Who Plays the Family of Tree Huggers in That Subaru Outback Commercial?
Have you seen that Subaru ad for the 2015 Outback that features a family of literal tree huggers taking a nostalgic trip to Woodstock? If so, then you might have wondered who plays the vaguely familiar mom character – or the hippie grandma, or the impressionable daughter, or the nondescript dad, for that matter. At […]
Power Wheels Lincoln Parody Finally Kills the Meme
Seriously, it's dead. You can all stop now.
Welp, we can go ahead and shut it down, folks. It’s been a good run, but we’ve hit the terminus point of people riffing on Matthew McConaughey’s ultra-spacey performance in commercials for the Lincoln MKC. Unless the next thing out of the gate is the Too Many Cooks of Matthew McConaughey parodies, this thing is […]
Toronto Lexus Ad Features Iggy Azalea, General Awfulness
There are very few things in this world as precious to us as bad local commercials. Without horrible small business think-tanks, we wouldn’t have ads like this one for the St. Joseph’s East Hills Shopping Center, which also inexplicably features mid-2000s Miley Cyrus rapping about backpacks: And who can forget this absolutely incomparable ad for […]
2015 Subaru Legacy Named The Car Connection’s Best Car To Buy 2015
The redesigned 2015 Subaru Legacy was announced today as the winner of The Car Connection’s Best Car To Buy 2015 Award, beating out its fellow Subaru nominee, the 2015 Outback crossover (no doubt a crushing blow to the elderly hippie from those tree-hugger Outback commercials). The Legacy also bested other new or updated 2015 models, […]
Toyota and Fashion Bomb Daily Partner to Produce Video Series
As the leading automaker in the world, Toyota often enlists the help of celebrities and personalities from all walks of life to act as lifestyle ambassadors. The latest of such ambassadors is Claire Sulmers, founder of website Fashion Bomb Daily. Through a partnership between Toyota and Fashion Bomb Daily, a series of videos starring Sulmers […]
Toyota Esquire Minivan Seduces Japanese Drivers
Lately at The News Wheel, we’ve been all about SEMA (and for good reason). But, apparently, auto-related things are happening outside the world of SEMA this week, too. We know—shocking! One of these things was the introduction of the Toyota Esquire minivan to the Japanese market. “A minivan,” you might be thinking; “big deal!” But […]
2015 Chrysler 200 Ad Campaign Takes on the World
Chrysler Group launched a new 2015 Chrysler 200 ad campaign at the end of last month. The campaign, called “Ready to Take on the World,” speaks to the safety, performance, and luxurious craftsmanship of the 2015 Chrysler 200. Chrysler released three out of four 30-second spots for the new 2015 Chrysler 200 ad campaign throughout […]
Honda Civic Type R Video “The Other Side” Is Legitimately Brilliant
The term “genius” is overused these days, but the new Honda Civic Type R video actually earns that distinction. The promotional film, entitled “The Other Side,” is actually two perfectly complementary videos in one: the first about a mild-mannered dad who picks his kids up from school in his Honda Civic, and the second about […]
Watch LeBron James’ Kia K900 Commercial
Which is harder: winning a championship for the notoriously (and, let’s be honest, amusingly) sports-cursed city of Cleveland, or selling a bunch of $66,000 Kias? Ambitious Cavaliers power forward LeBron James is hoping to do both this year, and he’s getting the (pun-intended) ball rolling with this new commercial for the Kia K900 luxury sedan. […]
Jim Carrey Parodies McConaughey Lincoln Ads on SNL
And for one brief, shining moment, SNL and Jim Carrey were both funny once again.
This weekend, Saturday Night Live—which hasn’t really been funny whatsoever this season—was hosted by reputable funnyman/rubberface Jim Carrey—who hasn’t really been funny since the year 2000. Carrey was there to promote Dumb and Dumber To, which is almost certainly going to be an enormous disappointment to anyone who actually thinks that it could be good […]
The Walking Dead Fatalities Continue with Loss of Hyundai
Perhaps you noticed, as you and 22 million Americans tuned into The Walking Dead premiere on October 12th, the fifth season was lacking a crucial member of its cast. You’re probably thinking through all the deaths at the end of season four, wondering if you overlooked somebody important. Or, perhaps we have spoilers on who won’t be coming […]
[VIDEO] Comedian Nick Thune Drives a Honda Fit for Lyft
![[VIDEO] Comedian Nick Thune Drives a Honda Fit for Lyft](https://thenewswheel.com/wp-content/themes/patterns/timthumb.php?src=https%3A%2F%2Fthenewswheel.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2FNick-Thune.png&q=90&w=760&h=400&zc=1 "[VIDEO] Comedian Nick Thune Drives a Honda Fit for Lyft")
Honda is debuting a new video series in which Honda Fit spokesman and comedian Nick Thune portrays “Brad, the Overly Accommodating Lyft Driver.” In the first hidden-camera video (below), unwitting Lyft passengers who somehow don’t recognize Thune from those inescapable Honda Fit commercials get into his car for a ride, only to be subjected to […]
Toyota Jan vs. Flo from Progressive: Who is the Ultimate Automotive Spokeswoman?
Lately, there’s been a lot of chit-chat around the interwebs about Toyota Jan, the bubbly receptionist who uses her charm and wit to help Toyota customers find what they are looking for in a series of commercials. The chat started when a couple of commercials appeared featuring Jan looking quite pregnant, and a few months […]
Ram’s Just the Facts Ads Give Us, Well, Just the Facts
When Ram Trucks was established as its own division of Chrysler Group back in 2009, its sole purpose was to create the all-around best pickups on American roadways. Arguably, the brand has achieved that goal, but truck buyers are loyal by nature and thus hard to win over. Even with a seemingly superior product lineup, […]
Cats In Cars: Opel’s 2015 Calendar Stars the Purr-fect Model
Swimsuit-clad, busty, blonde models are overrated. Before you think we’ve lost our minds, think about it. The obvious hormonal exploitation of male mating instincts in order to (in a hardly subliminal way) compel people to spend money is both insulting to men and degrading to women. It’s cheap marketing with low standards and an obvious […]
Tesla Model S P85D, AWD Models, Autopilot Revealed
Tesla Model S P85D: Musk’s D is Bigger Than Yours We may have waited through almost the whole of Thursday, but Elon Musk finally gave us the D, and it is much bigger than we thought it would be. Turns out that the long promised “D” denotes the dual motors that will allow the Tesla […]
2015 Toyota Camry Campaign Launches
After months of anticipation, the refreshed 2015 Toyota Camry is finally here. Although not an all-new model, the 2015 Camry is so changed that the only body part it shares with its predecessor is the roof panel. In accordance with this change, Toyota is launching a brand new marketing campaign—the first to be released under […]
Are You Manly Enough? Sexist Toyota Hilux Commercial Says No
Step away from the truck and get back in your smart car.
What’s manlier than a pickup truck? If you’re Toyota Australia, the answer is “not much.” The automaker has come up with a new commercial that rivals Chevy’s “Wheat Grass” commercial from the beginning of this year, which suggested that men who eat things like tofu, veggie burgers, and kale are not manly enough for the […]