Marketing is one of the biggest tasks carried out by the staff of an automaker. Some marketing campaigns have been so good that not only did the automaker rake in tons of cash, but the marketing campaigns themselves are remembered for decades. Thankfully, automakers aren’t crazy enough to try our readers’ joke slogans.
The Autopian’s Publisher, Matt Hardigree, had an unfavorable experience with his Subaru, but he appears to be in the minority, as other Subaru owners can’t get enough. Reader ‘I don’t hate manual transmissions‘ starts a conversation by openly wondering if Matt’s experience was in-part because he gets to test so many different cars for a living, including Subaru’s competitors. V10omous responds:
“We’re OK, as long as you don’t try our competitors” is certainly a slogan they could try.
Doughnaut:
“We’re the best car you’ve tried… so far.”
Tbird:
“You think you hate it now, but wait ’till you drive it.”
Here’s one of the references:
Jason wrote about what AI on Temu seems to think a motorcycle looks like. Now, bad AI is nothing new, but NewBalanceExtraWide points out something hilarious:
The thing that blows my mind is that now that AI is churning out a truly astounding amount of slop onto the internet, it’s going to start referencing its own garbage and get even worse. It’s an ouroboros of absurd garbage that’s just going get fatter and fatter with straight basura.
Thomas wrote about how the new Nissan Leaf is actually a pretty decent deal. But Alexk98 has a bone to pick with EVs and their big wheels:
Dear Automakers: Let us option the smallest wheels on the highest trim EVs. The range penalty on these high trims is almost always just because they want to Donk the fancy ones. More sidewall on smaller diameter wheels gets you more range AND better ride quality with cheaper tires, which EVs can chew up more quickly than ICE cars.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Well, if you can’t earn a COTD, you might as well inspire a few. (And they were good ones! My hat’s off to you guys.)