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VW ‘Safe Happens’ Commercials Work

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

USA Today reports (via) that the VW Safe Happens commercials (see my related post) are really paying off:

  • Requests for brochures up 37% at call centers
  • Requests for brochures up 56% on their website
  • Requests for dealer quotes are up 58%

I tend to agree with the quote in the article that the commercials are pretty shocking and that they really make you think about the safety of cars. I hope my Passat never meets up with the same fate as those Jettas.

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Cool Video of the Day

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Volksbloggin had a pointer to this cool video of new beetle transformer. Ah, Autobots and Decepticons…

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The Rabbit is Coming Back…

Friday, April 21st, 2006

VW recently announced (via) that they’re bringing back the Rabbit name for the car currently known as Golf. I’m looking to economize a bit in my next set of wheels, and enjoyed my previous Golf so much I might give another one a shot.

Update- volksbloggin also says that the upcoming generation of Golf/Rabbit isn’t long for this world and is scheduled for sooner than normal replacement due to higher than expected manufacturing expenses.

Update 2- volksbloggin now has some pictures.

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Bizarre VW Jetta Commercial

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Even weirder than the freaky gti commercials (who are done by the same ad agency as the burger king ‘king’ series; like this), I caught this commercial hilighting jetta safety.

Wow, really gets your attention.

Update- turns out there’s another commercial in that series. Same idea, different folks in the car.

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