Last night I had the pleasure of seeing a new television commercial for Volkswagen’s “all-new CC.” It’s a car, and in the commercial, it’s speeding down the road past various positive press quotes about the car’s charms.
The one that caught my eye comes from Car Magazine, a UK publication that praised VW’s new CC by claiming the car “positively oozes class.”
Isn’t “oozing class” kind of like “crapping dignity”? By which I mean impossible?
I don’t know why Volkswagen even bothered with this car. The Phaeton failed already, mainly because anyone who could afford a high-end VW would just buy an Audi.
Yes. It is impossible. The same thing happened to a Miss America contestant, who spoke of oozing inner beauty. Very unfortunate.
Cool car, wonder what the Audi version will be? Perhaps a new A-8 or S-8??
Words: they sometimes have multiple meanings.
I shit vanity.
If it ain’t a plug-in hybrid, it can ooze whatever it wants, but it ain’t showing up in my garage.
I ejaculate wisdom.
its still a vw no matter what and ya…. why buy a high end vw if you can buy an entry level or a few year old beemer and you’re not driving a vw. vw’s suck and are for kids or just out of college girls. shit box cars with crappy ass electrics and electronics. heres a game for you, if you ever see a car on the road at night with messed up (brake light stuck on, etc) or burned out tail lights i bet you five bux its a vw or…. oh gawd, here we go…. an audi, which is basically the highest end of vw. sorry. both suck ass. if you’re on the autobahn the order is porsche, benzo, beemer, audi and then vw.
Good point.
I glow with shame.
9 has no idea what he or she is talking about.
Brand loyalty (in his or her case, BMW) and competition discredit can be so obvious it hurts sometimes.
I fart dignity.
He does. Really.
I ooze pus that smells like gardenias for some reason.
VW’s coming out with the wrong car for the wrong market. All the Germans are, and have been for a while.
It’s not as horrible as the Chrysler 300 though.
do you all remember the Chry. 300 from the 1960’s with the giant fins?
What a beauty, my aunt had one, from a “boyfriend” – got to drive it a lot
Old 300 Lover
I’m guessing the focus groups didn’t understand the word “exude.”
Doesn’t the car ooze class? Doesn’t it? It clearly says to other drivers that they are not the social equals of the driver of this car. It says that on every surface; it oozes it. The problem is that certain people want to imagine we are a classless society, and evidence to the contrary is disconcerting.
Did you know that Vanderbilt’s Traffic says that drivers of expensive cars are more likely to honk at drivers of cheaper cars? And drivers of cheaper cars are more likely to honk at drivers of other cheaper cars, and not expensive cars? And men are more likely to honk at women than men, and women are more likely to honk at women too, than men. Regardless of who actually committed a driving faux pas.
We are deeply indoctrinated in this stuff.
I don’t know about oozing class but I ooze pus from my ass.
Since it rhymes does that count?
I often have to honk @ the pricey cars because they are frequently piloted by The Ancients, who are the only group able to afford such examples of useless beauty. Sometimes I use my car horn to do so. These class-oozing vehicles are proof that a class system exists in America.
15 – the Germans lost out on the patents for hybrid technology a long time ago, so they’re coming up with what will they think will sell for the time-being (Porsche/VW are actually doing really well globally, all things considered) and are using their resources to aggressively refine hydrogen tech. We’ll see what they come up with.
@18: I honk at people who are doing illegal things like turning left in front of me when I’m going through an intersection.
It’s probably just seeping transmission fluid.
@8: O font of wisdom, I prithee, lavish thy beneficence upon my upturned countenance.
I oozed class once. Got a shot. Cleared right up.
@4 & 5: Someone’s getting a little literal, there. I don’t think anyone’s missing the literal meaning of the word. The point is merely that if it oozes, it’s probably not classy or beautiful, see?
@26
au contraire, I am quite beautiful when I ooze; classy, not so much.
While the rear end of this thing looks like a Buick, the name is dumb (why not just call it a different name altogether – doesn’t it mean “Comfort Concept” or something?), the economy is soft, and yes, most people with “enough” money for a fully-loaded CC are going to buy an A6 anyhow, I DO think this car looks pretty good in person.
I just don’t think it will sell.
VW’s losing their way. The Tiguan? An overly-expensive CR-V. The Routan? It’s a Chrysler minivan. The Polo? Long overdue.
#1 is right, but what got me, even though I am a VW fan, is the qoute “it’s like no other car” or something like that that had to do with the cars appearance. Excuse me?! It looks like most any other car on the street today.
What’s the name of the song they use in the commercial? I like it!