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Cadillac kicks current ad agency to the curb, seeking new suitors

It was three years ago that Cadillac switched to ad agency Modernista!, and one year leater it rolled out its "Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit." campaign. In a four-sentence statement put out by Cadillac General Manager Bryan Nesbitt, the brand is looking for a new agency and Modernista! "has elected not to participate" in the search. There have been various reasons given for the split. An agency rep said it was down to "creative and strategic differences." Another report said it was about fees and Cadillac not being able to stick with a ... Read more →

VIDEO: U.K. texting-while-driving PSA is a return to Blood on the Highway Jonathon Ramsey

It looks like Wales hired Danny Boyle or Quentin Tarantino to create a PSA to showcase the dangers of texting while driving (it was actually Peter Watkins-Hughes). As these things do, it starts ...

VIDEO: Before you weld a Chevrolet Volt, you have to stamp out the bodies Sam Abuelsamid

The other day, we pointed you toward a video produced by General Motors that is part of a series on the building of the pre-production Chevy Volt prototypes. That video showed the model's IVER ...

Bob Lutz unhappy with new Buick campaign? Jonathon Ramsey

Looks like there could be too many cooks in the Buick PR kitchen, and the soup is looking worried. For the new GM to get on its feet, Buick has to find its feet. To do that, Buick has created a ...

VIDEO: 2010 Jaguar XJ in motion, interior and interviews + expanded gallery and pricing! Chris Shunk

The all-new 2010 Jaguar XJ has finally been revealed, and it's a big departure for the Leaping Cat crew from Coventry. Sure, it shares a number of outward similarities with the already-available ...

Bloody Rare: One-of-a-kind Pagani Zonda PS [w/VIDEOS] 4 months ago on Autoblog

You can't always get what you want. That's the reality of life, especially when you're talking about the ultra-exclusive Pagani Zonda. One buyer in England, reported to go by the name Peter Saywell, apparently wanted to get his hands on the limited-edition Zonda Cinque, but after all five sold ...

VIDEO: AutoCar Ad of the Year - Volkswagen's Singing Dog 11 months ago on Autoblog

AutoCar readers have voted on the year's best car commercial, and unsurprisingly, it's not from America. Neither is AutoCar, sure, but that still doesn't quite explain why we get GM's Our Country ads and the rest of you get ninja kittens and singing dogs. We're not even sure how singing dogs ...

Garage419 Invitational wrap-up 1 year ago on Autoblog

So, exactly a week ago, I was in Mt. Kisco at Grand Prix New York for the first annual (hopefully) Garage419 Invitational. Put simply, it was great. Big props to Matt Farah and the crew at Next New Networks for organizing the whole shindig, which put a big, fun group of guys (and one gal) together ...

VIDEO and new PICS: Citroen GT in stereoscopic darkness 1 year ago on Autoblog

Citroen has let slip another drip in the GT by Citroen reveal, and this time it's a video showing off the dramatic shapes of "The Drive of Your Life." Dig those mirrors, and the glasshouse swept back in monumental fashion. Whatever is pushing the car's massive rims apparently needs a lot of ...

VIDEO: Truck driver does 70 MPH, in reverse, kind of... 1 year ago on Autoblog

A very short clip that says so much, there's really only one thing to add: be very, very careful out there. You never know who you're driving next to... Follow the jump to see the vid. [Source: Break via Geekologie] ...

VIDEO: New Citroen C4 actually a dancing robot 1 year ago on Autoblog

We often wonder why French wine, fashion and architecture make total sense to us, yet French commercials often make us go "Um, ok, all right...." Citroen's C4 dancing robot first appeared back in 2004 -- well before Optimus Prime and crew teamed up with film director Michael Bay -- and since ...

Coke Zero (Zero Seven) commercial features new Bond theme 1 year ago on Autoblog

Jack White, one half of the Whites in the White Stripes, wrote and produced the new theme song for Quantum of Solace, sung by White and Alicia Keyes. Turns out that White also -- unwittingly and unhappily -- wrote the new theme song for Coke Zero. Coca-Cola has used an instrumental version of ...

VIDEO: Quantum of Solace trailer #2... oh yeah... 1 year ago on Autoblog

The trailer for the latest Bond film is out, and you could be disappointed: they pushed the release date of the film in the U.S. back a week. If you can get over that, you'll find that everything else is two minutes and twenty-eight seconds of "Holy %$#@! that was awesome!" It's almost like ...

VIDEO: MINI creates Bzzz for Clubman with new commercial 1 year ago on Autoblog

MINI has a new commercial for the Clubman that looks like a teaser for a new Tim Burton film -- all it's missing is Johnny Depp. Detailing the arcane goings on at a funeral for a fly, we aren't sure how the commercial is supposed to make humans want to buy the car, but that's why ad guys get paid ...

Coming to a console near you: Need for Speed: Undercover 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view video after the jump The trailer for Need for Speed: Undercover is out, and it is 60 straight seconds of "We want." The in-game texture looks primo and the storyline sections are a nice mix full-motion and rendered video. We have no idea what the game involves yet, so we can ...

VIDEO: Fast and Furious 4 trailer debuts 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for gallery of stills from Fast and Furious 4 Could it be? Could the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious be... as good (we use that word loosely) as the first movie? Perhaps even good enough to make us forget the installments that followed, both of which tried to shoot poison ...

Spy Video: Jaguar XF-R caught on tape 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view video after the jump The coming Jaguar XF-R has been caught in the valley of death. It was accompanied by a Jaguar XJ mule and shepherded by a fleet of Land Rovers charged with blocking the all-seeing eye of someone's Sony Handycam. Fortunately for us, they failed. The driver of ...

VIDEO: How to do a U-Turn, Dubai style 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view video after the jump Just in time for the Olympics, we have this entrant from Dubai who apparently didn't make the team for the U-turn competition was left at home to practice his talent in the streets. In diving across four lanes of traffic from a dedicated right turn lane, he ...

Sam Hubinette's Lamborghini LP-560 drifting video 1 year ago on Autoblog

When Jaguar's "Gorgeous" campaign TV ads came out a few years back with the XK, some ad critics questioned the none-too-subtle message they contained: older, distinguished gentleman gets to frolic with beautiful young women when he drives this car. Whether or not that's the case -- concerning the ...

Photo espionage never looked so good 2 years ago on Autoblog

If Michael Man were to do a film about spy photographers (of the automotive variety) from a script written by Mamet or Soderbergh, this would be it. Called The Illusive and brought to you by the folks at Mercedes, it's about spy photographer trying to get shots of Merc's wares and the Merc "agent" ...

VIDEO: At the Autoblog Drive-In Part 2 2 years ago on Autoblog

Time to stretch your legs! Head to the snack bar and get something to munch on. Suggestions pop up on the screen in case you need some inspiration. The concessions are multitudinous, from sweet candy bars to crispy fish sandwiches (don't they look scrumptious?), you can push your cholesterol way ...

VIDEO: At the Autoblog Drive-In Part 1 2 years ago on Autoblog

If you miss drive-ins, we've got it all worked out for you. How you recreate the experience is up to you. The simplest method would be to just plop your laptop on the hood, but the screen is a bit small for that, and the sound would be worse than those little speakers that clipped on the windows. ...

Autoblog week in photos: Week of April 23, 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog

There was plenty to see on Autoblog last week, and we have the pictures to prove it. We flew down to Bowling Green, Kentucky to see the unveling of thenew, LS3-powered, 436-horse 2008 Corvette. We also got our hands on a Hyundai Veracruz, and weighed in with with plenty of commentary and pictures. ...

VIDEO: New Mini being flogged in Spain 2 years ago on Autoblog

Our friends at MotoringFile have been spending some time in Spain driving the new Cooper S like they stole it. Not that it really looks obviously different from the outgoing Cooper - why spoil a good thing? What a great way to start the weekend, living vicariously through some lucky stiff's thrill ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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