Report: ‘Made In Detroit’ merch is anything but

Filed under: Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Marketing/Advertising
This is awkward. According to The Detroit Free Press, the now famous Made In Detroit apparel may come from as far away as the Dominican Republic. While Bobby Moscow, LLC, the company behind the official Made In Detroit shirts, designs and screen prints the Ts and other garb in Detroit proper, [...]

Video: Chevy turns to aliens to pitch Volt in Super Bowl ad

Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Chevrolet, Electric

Just when you thought you’d seen all the Super Bowl ads there were to see, Chevrolet is jumping in with a whole new spot for the Volt. The General Motors plug-in hybrid has been struggling to make sales headway for a number of reasons, including a now-closed [...]

Video: Sparks fly with Honda’s cool new European Civic ad

Filed under: Budget, Etc., Europe, Marketing/Advertising, Hatchback, Honda, UK, Celebrities

We’ll be the first to admit we weren’t overly taken with the Super Bowl commercial Honda worked up featuring Matthew Broderick. The company has a long history of genuinely great advertising, and while the countless Ferris Bueller’s Day Off references were clever, the ad didn’t really [...]

Video: Audi lights up vampire-laden S7 commercial ahead of Super Bowl

Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Hatchback, Audi, Luxury

Audi apparently couldn’t wait until the Super Bowl to show off the ad it will run during the Big Game. The German automaker has released its spot, and sure enough, the quick clip has cashed in on the current vampire craze. The commercial features a clutch of gen [...]

Video: Audi teases next Super Bowl spot

Filed under: Etc., Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Audi

We’ve entered a new age of advertising, friends. One where manufacturers gleefully shill for their own ads instead of actual products. We’ve seen it with the teaser as for the Volkswagen Super Bowl spot, and now Audi has jumped into the game. It’s Inception gone marketing – an ad within [...]