"Changement (""Moved On"") from 1996, where the Soul II Soul song ""Keep On Movin'"" was used. Papa and Nicole ""Papa"" and ""Nicole"" were fictional characters created to advertise the Renault Clio in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1998. The ""Papa!"" ""Nicole"" and ""Nicole!"" ""Papa"" verbal exchanges between Nicole and her father during the advertisements were adapted from an exchange between Nicole Bonnet (played by Audrey Hepburn) and her father (played by Hugh Griffith) in the film ""How to Steal a Million"" from 1966. Surveys by Channel 4 and ITV revealed the series as the most popular car advertisements ever"
"the Renault Clio Papa & Nicole advert series in 1998. Renault cast the duo to battle over Nicole, the star of the series, at the altar. An estimated 23 million viewers tuned in to see Nicole jilting Reeves at the altar and eloping with Mortimer in a Clio, spoofing a scene from the 1967 film The Graduate. For extra exposure, the commercial was scheduled for prime time viewing during the long-standing British soap opera Coronation Street. It was also screened extensively during the World Cup. The duo's ""The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer"" characters Le Corbussier et Papin quoted the"
"television advertising campaign by Publicis shot in France, featuring the two main characters of Nicole (played by Estelle Skornik) and Papa. From 1991 to 1993, trim levels were identical in every European country. Starting in 1993, trim levels designations became more varied across the various markets. The car was sold as the Renault Lutecia (from ""Lutetia"", the Latin name for Paris) in Japan, as ""Clio"" was used there by Honda for one of their domestic marketing networks. In 1993, Renault launched the Clio Williams as a limited edition of 3,800 cars (1,300 more than they needed for homologation purposes) with"
"their version of the Opel Corsa B made its debut, and later models were sold as the ""Vauxhall Corsa"" instead. This was the second Vauxhall to adopt the same model name as the Opel version, the first being the Senator. A television advert in 1986 featured the Ritchie Valens hit ""La Bamba"" playing in the background CGI allowed a Nova to drive over vehicles in a busy city. Another advert from 1990 featured a Nova as a pet, CGI allowing it to jump through a traffic jam and briefly play a hotrod whilst stopped at traffic lights. The end featured"
"a television advertisement where a sombre man labelled as the advertising manager said that they were no longer going to have the tiger, followed a short while later with advertisements for the save the tiger campaign, promotional events featuring real tigers, billboards, and in Europe station pump hoses ""wrapped in tiger stripes"" as well as pop music songs. Tiger imagery can still be seen on the pumps of successor firm ExxonMobil. Esso, along with its sister brands Exxon and Mobil, are official long-term recommended gasoline of Porsche, Bentley, Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, Hino, Chevrolet (including Corvette), Cadillac, Opel, Vauxhall, Buick, Holden,"
"the third-generation Beetle featuring dogs barking to the tune of ""The Imperial March""), General Motors (four for Chevrolet; including a commercial featuring ""We Are Young"" by fun. that led to a massive sales spike; and one for Cadillac), Toyota, Hyundai, Acura (featuring Jerry Seinfeld in an ad for the NSX), Kia Motors (advertising the Optima with a spot starring Adriana Lima), Audi (parodying the ""Twilight"" series with an ad for the S7), Honda (starring Matthew Broderick in a reprisal of the lead role in ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off""), newcomers Dannon Yogurt and Century 21 Real Estate, Teleflora, Mars, Incorporated (introducing"
"such as ""the world's most advanced automotive computer"", called EEC-IV, that claimed to have the ability to monitor up to seven vital engine functions, and noted the interior to be roomier in the rear seat than a Mercedes-Benz 300D. Other ads featured the slogan ""Pick up the Tempo of your life!"" The first generation Tempo and Topaz were released in 1983 as 1984 models, and equaled the length of a Chevrolet Cavalier at the time, to which it was a response. The Ford Fairmont, which was last produced in 1983, was more directly replaced by the Ford LTD, which was"
"the door open for an engine branding deal in the future. In 2011, Infiniti signed Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel as its first global ambassador. However, a breakdown with the team's relationship with Infiniti's partner Renault since 2014 caused by the lack of results meant that Infiniti had split their partnership from Redbull Racing by the end of the 2015 Formula One season. In July 2015, a commercial for the 2015 QX60 imitates a scene from the 1983 movie ""National Lampoon's Vacation"". Ethan Embry, Clark's son in the movie, drives the QX60 and sees a blonde in a Lamborghini."
"was changed after a couple of months, due to Noel feeling uncomfortable with the title. On 1 September 2011, Vauxhall Motors released a brand new advertisement to advertise their three-and-a-half year deal sponsorship of the England national football team. Vauxhall had also previewed a minute and a half of Noel's unreleased track single, ""AKA... What a Life!"" The commercial includes Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Jack Wilshere, Ashley Cole, Joe Hart, Darren Bent, James Milner, and Scott Parker alongside football fans of the team and the Vauxhall staff at Wembley Stadium. Vauxhall hoped that the campaign would capture ""how football brings"
"sponsored by National Lampoon, Inc., which initiated the ""Vacation"" series. On November 18, 2009, ""Us Weekly"" reported that HomeAway announced it was planning to use Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo in a national advertising campaign which would resemble ""National Lampoon’s Vacation"". HomeAway purchased a replica of the Wagon Queen Family Truckster for use in the campaign. The first ad aired during the CBS television network broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV on February 7, 2010. Clark and Ellen Griswold (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) are driving their Wagon Queen Family Truckster to visit their son Rusty and his family, who are"
"site includes cameo appearances by Lauren Wallace and drivers Mike Wallace, his daughter Chrissy Wallace, Speed TV's Tommy Kendall, Paul Tracy, Christian Fittipaldi and Max Papis. Introduced in 2 August 2007, this series of ads features an ""E! True Hollywood Story""-type show about famed fictional characters such as Fred Flintstone, Jed Clampett, and even a Cabbage Patch Kid named Ben Winkler claiming to have their cars (the Flintmobile, Jed's 1923 Oldsmobile truck, and a Plymouth Reliant/Dodge Aries, respectively) insured by GEICO, featuring interviews with made-up investigators (however, the Ben Winkler spot does not have an interview). These commercials were voiced"
"An American Revolution An American Revolution is a former advertising campaign used by American car manufacturer Chevrolet. First introduced on New Year's Eve 2003 in the United States to promote its ""ten new cars and trucks in twenty months"", released since January 2004, but the lineup of advertised cars was later expanded. Also including the Korean made Chevrolet Aveo. The campaign was made by advertising firm Campbell-Ewald from Warren, Michigan, near General Motors' headquarters in Detroit. ""An American Revolution"" was released on the TV program ""Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve"" on the TV channel ABC. The TV commercials have"
"In the United Kingdom, in place of releasing a theatrical trailer, a theatrical commercial featuring Remy and Emile was released in cinemas before its release to discourage obtaining unlicensed copies of films. Also in the United Kingdom, the main characters were used for a theatrical commercial for the Nissan Note, with Remy and Emile watching an original commercial for it made for the ""Surprisingly Spacious"" ad campaign and also parodying it, respectively. Disney/Pixar was concerned that audiences, particularly children, would not be familiar with the word ""ratatouille"" and its pronunciation. The title was therefore also spelled phonetically within trailers and"
"tagline was heard in the Pixar film ""Cars"", in which Tom and Ray voiced anthropomorphized vehicles (Rusty and Dusty Rust-eze, respectively a 1963 Dodge Dart V1.0 and 1963 Dodge A100 van, as Lightning McQueen's racing sponsors) with personalities similar to their own on-air personae. Tom notoriously once owned a ""convertible, green with large areas of rust!"" Dodge Dart, known jokingly on the program by the faux-elegant name ""Dartre"". In 1977, radio station WBUR-FM in Boston scheduled a panel of local car mechanics to discuss car repairs on one of its programs, but only Tom Magliozzi showed up. He did so"
"the market-dominant Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore – offered better handling. This led to a advertising campaign including on television, which portrayed a high speed sprint involving a Magna AWD, Holden Commodore (VY) and Ford Falcon (BA), with the latter RWD cars oversteering wildly out of control on a dirt bend. The television advertisement became the subject of complaints alleging that it promoted unsafe driving. This resulted in MMAL being forced to make changes following the intervention of the Advertising Standards Board finding the company to be in breach of a then new national code for car advertising. Overall, the"
"commercial (referencing NBC's use of commercial breaks during its own coverage). The character Jean Girard, a cultured French driver, is appropriately sponsored by Perrier mineral water. ""Josie and the Pussycats"" contains placements in most of the shots. This appears to be done ironically, as the plot of the film revolves around subliminal messages in advertising. The film's general message can also be construed as an anti-consumerist one. The film neither sought nor received compensation for the placements. The 2009 ""Star Trek"", in a scene where young James Kirk drives and crashes a Chevrolet Corvette, he operates a Nokia touch-screen smartphone."
"same way as North American or the South American versions. The Avenger competed directly with the Chevrolet Malibu and Ford Fusion, with the 2007 and later Chrysler Sebring being aimed at the higher priced American cars such as the Mercury Milan, Pontiac G6, and Saturn Aura. In the US, the Avenger was launched with a 30-second television ad, ""Tuned Up,"" that debuted Sunday, March 4, 2007 during NHL hockey, an ad in which a lab technician discovers he can play Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple on the Avenger's transmission. Another television spot likened the Avenger to the ""superhero"""
"Williams. In 2006, Honda released its ""Choir"" advertisement, for the UK and the internet. This had a 60-person choir who sang the car noises as film of the Honda Civic are shown. In the mid to late 2000s in the United States, during model close-out sales for the current year before the start of the new model year, Honda's advertising has had an animated character known simply as Mr. Opportunity, voiced by Rob Paulsen. The casual looking man talked about various deals offered by Honda and ended with the phrase ""I'm Mr. Opportunity, and I'm knockin'"", followed by him ""knocking"""
"aired television commercials in Europe to promote their new electronically controlled continuously variable (or stepless) """"multitronic"""" transmission. The Frankfurt, Germany branch of advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, headquartered in New York City, produced the Audi commercials featuring an Elvis impersonator whose car had broken down. The Elvis impersonator and his Wackel-Elvis were picked up by a friendly fellow driver - played by German actress Karina Krawczyk - in an Audi equipped with the new transmission. The punch line of the commercials was that due to the lack of shifting motion while accelerating with the continuously variable transmission the Audi was"
"Penny Mallory Penny Durban Mallory (born 1966) was the first woman in the world to compete in a World Rally Car, a rally car specification introduced in 1997. Mallory became National Ladies Champion Rally Driver in 1993 and went on to be one of the UK’s top rally drivers. Prior to that, she was a graphic designer. She also worked as a precision stunt driver, playing both ‘Papa and Nicole’ in one of the famous Renault Clio commercials. Mallory is also a television presenter; she co-anchored Channel 4's motoring programme ""Driven"" alongside Mike Brewer and Jason Plato and ""Accident Black"
"1969 Opel GT, which also appears in the body of the show. In season four (1968–1969), Adams uses a yellow Citroën 2CV in the wedding episode ""With Love and Twitches"" (Episode 4.09), and a blue 1968 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 convertible with a tan interior and four seats (as required by the plot) in the episodes ""A Tale of Two Tails"" (4.07) and ""The Laser Blazer"" (4.10). In the short-lived 1995 TV series, Smart is trying to sell the Karmann Ghia through the classified ads. In ""Get Smart, Again!"", Smart is seen driving a red 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce."
"under Chevrolet and Vauxhall brand), GM has a campaign featuring a General Motors Astra, an Opel Meriva, and a General Motors Zafira as characters in the world of ""Cars"", including TV ads made by Pixar, with the Opel models interacting with Lightning McQueen, Mater and Ramone. The first ad involved the Opels coming to Radiator Springs as tourists. The second involved their failed attempts at auditioning for Mater. In the end the Opels lost the part to the real Mater. In July 2006, greeting card giant Hallmark Cards unveiled its line of 2006 Keepsake Christmas ornaments. Among the collection was"
"from automakers Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, MG, Volvo, and Pontiac. In his 2013 appearance on ""Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee"", part of Jerry Seinfeld's conversation with Letterman was filmed in Letterman's outwardly unassuming 1995 Volvo 960 station wagon that is powered by a 380-horsepower racing engine. Paul Newman had the car built for Letterman. Letterman shares a close relationship with the rock and roll band Foo Fighters since their appearance on his first show upon his return from heart surgery (see section ""Heart surgery hiatus"" for more information). The band appeared many times on the ""Late Show"" (see section ""Retirement from Late"
"a nylon stocking was used to replace the fan belt in a Jaguar car used the slogan ""So smooth, 9 out of 10 cats prefer them"", ""cat"" this time being a reference to the make of car featured. In 1998, Australian rules footballer Garry Hocking changed his name by deed poll to ""Whiskas"" as part of the Geelong Football Club promotion with the company. It was the first such publicity stunt of its kind. On 27 January 1999, Whiskas singles aired the very first ""commercial for cats"" on American TV. The VHS release featured a small segment on how the"
"final edit to be seen on TV as well as winning a cash prize along with the new car as Hyundai has. Hyundai Genesis (coupe and the four-door saloon version) have appeared in the TV series ""Leverage"", driven by the main characters. The coupe has also appeared in the TV series ""Burn Notice"" as Fiona's new car. It also made an appearance in the eighth season of the TV series ""24"" as one of the pursuit vehicles driven by Jack Bauer. The song ""FOL"" from The Smashing Pumpkins, used in Genesis Coupe Super Bowl ad, was freely available by supplying"
"United Kingdom she is best remembered for playing ""Nicole"" alongside Max Douchin (""Papa"") in a range of Renault Clio adverts; the last advert in May 1998 featured the comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. It has been said that she was unable to drive when the advertisements were made. However, she has said ""That was anuzzer LIE! I passed my test at 18."" She also played in the theatre, in the production ""Home Truths"" at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, United Kingdom, between 19 and 24 May 1997. Estelle Skornik Estelle Skornik (born 4 July 1971 in Paris) is a"
"Cadillacs. During the first and second seasons, he drives a green 1996 Cadillac Seville SLS. He drives a beige 1998 Cadillac DeVille in the third season (which was stolen in ""Pine Barrens."") He drives a beige Cadillac Eldorado until the end of the fifth season and a beige Cadillac CTS in the sixth season. One of his cars plays the ""Speak Softly Love"" (""Love Theme from ""The Godfather"""") as the melody for the car horn (""Nobody Knows Anything""). Paulie appeared in a commercial for Aftonbladet, advertising that the tabloid was being sold with a free ""Sopranos"" DVD each week in"
"among the initial drivers. Clarkson commonly refers to the Kia phonetically as the ""Cee-apostrophe-d"". Sophie Raworth, Bill Turnbull and Fiona Bruce all did the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car for Children in Need 2012. In the first episode of series 20, Clarkson, Hammond and May revealed their new Reasonably Priced Car – A 1.6 Tech Line Vauxhall Astra. In similar fashion to earlier ""new starts"", an open day was held for multiple stars to drive the car. Following the abrupt end of Series 22 as a result of Clarkson's dismissal from the show, the Astra was returned to Vauxhall"
"in the price of plastics, parents becoming cautious of 'glue sniffing' and, later, the rise of video gaming (Miller 2011). A revival of sorts was seen in the late 1980s, especially among adults, as Monogram introduced a series of replicas of NASCAR race cars, as did AMT with a kit of the 1966 Chevrolet Nova, which American modelers had been requesting for years. New model specific magazines sprang up, such as ""Scale Auto Enthusiast"", (now simply ""Scale Auto"") and ""Model Cars Magazine'!'. These magazines spread the word, helped advertisers, and brought a new generation of modelers together from all across"
"to the Sandero Stepway. The Sandero was the focus of a running gag on the British television programme ""Top Gear"". In Series 11 and Series 12, after Dacia sent the show a press kit, presenter James May would often exclaim ""Good News!"" and explain a fact about the Sandero during the show's news segment, to which Jeremy Clarkson would reply ""Great!"" before abruptly changing the subject. The gag was also featured in ""The Big Book of Top Gear"", with a page proclaiming ""Good News! The Dacia Sandero is in this book!"" In later episodes, the presenters switched sides of the"
"Ferb"". U.S. show ""Person of Interest"" used his 'Goooooooool' in the episode ""Cura te ipsum."" When Reese and Fusco confront the drug dealers at their apartment, there is a goal scored during a football match on the television. The famous ""Gooooooool"", seen in the U.S. on NBC's Deportes Telemundo network, can be heard in the background. In 2014, Cantor was featured in an ad campaign for Volkswagen of America. The campaign was launched for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and depicts him offering play-by-play announcing while his son Nicolas drives a new Volkswagen Golf GTI. Cantor was featured as an"
"if the scene was purely a figment of the driver's imagination. With the power, speed and innovation of the S8 at the driver's fingertips, it's easy to get carried away behind the wheel of an Audi S model. The spot closes with the tagline ""Heighten Every Moment."" The commercial was premiered during the 2012 NFL season kick-off game on 05-09-2012. The ""Suspect"" commercial featuring the Audi S8 would also air in NFL on CBS and NBC, and select cable networks, including: Food, FX, National Geographic, ESPN, USA, CNN, and AMC. A 30-second version would also be viewable on CNN.com, Reuters.com,"
"(Nissan after 1984) with the tagline 'We Are Driven', and Toyota with 'Oh What A Feeling' (they ran a previous ad campaign prior to 1979 where the company mocked the Plymouth Volare with the tagline 'You Asked For It – You Got It') – luring away traditional Big Three consumers (Subaru in the late 1970s ran an ad campaign where former owners of a Big Three automobile drove their products – one TV ad started with the tagline 'Ford drives Subaru'). A year after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Japanese manufacturers surpassed Detroit's production totals becoming first in the world. Japanese"