Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Ad Nauseam

So now the pickup truck is for stylish urbanites to go down to the cafe for a cappuccino? Photo: Toyota

Opinion: Now Detroit is Selling $75K Pickup Trucks for the Cappuccino Run

By Tom Flood | May 25, 2022 | No Comments

Toyota has realized that there are only so many buyers in the market that require massive size and capability for functional purposes. Enter the new Tundra ad, "Cappuccino," the automaker's clear effort at repositioning pickup trucks for the glam set.

And America’s Most Toxic Car Ad Is…

By Streetsblog | Nov 22, 2021 | No Comments

... Chevrolet's 2015 ad for its Colorado pickup truck!

The Most Toxic Car Ads: Infiniti vs. Cadillac

By Streetsblog | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

When most people think about "family values," they don't usually think about violent driver aggression — unless they've bought into American car culture, that is.

Most Toxic Car Ads: Child Endangerment Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

In a rational world, a product that's routinely involved in the deaths and serious injuries of thousands of children every year would be immediately pulled from the market...or at least, maybe kids wouldn't be featured in hundreds of ads.

Excellent Uber Ad Distills the Problem With Uber in Crowded Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 7, 2017 | 39 Comments

Cars are a clunky tool for moving people through big cities. Even Uber cars.

A Swedish Transit Agency Cuts Through the Autonomous Car Hype

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 29, 2017 | 12 Comments

The ad uses car commercial cliches — tight shots of a sleek exterior, an overbearing soundtrack — to express a point that doesn’t get made often enough: We already have the technology to address a lot of the problems that self-driving cars purport to solve.

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