Veedub representing deutschland

February 23, 2006 1:10 PM

Veedub holding it down on tha engineering tip y'all
posted by 13twelve (37 comments total)

I saw this commercial the other day, and I swear my IQ dropped five points by the time it was over.
posted by SirOmega at 1:14 PM on February 23, 2006

Yeah, by the time the point got across all I could think was "They actually paid money for that?".
posted by prostyle at 1:14 PM on February 23, 2006

Funny, although I don't know if VW is making fun of or trying to attract the rice-tuner crowd (or both) with these ads.

Regardless the GTI is a great (but expensive) car.
posted by wfrgms at 1:15 PM on February 23, 2006

Peter Stormare cracks me up every time.
posted by schoolgirl report at 1:19 PM on February 23, 2006

Te real question is, was that guy typecast before The Big Lebowski, or after?
posted by pmbuko at 1:19 PM on February 23, 2006

Unpimped by a nihilist! Fuck me. I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
posted by driveler at 1:20 PM on February 23, 2006

Well, this proves that there's only one thing more disturbing then David Hasselhoff.

German homeboys.
posted by loquacious at 1:21 PM on February 23, 2006

There needs to be more ads with a trebuchet in them.
posted by mathowie at 1:22 PM on February 23, 2006

I saw the one with the black guy yesterday on the Colbert Report.

Very shocking, a radical departure from VW's previous advertising.

But at the same time, utterly hilarious. Also, the car actually looks kind of sweet.
posted by delmoi at 1:22 PM on February 23, 2006

posted by rxrfrx at 1:23 PM on February 23, 2006

Let me know when they make cars that don't fall apart, yo.
posted by Pollomacho at 1:24 PM on February 23, 2006

Does anybody else suspect that Peter Stormare is one of the weirdest people on earth? He's like tHollywood's go-to guy for exceptional weirdness.
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:25 PM on February 23, 2006

I personally think that ads automatically qualify as "best of the web", because that's what the web was created for: as a delivery vehicle for advertising. I cannot wait until all amateurish, unsponsored content is removed from it entirely.
posted by davejay at 1:27 PM on February 23, 2006

There needs to be more ads with a trebuchet in them.
posted by mathowie at 1:22 PM PST on February 23 [!]

"Pimp my Trebuchet" up next on MTV!
posted by drinkmaildave at 1:28 PM on February 23, 2006

German chicks with white silk dogcollars and severe haircuts.

Grooowl! Un-pimp indeed! Wer sie ist? Vorsprung durch hotness Sie kann meine Maschine, jeden möglichen Tag abstimmen!
posted by lalochezia at 1:46 PM on February 23, 2006

Peter Stormare is, and always will be, my favorite Satan.
posted by Plinko at 1:46 PM on February 23, 2006

"She was....shrieking."
posted by 6am at 1:53 PM on February 23, 2006

That was fucking great! Extremely double plus funny!
posted by fenriq at 2:12 PM on February 23, 2006

Nice trebuchet. Nice car. Nice Lebowski references. What more could you ask for?

Note: I hate my Jetta 1.8T.
posted by zpousman at 2:17 PM on February 23, 2006

hehe. German wiggers are funny.
posted by JeffK at 2:17 PM on February 23, 2006

Not so much unpimping as destroying. He should've said, "Oh, schnapps."
posted by kirkaracha at 2:18 PM on February 23, 2006

Pepsi Blue.

Next!
posted by gen at 2:34 PM on February 23, 2006

These are kind of good, but those "Fast" commercials are terrible. "Get in touch with your fast." ugh.
posted by stavrogin at 3:00 PM on February 23, 2006

Trebuchet + German Hottie = Crazy Delicious
posted by BrotherCaine at 3:00 PM on February 23, 2006

These are kind of good, but those "Fast" commercials are terrible. "Get in touch with your fast." ugh.

And we all know that the "Fast" is a ripoff of the hypnotoad. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:06 PM on February 23, 2006

Mmmm. Love it. And it's the first time I've seen the new VW styling where the damn thing doesn't look like a Corolla.
posted by Neologian at 3:11 PM on February 23, 2006

Pepsi Gold!
posted by shoepal at 3:29 PM on February 23, 2006

"We'll cut off your johnson, Lebowski"
posted by FeldBum at 3:31 PM on February 23, 2006

There needs to be more ads with a trebuchet in them.

Here's one.
(Note: weird but seemingly harmless Java app.)
posted by kirkaracha at 4:19 PM on February 23, 2006

I like anything that has a trebuchet in it.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:06 PM on February 23, 2006

How is this post not spam?
posted by 517 at 5:27 PM on February 23, 2006

This totally makes up for the damn GNR crap I just listened to!!!! V-Dub in da house yo!!!!

(btw, I love my passat wagon 1.8t, but yea, it needs much love and maintenance.)
posted by snsranch at 5:32 PM on February 23, 2006

I hereby predict that the "VW" gang sign will become the 2006 equivalent of the "Fukengruven" sticker on a '71 Westfalia Camper near you.
posted by arto at 6:35 PM on February 23, 2006

Does anybody else suspect that Peter Stormare is one of the weirdest people on earth? He's like tHollywood's go-to guy for exceptional weirdness.

Peter Stormare: The new Udo Kier?
posted by jimfl at 7:20 PM on February 23, 2006

And yet, Udo Kier is still around and still so weird!
posted by Astro Zombie at 8:44 PM on February 23, 2006

Mmmm. Love it. And it's the first time I've seen the new VW styling where the damn thing doesn't look like a Corolla.

That's what I immediately thought when I first saw the 'new jetta'. "That looks like a Toyota!"

Oh well.
posted by delmoi at 10:21 PM on February 23, 2006

The new VW's look even more like iPod's (read: the target market) now. Nice to see the trebuchet in action.
posted by unmake at 1:59 AM on February 24, 2006