Where's the Prii commercials?

[sunshine62704]

Lately all I have seen are commercials for the Camry, Corolla & Tundra. Hardly ever for the Prius. Guess they are to busy making the Prii to do a commercial & put themselves even farther behind getting them out. Finally get to pick mine up tomorrow, can't wait!!!

[justlurkin]

A car with a 3-month waiting list is one that literally sells itself.

[Garrymon]

IMHO it is a smart decision. Why waste money on advertising when you can't keep them in stock now. I also agree that it would cause problems with the current waiting list as it is.

[PriusSport]

Make that an 8 month waiting list. You don't spend money advertising a car in which the demand exceeds the supply. Even GM would know that. LOL.

I did see a used 08 Prius with 15K miles in the Sunday papers at a local Toyota dealer for $30K.

[benw123]

In the UK, Toyota ran a somewhat aggressive billboard campaign, with a metallic blue Prius next to the words "Bandwagon" and a tagline indicating the Prius was the first hybrid established in the UK. Never seen any TV ads here though.

[priusuk2008]

Originally Posted by benw123

In the UK, Toyota ran a somewhat aggressive billboard campaign, with a metallic blue Prius next to the words "Bandwagon" and a tagline indicating the Prius was the first hybrid established in the UK. Never seen any TV ads here though.

There has been an ad on TV in the UK, but I have only seen it twice (maybe only once and dreaming the other..?). It asks something along the lines of what word you would use to justify your purchase... something like that. I know its a weird advert and only towards the end does the penny drop its a Prius. Not a very clever ad IMO

[rfruth]

The TV show "Nature" (PBS) routinely has a Toyota ad (whatever PBS calls them) featuring a Prius

[samiam]

Never seen a Toyota advert for Prius in NZ, either print or TV. I have only seen dealer adverts in the Auckland paper when they happen to have more than one in stock and, very rarely, by the Clean Green Car Co who import used JDM models.

[b2j2]

A local Toyota dealer's TV ad appears to have all the models in a series of quick shots, but then has no voice-over or text graphics mentioning Prius.

Prius is showing up as a "product placement" in ads that have nothing to do with selling cars, such as a nice profile shot at a fast-food drive-up window.

[Barcelona Red Lass]

Originally Posted by PriusSport

Make that an 8 month waiting list. You don't spend money advertising a car in which the demand exceeds the supply. Even GM would know that. LOL.

I did see a used 08 Prius with 15K miles in the Sunday papers at a local Toyota dealer for $30K.

Sadly, I don't think GM does know that- their commercials still don't address their issues, they are just more lies about how "gas conscious" their cars are...total crap!