARITY THAT’S NOT A WORD, BUT IT’S OKAY CUZ VOLT COULD CHANGE THE WORLD SOMEDAY That song ROCKS!!! :sm_headba :sm_headba :sm_headba |
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14-12-2009, 05:49 PM
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Browsing here and there..
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14-12-2009, 04:26 PM
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That actually looks like its a joke.
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14-12-2009, 05:45 PM
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Couldn't bring myself to watch the entire clip. Was cringing way too much...
Marketing fail! |
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14-12-2009, 06:02 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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and people criticize ford australias marketing dept.....Epic Fail!!!
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14-12-2009, 06:03 PM
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 OMG i think i just wet myself
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14-12-2009, 06:50 PM
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Who cares lol, its a chevy volt!!
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14-12-2009, 06:52 PM
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joke of an unveiling to go with the joke of a car.
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14-12-2009, 07:01 PM
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What a joke.
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14-12-2009, 07:01 PM
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 : Nuf said.....  out:
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14-12-2009, 06:58 PM
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That unveiling owes me a new laptop, I just vomited all over mine!
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14-12-2009, 06:58 PM
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Holdens marketing team deffinately need to help them out over there. They could sell ice to the Eskimos, these guys would only get me to buy ear plugs, and eye pads so that I never have to endure that again.
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14-12-2009, 07:17 PM
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I see nothing wrong with that at all.
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14-12-2009, 07:39 PM
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Pretty sure it's supposed to be a grass-roots campaign. The car is designed to go against the Prius, they are not trying to appeal to rev-heads.
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14-12-2009, 08:38 PM
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14-12-2009, 09:14 PM
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16-12-2009, 01:18 AM
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I got to the part where the guy was playing the guitar and the girls started dancing and I just couldn't watch anymore. I'm going to have nightmares about this, thanks guys lol!!
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15-12-2009, 09:18 AM
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Wow that really was bad! Dance act was half assed - and what is a dance act supposed to represent in the launch of a environmentally friendly car?
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14-12-2009, 08:48 PM
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:gren: Rust In Peace Chevrolet
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14-12-2009, 09:18 PM
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That songs stuck in my head! ... Somebody shoot me please!
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Back to Le Frenchy
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Actually this could be rather clever marketing, whether intentional or not.
Think about it, a launch so bad it gets a lot of people talking about it (as we are) people posting it on Facebook (as has been done) and there is even a ring tone of it. A marketing campaign that has gone viral without Chevrolet having to be seen as desperate.
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Worst car unveiling winner: Chevy Volt.
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