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Old 28-12-2008, 07:19 PM   #61
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Usually the people who bag the marketing can't afford to buy one anyway.

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Old 28-12-2008, 07:28 PM   #62
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Usually the people who bag the marketing can't afford to buy one anyway.

Good post 4VMan
people that bag anything ford do can't afford to buy. there's another few examples in a couple of other threads regarding the wagon. a lot of people saying what ford should do but when it comes time to put up, they go missing.

it is a great ad though.
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Old 28-12-2008, 07:41 PM   #63
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Saw it during the cricket today finally. Quick and to the point. Reasonable effort.
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Old 28-12-2008, 08:02 PM   #64
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Good ad, keep them coming!

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Old 28-12-2008, 08:05 PM   #65
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The only thing missing, though, was a reference to the supercars.

Yeah yeah, they did say that we won the championship this year, and showed a trophy going into the boot of the XT, but it would have been nice to see the new FG race car I thought.

I know it would have been a bit misleading showing the outgoing model, but there is still an FG race car parked in Ford's garage.

Still, it does follow on with the level of 'tameness' as the first few ad's for the FG.
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Old 28-12-2008, 08:11 PM   #66
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Sweet......just watched the ad, grinning from ear to ear.
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Old 28-12-2008, 08:26 PM   #67
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better than fingers for sure ,about time we blew our trumpet .so many of my holden friends are dillusional about the facts .i love quoting these little tit bits, at least now they will have to see it on the box
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Old 28-12-2008, 09:07 PM   #68
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Rather quiet thread.. Its funny how there's only 3 pages in 3 days for this topic..., had this been another "bag Ford marketing" thread we'd have been up to 30 pages by now
It seems we're great at bagging Ford, but all's quiet when they do something "good"...
I think that if you look hard enough, the entire forum has been quiet for the last three days, not just this topic.
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Old 28-12-2008, 09:16 PM   #69
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Seems as though one has to watch the cricket to see the ad. I havent been watching any cricket so I havent seen the ad, so I cant comment on it. Hence no post from me.

If its a good ad, how about Ford show it during some other programs as well, perhaps in the evening, to get a wider audience ?

Edit: Just watched it on youtube and it does look good. Now Ford needs to show it at other times as mentioned above.

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Old 28-12-2008, 10:02 PM   #70
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Rather quiet thread.. Its funny how there's only 3 pages in 3 days for this topic..., had this been another "bag Ford marketing" thread we'd have been up to 30 pages by now
It seems we're great at bagging Ford, but all's quiet when they do something "good"...
lol, it is Christmas.... and Ford do need bagging for their marketing, it has been crap for years.
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Old 28-12-2008, 10:03 PM   #71
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Rather quiet thread.. Its funny how there's only 3 pages in 3 days for this topic..., had this been another "bag Ford marketing" thread we'd have been up to 30 pages by now
It seems we're great at bagging Ford, but all's quiet when they do something "good"...


I think that if you look hard enough, the entire forum has been quiet for the last three days, not just this topic.
Yeah its called christmas and it usually happens every year
btw half of the people bagging ford (inc. me) are not trying to bag them but we are just getting ****ed off about how much of a good car the FG is and they should show it!!!
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bugger i was late:(
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Old 28-12-2008, 11:14 PM   #73
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they should lower the cars for the ads, its harldy false advertising is it? pretty sure its ok for holden to state rediculous claims
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The ONLY criticism I have of the ad is that with the G6T thing i think they should have said "the carsguide car of the year and the carsguide peoples choice award" although I understand there is only so much you can fit in 30 secs but other than that 2 thumbs up
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Old 29-12-2008, 11:42 AM   #75
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Great add and well done, great car the FG but I cant convince the wife to get one. She is obsessed with SUV type thing but atleast she is considering a Territory after I made her go to the local Ford dealer and drive one... women do not watch cricket unfortunately, they are the one's who need to know how safe this car is
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Old 29-12-2008, 01:50 PM   #76
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Fords new marketing is great, the old boss never produced anything that made me want to run out and buy a Falcon...... or did they http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WBg9_iUFRHw
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Old 30-12-2008, 12:07 AM   #77
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Great add and well done, great car the FG but I cant convince the wife to get one. She is obsessed with SUV type thing but atleast she is considering a Territory after I made her go to the local Ford dealer and drive one... women do not watch cricket unfortunately, they are the one's who need to know how safe this car is
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Old 30-12-2008, 07:17 AM   #78
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Great add and well done, great car the FG but I cant convince the wife to get one. She is obsessed with SUV type thing but atleast she is considering a Territory after I made her go to the local Ford dealer and drive one... women do not watch cricket unfortunately, they are the one's who need to know how safe this car is
Get a replay of the finger add for her - Mine loved it
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Old 30-12-2008, 01:19 PM   #79
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Haven't caught it yet on the cricket but just watched it on YouTube. This is a good add and gets to the point without being overly cocky or in your face.

There are a few more awards (such as NZ awards and XR6T Ute etc) that they can tout if they want so hopefully there is more to come.

I still think the Focus ad is the best where they nail the Corolla, Mazda etc (the ute ads are also always great for a laugh)
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If Ford ever decide to market their perfomance vehicles, it would be good to re-use the line from an old John Goss commercial "theres a little bit of Bathurst in every Falcon".
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If Ford ever decide to market their perfomance vehicles, it would be good to re-use the line from an old John Goss commercial "theres a little bit of Bathurst in every Falcon".
They'd get sued for misleading and deceptive advertising......



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They'd get sued for misleading and deceptive advertising......

How does Holden get around it then?
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tongue in cheek i think you will find
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I'm not sure what would happen if Ford made a Falcon ad like this...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DQHneKVtsbo

But then again, they better not as their marketing isn't aggressive and Holden or Toyota would quickly retaliate to that with, "We sell a lot more vehicles than Ford, so that means we're better".
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I've whacked it up on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sNReZ0BqIU
Thanks for that,
I still haven't seen it on TV
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To all the people complaining that Ford do not advertise the awards the FG has won, nor its V8SC Championship, you can now stop whinging. Saw the first ad during the cricket. Maybe Fords advertising department can actually do something?

About time.
Its a blady good ad!
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Saw the advertisement for the first time literally just then.

Was good. No BS or marketing spiel. Just the raw facts.
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