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Pick the best Super Bowl car commercial of 2013 [w/videos]

John Neff — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos

It's finally over. As the Baltimore Ravens ran down the clock at the end of an extra-long Super Bowl XLVII, so, too, did the onslaught of Super Bowl advertising from automakers finish like a fire hose running out of water. We're now drenched in their marketing and it's time to dry off and move on by picking the best one.

Choose your favorite car commercial of this year's Super Bowl in the poll below. We've amassed them all further down the page, so click here to rewatch your favorites. If you're a glutton for Super Bowl spots, click here to see which car commercial you picked as MVP of last year's game.

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Toyota, Kaley Cuoco grant wishes in Super Bowl XLVII ad

Jeffrey N. Ross — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:33:00 EST

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Crossover, Toyota, Celebrities, Humor

For viewers who plan on watching the Super Bowl only for the commercials, here's one for you to enjoy ahead of time. As we saw in the teaser video that Toyota released last week, will be making the transition from Big Bang to The Big Game as a wish-granting genie in a commercial for the 2013 Toyota RAV4.

Though not as entertaining as the actual teaser for this commercial, it still garnered a couple chuckles from the Autoblog crew. We won't spoil it for you, but a word of advice: if Cuoco ever shows up in your driveway granting you wishes, we'd suggest you be very clear what you want... and enunciate.

If you want to see the commercial before this Sunday's game, we have the video (and an accompanying press release) posted after the jump.

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Toyota releases teaser for Kaley Cuoco Super Bowl ad

John Neff — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:18:00 EST

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Crossover, Toyota

Toyota has released a 35-second teaser video for its upcoming Super Bowl spot staring Kaley Cuoco, the actress best known for her role as object-of-nerd-affection Penny on The Big Bang Theory. The real star of the ad, however, is its soundtrack, the 1995 hit "I Wish" by rapper Skee-Lo that will have your mind cashing nostalgia checks the moment it hits your ears.

We still don't know much about the content, plot or story of this Super Bowl commercial, though we can say that its object of promotion is likely the new RAV4 we see Ms. Cuoco driving in this teaser. The rest of the time she's walking the street in a purple getup granting wishes like Robin Williams on a Disney sound stage. And then the Easter Bunny and a chihuahua enter the picture and we get lost. Clint Eastwood under a bridge this is not.

But hey, Super Bowl ads cost millions and millions of dollars to produce and air, so we trust that Toyota spent its money wisely and will have us ROFLing on game day. Until then, scroll down and witness for yourself the debut of Kaley Cuoco as a Toyota spokeswoman.

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Toyota Super Bowl ad to star Big Bang Theory bombshell Kaley Cuoco

Zach Bowman — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:30:00 EST

Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Toyota, Celebrities

Toyota has turned to actress Kaley Cuoco for a little help during this year's Super Bowl. The Big Bang Theory star will play a role front and center in the automaker's spot for the game, and Toyota fans have a chance to show up in the ad as well. Anyone can take a photo and upload it via Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #wishgranted for a chance to have their image featured in the commercial on February 3. While Toyota isn't saying exactly what the pictures will be used for, we imagine the photos will need to be rated PG. Sorry, guys.

Toyota isn't saying much more about the ad or what its plot line will offer, at least for now. Expect to hear more details surface as we get closer to game day. In the interim, you can check out the brief press release below for more information, or check out Toyota's "Get In The Big Game" web page at the link below.

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