Toyota Mocks Car Drivers

After watching the Steelers beat the Browns a commercial comes on with a big man trying to fit a new tv into his car (a Nissan I believe). Some announcer guy comes over with a microphone to the hopeless car driver and said something like "upgrading to a bigger tv? why not upgrade to a bigger Toyota?" Toyota is having a big sale on their gas guzzling SUVs! Toyota may be running a medical clinic in the front of the building, but still selling crack and heroine to anyone with money out the back door.
Toyota says Upgrade to an SUV....What happened to the oil problem? Environmental concerns? Save the world for the children... or sell them to make profit now?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(EricGo @ Sep 9 2007, 07:39 PM) [snapback]509752[/snapback]</div>

Yes, Toyota does produce the Tindra pickup that I see on TV doing a sorts of stupid Human/Truck tricks. My favorite Tindra commercial is when the Tindra owner pulls for gas and it only takes 7 gallons to fill up after going 300mi! HA HA HA I see that the Tindra falls WAY short in that performance catagory, best to look the other way when it comes to that fuel economy subject.
I did see GM's commerials that praised the Hydrogen Fuel Cell SUV and the Volt, a guide is seen showing young children what GM is doing to save the planet for them, both vehicles are vapor ware of course. Toyota chose to stand with the posers when advertising their SUVs and Pickups, was my Prius money used to pay for those commercials?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jhinton @ Sep 10 2007, 01:34 AM) [snapback]509899[/snapback]</div>

That is a very broad excuse that you just rolled out requiring very little thought, even less thought than Toyota used to make their gas guzzling vehicle sale commercial. The fuel efficent and evironmentally friendly vehicle market is the next big thing to hit the automotive world. If I want a 1/2 ton pickup to work with or just to ride around in there are plenty to choose from. Now if I want a 1/2 ton pickup to work with or just to ride around in, that gets 40mpg or better, who has that product on the market?
Corporations are out to make money as GM proved when they ramped up production to flood the market with cheaper SUVs and Pickups, when rising fuel prices threatened to shrink the market. The average consumer is in such a fog right now when it comes to the definition of "performance" and what it means to them, that when they are asked to justify their choice of vehicle vs the the way in which it is used, they begin to sound like a cheesy commercial. Too many people are relying on someone else to solve our problems; corporations have been running the government for quite a while now, who else should we call to task?