We're sure you remember the Pontiac G8 "Spy Hunter" commercial that we posted on in mid-March. Arguably the best car commercial, ummm... EVAR, the spot drops Pontiac's new rear-wheel-drive sport sedan smack dab in the midst of our favorite top-down, 2D driving game from 1983. The visuals are so impressive that we were actually shocked to learn from the video after the jump that everything you see in the commercial is entirely computer generated, including the Pontiac G8 itself. The "Making of Spy Hunter - Pontiac G8 GT" pulls back the curtain on a small team of computeristas who are responsible for the ad and apparently had way too much fun making it. They somehow acquired a vintage Spy Hunter sit-down arcade machine from the Reagan era and drew inspiration for the project from a mysterious cat that pokes it head out of holes in the ceiling. Just watch the video...
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jamal @ May 28th 2008 6:59PM
Pontiag?
Zoinks @ May 28th 2008 11:32PM
That's referring to Pontiac's new agricultural division. They're not called wide track for nothing!
Stu L Tissimus @ May 28th 2008 7:09PM
...I could swear I saw Ceiling Cat in there.
nissanfreak87 @ May 28th 2008 7:57PM
I want that steering wheel, and LOL at Ceiling Cat
Y2Breeze @ May 28th 2008 8:33PM
Steering wheel = Logitech G25... I got it and it rocks!!! And that was really awesome, it's interesting to see the progress from first version to the final one.
AaronK @ May 28th 2008 8:20PM
The YouTube version of the original commercial sucks. Check out a high quality version of both G8 spots at http://www.swaystudio.com We definitely enjoyed putting all those little details in the spot, you should enjoy watching them. :)
Eddy Alvarez @ May 28th 2008 8:48PM
oh herro autobloggen folks. to those who dont know. ceiling cat is a recurrent theme at icanhascheezburger
here is an example:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/02/13/funny-pictures-ceiling-cat-creates-man/
Jason parry @ May 28th 2008 9:16PM
Regina is a hottie!
nick @ May 28th 2008 9:35PM
More Regina please!
garlinski @ May 28th 2008 10:05PM
that's pretty awesome!!Amazing work for a 30 second commercial! Great work guys...
psarhjinian @ May 28th 2008 10:15PM
I forgot what a brilliant commercial that was. Very much the essence of what a modern Pontiac (the brand, not the car) needs to be.
paul34 @ May 28th 2008 10:44PM
Very nice! Kudos to the team! I liked it quite a bit.
Too bad the general public wouldn't get it, eh?
And so if ceiling cat is in your office... what exactly is he watching ya'll doing? >_> haha
And woo, Regina. Sorry, autoblog is a sausage fest.
Jrejre @ May 29th 2008 1:18AM
The whole cat in a ceiling inspiring a g8 commercial is completely lost on me. I wish the making of had actually had interviews or something instead of bunches of clips.
iamhoff @ May 29th 2008 4:33AM
We must all give thanks to Ceiling Cat for both the supernatural inspiration for the coolest ad evar, and for the presence of the oh so divine Regina!