Inspired by the recent Counterfeit
MINI spot currently running on cable television, I
decided to look up more commercials of our beloved
car. Only a few have aired in the US, and most of
those (along with ones featured in other countries)
have already been discussed here. But while searching
around I came across a few I hadn’t seen before, and
thought I’d pass them on:
Follow
That Car
Break that back-end loose – you gotta love the last
shot!
In
Disguise
Fast-n-furious, with a twist. Unfortunately, those in
the know get the joke early, since we all know a MINI
tach when we see one…
While these ads may not be new (dated 2004 and 2003
respectively), they both capture the thrill of
motoring and slight cheekiness of the MINI brand. Both
ads were produced by WCRS, an agency in
London that’s done work for both MINI
and BMW.
And, just in case you hadn’t noticed before, you
can always check out more videos by following
MotoringFile’s “Video & Commercials” links in the
sidebar to your right.
<p>WCRS never ceases to amaze me. That 1 series commercial has always been a favorite. </p>
<p>That said check out UK <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.btaa.co.uk/winners2005/HondaDiesel_Grr.htm">this commercial</a> about Honda’s new line of effecient diesel engines (done by Weiden+Kennedy). It was just named commercial of the year in the UK. And if you like that you’ll love <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wk.com/flash/years/2003_cog.htm">their commercial</a> that one in 2003.</p>
<p>another spot in the german television using the MINI.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mobile.de/unternehmen/marketing_tvspot.shtml?NAV=StaticUnternehmen,StaticMarketing&sprache=1">mobile.de spot</a></p>
<p>of course not direkt a MINI-ad, but very nice scenes with the MINI in action.</p>
<p>Cool, Lawrence. They’ve been saved to my Movies folder (try to keep me from saving something you let me play? ha!)</p>
<p>Great ads…now we need to find somewhere we can download them :)</p>
<p>Ahh.. I got ’em. Added to my mini video archive. 🙂
MINI should really gather up all these videos and host them themselves. Especially great ones like these two.</p>
<p>Here’s another. This time from France:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.excitement.fr/">Excitement.fr</a></p>
<p>I believe the In Disguise ad was banned in Australia for misrepresenting the car.</p>
<p>I have never seen either of those before…great commercials.</p>
<p>The honda commercial Gabe linked to is a faster download at honda’s UK site here:
<a rel="nofollow" href="URL">http://www.honda.co.uk/change/</a></p>
<p>Is that Garrison Keillor singing?</p>
<p>Screwed up the link…trying again:
<a rel="nofollow" href="URL">http://www.honda.co.uk/change/</a></p>
<p>OK, now I’ve figured it out. Please forgive my density:
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.honda.co.uk/change/">Hate Something</a></p>
<p>Yes I believe it is Garrison Keillor</p>
<p>here is another
<a rel="nofollow" href="URL">http://www.johnauthor.com/movies/lobster.mov</a></p>
<p>oops try this
<a rel="nofollow" href=//www.johnauthor.com/movies/lobster.mov>lobster</a></p>
<p>any how about this one:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href=http://www.bigbrainpictures.com/samples/Sequence3768K_Stream001.mov>Ain’t no sunshine</a></p>