<p>For someone like myself who has no “brand loyalty” with regard to cars, I would say that the commercial put Suburu on my radar screen. When I purchase my next car I would be inclined to include Suburu in my dealer visits.</p>
<p>So I guess that makes it a highly effective commercial.</p>
<p>Yes, if you previously not particularly considering them and now they’re a candidate as your next car that is indeed an effective commercial. One thing nice about it is I didn’t feel the ad was using sex to sell the brand–more a family theme that promotes warm fuzziness and hopefully happy thoughts and memories.</p>
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<p>Ditto - though I will check safety ratings also.</p>
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<p>I love the Subaru commercial with the cute little girl. Unless, there is another one, I think the commercial with the inept dad teaching his son to point the shoulder is showing a VW Passat. </p>
<p>[Volkswagen</a> Passat Commercial 2013 -Throw Baseball - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c_onhzgvcY]Volkswagen”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c_onhzgvcY)</p>
<p>Now, if the car DEALERS would learn to drop the silly ads. :)</p>
<p>Bought my outback used with 40,000 miles on it. The license plate holder and the parking permit on it was a faculty one from YALE. Not a big deal UNLESS the son I am sharing it with attended Princeton!!</p>
<p>Boy did he howl when he saw that sticker!! Sticker disappeared and princeton plate holder appeared. Now that some time has passed his med school parking sticker and a different plate holder now resides on it!!</p>
<p>But its still my baby…and funny, so is he.</p>
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Waving HI!!! to Xiggi!!!</p>
<p>In contrast, the worst car commercials are those new chevrolet ads with the irritating robotic dog! Just awful.</p>
<p>I find objectionable the many car ads that hsve drivers executing dangerous maneuvers at high speeds and/or try to use sex to sell them. Ick!</p>
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Agreed. Not a good example for our teenage drivers!</p>
<p>I like the one where they sing Lil Red Riding Hood while driving a red car through the woods. They meet a wolf. The little girl in the back in the cape howls. No idea what car, the song is catchy though.</p>
<p>This is so fascinating! I knew the commercial mentioned right away because what <em>I</em> saw was a little girl who looked just like my sister did at that age-my grandmother’s friend even painted her picture with her hair like that. I was talking to my younger D and she said, “Oh yes, that’s the one where her best friend is black!” </p>
<p>All I had noticed was that she was laughing happily while the dad is frantically trying to see her. </p>
<p>For sentimentality I like the teen girl driver one much better. It absolutely seem like they grow up just that fast, and we do tend to think of them as still being little kids in our minds.</p>