VIDEO: Toyota Yaris flies into the danger zone, drives off aircraft carrier
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Toyota is hitting the boob tube hard to advertise its sub-compact Yaris, and the Japanese automaker has found its funny bone in these newest spots. The overall theme of the new campaign is that the Yaris is clever enough to do "almost anything" by demonstrating the few things this little three-door can't. One commercial, for instance shows the Yaris being unsuccessfully piloted by a bobsled team. The newest commercial, however, puts the Yaris on the deck of an aircraft carrier where it attempts to take off after getting the OK from flight control. As you might have guessed, the Yaris can't fly, so the Little hatch goes overbooard into the drink. Follow the jump to see a Yaris go swimming with the fishes for yourself. Thanks for the tip, Matt!
[Source: YouTube]
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Torrent 12:36PM (10/21/2008)
If it ain't flyin', I ain't buyin'...
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Pete 12:37PM (10/21/2008)
This must have been created by stoned autistic pre-teens...
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MoonRover 12:44PM (10/21/2008)
Lame.
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Pokey 12:46PM (10/21/2008)
I like the bob-sled one better.
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Carlos 1:04PM (10/21/2008)
Hey Sika, you dead man?
...yeah
Benfolio 2:53PM (10/21/2008)
Sanka, like the coffee, not Sika.
Sandeep 12:45PM (10/21/2008)
At least it's better than their previous ads..
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Icon149 12:48PM (10/21/2008)
1 yaris at the bottom of the ocean... sounds like a good start to me.
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Geeky1 12:54PM (10/21/2008)
+1
Patrick 1:53PM (10/21/2008)
I wish all Yarii did this, along w/ Priuses
JEFFREY LECLERC 11:39AM (10/23/2008)
YOU PROBABLY DRIVE A FOCUS RIGHT?
Hello Moto 12:49PM (10/21/2008)
Why would you buy a car... when it can't even do what you expect in the commercial? Seems like an odd marketing direction to me.
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Pokey 1:05PM (10/21/2008)
I hope this is an attempt at sarcasm. You didn't actually expect it to fly, did you?
chad.dawkins 12:48PM (10/21/2008)
Haha, they're both funny.
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HolyFail 12:52PM (10/21/2008)
http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/facepalm.jpg
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johnmc 12:54PM (10/21/2008)
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BoneHeadOtto 8:58AM (10/22/2008)
+- number
John B 3:48PM (10/21/2008)
At least the Stig didn't require a catapult to launch the Jag. What a lame commercial.
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Sam Russell 1:35PM (10/21/2008)
This would have been way better with the top gun theme song - "highway to the danger zone!!"
http://www.samalamadingdong.com
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fixitfixitstop 1:47PM (10/21/2008)
Every Toyota commercial has annoyed me since the leaping people in the 70s Toyota ads. I don't expect this to change.
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