Motoring Discussion > Peugeot - body blow	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Hacko	Replies: 41

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:29   Peugeot - body blow - Hacko

Some advertising by car manufacturers can be entertaining, some so daft. Currently Peugeot are running full page ads in some national newspapers trying to extol the virtues of the new 208 model. The headline message: "Let Your Body Drive." Eh? I could never see myself owning any French-made car, but this really caps it. Wonder if they paid a UK or Continental agency to come up with such mind boggling jibberish. Anyone recall a car ad that did work? EH Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:32   Peugeot - body blow - CGNorwich

I suspect a good proportion of them. Advertising really does affect us despite what we like to think. Companies wouldn't pay millions for it if didn't. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:34   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

www.208.peugeot.co.uk/ Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:39   Peugeot - body blow - L'escargot

A Hillman Imp advert showed an Imp going round a bend in the road and the caption read "Tear around the dotted line". Last edited by: L'escargot on Fri 22 Jun 12 at 10:42 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 11:07   Peugeot - body blow - Crankcase

>> A Hillman Imp advert showed an Imp going round a bend in the road and >> the caption read "Tear around the dotted line". I like that. The old Landrover ads used to say "Streets ahead in every field", which I also liked. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:23   Peugeot - body blow - DP

>> I like that. The old Landrover ads used to say "Streets ahead in every field", >> which I also liked. Also liked their 'Best 4x4 x far' slogan in the 80's. I loved that 'Everything we do is driven by you' Ford ad in the early 90's with the Brian May soundtrack. Not only was it an entertaining ad, and a clever slogan, but the ad itself was an object lesson in how to make a (then) dreary, depressingly average range of cars look actually quite appealing. Last edited by: DP on Mon 25 Jun 12 at 09:23 Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:40   Peugeot - body blow - Focusless

>> The headline message: "Let Your Body Drive." Which part of your body? Could lead to some interesting journeys... Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:51   Peugeot - body blow - Meldrew

Only half of my advertising works, the problem is that I don’t know which half. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:51   Peugeot - body blow - WillDeBeest

The same advert (in French) with the same slogan (in English) is airing on French TV, although with some scenes mirrored to put the 'body' in the left seat. No, it didn't make me want to buy one either, especially since the car is as pretty as any new Peugeot - ie not at all. The 405 ad in the burning sugar cane fields was memorable, but it didn't make me buy one. Nor did Papa and Nicole (or indeed Thierry Henry and Animal) sell me a Clio, but I enjoyed them trying. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:52   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

Papa and Nicole was measured ( in car sales) as the most successful TV car add ever. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 10:51   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

>> >> The headline message: "Let Your Body Drive." >> >> Which part of your body? Could lead to some interesting journeys... This one www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8M53cs-CFI 208 viral marketing in action. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 11:07   Peugeot - body blow - Dog

Now that's one helluva advert (and I don't do adverts) the sound was mighty fine too through my monitor audio b2's! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 11:28   Peugeot - body blow - nice but dim

I hate that stupid Skoda Citigo "Communication Tool" advert, nice car though would mind having a drive in one of those. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 12:07   Peugeot - body blow - Mike Hannon

'Grace - space - pace'. Jaguar. 'Safety Fast'. MG. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 15:36   Peugeot - body blow - Ted

" Take a good look when it passes you ".......................3 guesses. Ted Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 15:39   Peugeot - body blow - Armel Coussine

Bentley - the silent sports car Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 15:43   Peugeot - body blow - Lygonos

Nissan Almera "The car they don't want you to drive" Nissan QX "It exists" Amazing... Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 15:53   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

Ford Capri - The car you always promised yourself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uvrlNZXruk Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 15:57   Peugeot - body blow - Dog

>>Nissan Almera "The car they don't want you to drive"<< I drived one - for four and an alf years (and lived to tell the tale!) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 19:51   Peugeot - body blow - MD

>> >> The headline message: "Let Your Body Drive." >> >> Which part of your body? Could lead to some interesting journeys... >> hands free! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 16:06   Peugeot - body blow - ....

"In Italy, no one grows up wanting to be a train driver." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fza5pPlBOoo Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 16:30   Peugeot - body blow - mikeyb

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmxM-82PbPQ She doesn't know much does she! Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 16:35   Peugeot - body blow - R.P.

Man and machine in perfect harmony...... Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 17:53   Peugeot - body blow - bathtub tom

>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmxM-82PbPQ >> >> She doesn't know much does she! That looks like exactly the model I had, '71, yellow, vinyl roof, 3-door, 4-headlamp, rostyle wheeled, GT. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 19:48   Peugeot - body blow - carmalade

Renault build a better car.It should have read Renault,build a better car.They never did. Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 19:59   Peugeot - body blow - Dog

Their dropheads ain't too bad: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Renault8.12.09.jpg Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:28   Peugeot - body blow - DP

>> Renault build a better car.It should have read Renault,build a better car.They never did. Always thought it was missing a 'please' on the end. :-) Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 19:57   Peugeot - body blow - Bagpuss

In 1988 just before they nearly went bust, Porsche launched the 964 and notoriously advertised it in Germany with the following slogan, without the even vaguest hint of irony (this was the late 80s): tinyurl.com/8a7o9em Translated, the tagline reads: "You can stay longer for breakfast and get home earlier for dinner. Is there a better family car?" Reply to this message | Report message

Fri 22 Jun 12 20:16   Peugeot - body blow - R.P.

I've steered with my knees a few times...! Reply to this message | Report message

Sat 23 Jun 12 08:32   Peugeot - body blow - steveincornwall

Ford ad' from the 1970's(?) when lots of other makers were trying to get a slice of the family saloon market, "They can all make comparisons, but they can't make Cortinas" Steve. Reply to this message | Report message

Sun 24 Jun 12 12:30   Peugeot - body blow - Shiny

VOLVO - tested by the intelligent, driven by dummies. Or was it the other way round? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:09   Peugeot - body blow - TeeCee

>> "In Italy, no one grows up wanting to be a train driver." >> That explains Italian railways..... Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:21   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

Every boy, no matter the nationality, wants to be a train driver. Alas Train drivers don't get the girls and the uniforms are cack. So every italian boy wants to be a carabinieri, with red, black and gold braid uniform and an Alfa with go faster stripes. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:27   Peugeot - body blow - Crankcase

>> Every boy, no matter the nationality, wants to be a train driver. I didn't. Never crossed my mind. Never did like trains. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:30   Peugeot - body blow - DP

>> I didn't. Never crossed my mind. Never did like trains. +1 Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 09:52   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

so what did you want to be? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 18:59   Peugeot - body blow - Alastairw

Well I DID want to be a train driver - even went for the aptitude test at Crewe. I pased on the theoretical parts, but failed miserably on hand/eye coordination, so I continue to work as an accountant. Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 19:09   Peugeot - body blow - zookeeper

train driving... must be a peice of cake , it steeres itself and all the engine driver has to know is throttle and brake, a moped licence should qualify anyone surely? Reply to this message | Report message

Mon 25 Jun 12 19:37   Peugeot - body blow - Zero

>> Well I DID want to be a train driver - even went for the aptitude >> test at Crewe. >> >> I pased on the theoretical parts, but failed miserably on hand/eye coordination, so I continue >> to work as an accountant. Fancy a game of snooker some time? Fiver a frame say? Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 26 Jun 12 08:58   Peugeot - body blow - Victorbox

Vauxhall Cavalier "The Future Now" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cb3cl-tyxM or www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOWEhvwRkEQ Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 26 Jun 12 09:56   Peugeot - body blow - TeeCee

My body is perfectly welcome to drive a Peugeot, as long as my consciousness doesn't have to go along to share the experience. Reply to this message | Report message

Tue 26 Jun 12 10:01   Peugeot - body blow - Focusless

Let's hope BBD never gets his hands (or anything else) on a 208. Reply to this message | Report message