Annoying Toyota hybrid advertising.

carsfan2 · 14-06-2018 04:52PM #1

There’s a woman on the radio that tells me a few times a day that she’s basically saving the planet driving her three kids to school in a Toyota hybrid. Another man says he has the price of a holiday every year saved by driving one.
Am I alone in finding these ads very annoying?

Dom84 · 14-06-2018 04:54PM

Dont mind the holiday one - the one driving her kids to school wrecks my head.

stimpson · 14-06-2018 04:54PM

There is a button on your radio that will change the station. Please consult your manual.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-06-2018 04:54PM

In a word - No.
Those adverts are just irritating.

JohnBoy26 · 14-06-2018 04:56PM

There's worse ones out there like the opel adverts claiming to be german.

bazz26 · 14-06-2018 05:07PM

They are very patronising and cringey adverts alright but you can see who they are typically aimed at. Imo the people portrayed in them are the exact people who they are targeting, they normally don't put a massive amount of thought into buying or owning a car, they buy the same car or brand of car every few years because again they just turn the key and drive off, no more thought or hassle. Wash, rinse and repeat every few years.

The thing is that over the last 10 years or so these sheep were steered into buying diesels when they really didn't need them. Now that Toyota are forced to retire their diesel car range due to external factors earlier than they would like, they were frightened that the sheep would flock to another brand who still sells diesel cars. Hence the Toyota PR machine came up a great idea of telling people that they are pioneering no longer selling diesel cars and a hybrid is the best thing for them rather than buying a product from their rivals.

VeVeX · 14-06-2018 05:08PM

carsfan2 wrote: »

There’s a woman on the radio that tells me a few times a day that she’s basically saving the planet driving her three kids to school in a Toyota hybrid. Another man says he has the price of a holiday every year saved by driving one.
Am I alone in finding these ads very annoying?

They sound as dreary as I'd imagine the ownership and owners of a Toyota Hybrid would be.

JohnBoy26 · 14-06-2018 05:09PM

bazz26 wrote: »

They are very patronising and cringey adverts alright but you can see who they are typically aimed at. Imo the people portrayed in them are the exact people who they are targeting, they normally don't put a massive amount of thought into buying or owning a car, they buy the same car or brand of car every few years because again they just turn the key and drive off, no more thought or hassle. Wash, rinse and repeat every few years.

The thing is that over the last 10 years or so these sheep were steered into buying diesels when they really didn't need them. Now that Toyota are forced to retire their diesel car range due to external factors earlier than they would like, they were frightened that the sheep would flock to another brand who still sells diesel cars. Hence the Toyota PR machine came up a great idea of telling people that they are pioneering no longer selling petrol cars and a hybrid is the best thing for them rather than buying a product from their rivals.

They are still selling petrol cars

D3V!L · 14-06-2018 05:12PM

The most annoying part is when they offer "spec" !! FFS , why can no one in advertising use the word "specification" in the proper context. :rolleyes:

EdgeCase · 14-06-2018 05:16PM

To be fair to Toyota, they did innovate very successfully with hybrid technology that is now on the road in its current 5-door format since about 2003 and has proven to be very reliable and effective.

Meanwhile, all the European car markers were trying to squeeze the last few drops out of diesel, not giving a damn about particulate emissions and all the downsides of so-called clean diesel. We all know where that ended up.

I think Toyota have their gloating rights in this case.

bazz26 · 14-06-2018 05:17PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

They are still selling petrol cars

The adverts are abouting selling hybrids.

eviltwin · 14-06-2018 05:18PM

The ones with the mother's talking about how when you're a parent you want to make the world a better place for your kids boils my piss.

I must be a crap parent for driving a diesel.

Steve F · 14-06-2018 05:18PM

"Ain't nobody,love me better than yoooou"
F you TUI!!!

valoren · 14-06-2018 05:25PM

It's her monotonous voice that drives me spare. Pardon the pun.

Steve F · 14-06-2018 05:26PM

valoren wrote: »

It's her monotonous voice that drives me spare. Pardon the pun.

That ad made Jan,Feb and March worse than they usually are

mr_edge_to_you · 14-06-2018 06:27PM

She probably spent the last 10 years driving a 3litre diesel jeep between the house, the school and Dundrum. Her husband is probably still driving his Range Rover.

JohnBoy26 · 14-06-2018 06:48PM

This guy probably has those ads on replay smiling away to himself as he listens to them

Atoms for Peace · 14-06-2018 07:24PM

If you really gave a crap about the planet you'd drive your old banger into the ground.

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-06-2018 07:31PM

and all the while the ever expanding Chinese coal burning power stations are running full tilt

Yes of course you will save the planet buying these horrible ****boxes

There would be less damage done to the environment if you bought an old V8

looksee · 14-06-2018 07:42PM

I haven't heard the ad - but. I bought a Toyota hybrid last year and despite a bit of veiled mockery - and a few straight up digs - from the odd smart arse, I like it. And while ye are all laughing, I am spending buttons on fuel.

kneemos · 14-06-2018 07:53PM

I'd wait for new battery technology to become commercial and buy an electric.

JohnBoy26 · 14-06-2018 08:23PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

and all the while the ever expanding Chinese coal burning power stations are running full tilt

Yes of course you will save the planet buying these horrible ****boxes

There would be less damage done to the environment if you bought an old V8

They are not horrible sh1t boxes though. Anyone that says so is just ignorant.

kneemos · 14-06-2018 08:31PM

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

They are not horrible sh1t boxes though. Anyone that says so is just ignorant.

Had one of the early Corrollas in a hatchback years ago, great little motor. Lively and easy on fuel.
Despite what Clarkson thinks I like a Toyota.

Atoms for Peace · 14-06-2018 08:33PM

kneemos wrote: »

I'd wait for new battery technology to become commercial and buy an electric.

Hydrogen power is the future or possibly nuclear steam power.

Junkyard Tom · 14-06-2018 08:36PM

Buying a new car to save money on the motor tax.

kneemos · 14-06-2018 08:37PM

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

Hydrogen power is the future.

Nah. New batteries will charge in ten minutes. That'll be the end of the internal combustion engine.

jones 19 · 14-06-2018 08:42PM

You're wan is a burn alright, her righteous tone is very annoying.

coastwatch · 14-06-2018 08:50PM

"....it's a no-brainer"

Well that explains it

Drifter50 · 14-06-2018 09:01PM

There is a separate thread on Boards called "Even more adverts that you despise" with 2500 posts on it and a lot of them talk about the Toyota ads and the geezer with the throaty whisper...............Toyota,built for a better world.

Melts my head

gipi · 14-06-2018 09:15PM

carsfan2 wrote: »

There’s a woman on the radio that tells me a few times a day that she’s basically saving the planet driving her three kids to school in a Toyota hybrid. Another man says he has the price of a holiday every year saved by driving one.
Am I alone in finding these ads very annoying?

If she really wanted to help her children, surely she'd walk them to school?! Just sayin' ðŸ˜€

Philb76 · 14-06-2018 09:29PM

At least the ad gets to the point unlike the ads for eir broadband wtf is that all about

Annoying Toyota hybrid advertising.

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