[Solmanic]

Well KFC have just launched a new ad campaign here in Oz with, of all things, a couple in a GT Junior! HOW EMBARRASSING!

So did anyone here prostitute their car for this horrible advertisement? Somehow classic Alfas and greasy fast-food don't sit well with me as a combination.

What do you suppose was going through the marketing guys' minds when they were scripting this piece of poop? "I know, let's put the actors in an old Alfa Romeo - that will make the ad look classy"... Grrr.

 

[timbo]

Crickey!!!!!

Now, instead of poeple going.."wow, what is it...is that a Ferrari?"....theyll go....."looks....theres a KFC car!!"

I havnt seen it yet but will keep my eyes open for it.

 

[Damo105]

That ad was launched several months ago, and I can't recall who's car it is, but yes I think it's a bb'ers car.

But hey, whoever can raise some coin by hiring their car to a production company, good luck to them, it's all money in the bank to help with running costs.

 

[Solmanic]

The ad doesn't show much of the car - mostly interior shots then a quick aerial view of it driving out of the car park. I just happened to glimpse the interior light and recessed panel at the rear of the roof and did a double-take. Sure enough, it's a junior - maybe it was one of the crew's cars. I can't think why anybody would go to the trouble of picking a GT Junior specifically for a commercial and then not actually show much of the car. It might as well have been a Corolla or some other appliance-type-car.

 

[Solmanic]

That ad was launched several months ago, and I can't recall who's car it is, but yes I think it's a bb'ers car.

But hey, whoever can raise some coin by hiring their car to a production company, good luck to them, it's all money in the bank to help with running costs.

But wouldn't they feel "dirty"? I know I would... unless we're talking "big" bucks.

Big, big bucks.

 

[Bill S]

But wouldn't they feel "dirty"? .

Heck no, If I'm not getting my 15 minutes of fame my car might as well. My Duetto was almost in a Cletis Judd country music video but the starter went out and my buddy's Duetto got the spotlight instead. His same Duetto was just cast in a Fazolli's Pizza commercial although he says it's hard to tell what it is in the shots they used.

My '48 Ford with considerable "patina" was once used in a Cracker Barrel photo shoot. Hey, paid for a radiator recore!

Bill

 

[alfa2go]

Its not a junior. It is a GT Veloce, and a nice one at that, so it was top of the line for 1966.

Other Thread

I just wish they got the audio levels wrong or should I say right so you can hear the engine more!

 

[geh458]

Try doing a search on this, I tried but wasn't putting in the right info, so I found nothing. Several months ago there was a thread about this with pictures included of the filming.

Never mind the search, I found the thread

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/showthread.php?t=39164&highlight=kfc

 

[giulia_veloce]

kfc

hey guys.

I know this car and the owner personally.
The car is in excellent condition (concours)
Yes,the owner was paid a very good price for his car to be in the KFC add.
Maybe the fellow BBs who cringe at the car being in the add are envious ?
I own my own buisiness. For what he got paid,I would have certainly closed for the day,taken the family out to dinner 3 nights in a row,and then a week at a resort somewhere.
Yep,id certainly do it.
I remember taking my 1976 Spider to a Pizza Hut comercial about 10 years ago and got paid $1000 for 2 days.
So fellowBBs,go polish your cars,talk to some advertising people,and go get paid.
By the way,I never did ask the owner if he got free chicken for a whole year.


Robert

 

[Damo105]

My cousin had a production company knock on her door, asking to use her car. They were filming one of those crime shows, where they retrace how the cops solved the real-life murder. Her car (an old Toyota Corona) was the same type of car as the murderers. So they gave it a fresh paint job and paid her $600, just so they could park it in the street where the offenders car was seen by a witness, and do about a 5 second film shoot!

 

[GTV-GR]

"But wouldn't they feel "dirty"?
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!
I was watching the news not long ago and there was a story about a new york kfc where the authorities found RATS! So the guys in kfc thought we're screwd unless we bring the big guns , so they had to use an Alfa 105 to win some of the customers back...
All laughs aside i wouldn't mind funding my t/s project this way.

 

[Colin P]

The car in the ad is a very nice example and has obviously had some $$$ spent on it. The way I figure it, if the car can earn back some of that money for the owner, why would that be a bad thing?!

Generally cars depreciate in value. If someone is prepared to pay so handsomely for a car they show only fleetingly in the ad, then I say good luck to the owner.

 

[Insoc]

ANY advertising is good for image. People will see it, wonder what it is, and generate interest.

This is a good thing.

 

[lowmileage]

FWIW, I went to the 1st KFC in Corbin, Kentucky. The place is set up like a museum. We also went to the headquarters in Louisville and to the Colonel's gravesite. For the record, I don't eat their product - it's not healthy.

 

[scottalfa]

Hey, I got no shame...I go to KFC. Heck throw in beer, rock n roll and hot girls with the Alfa and it sounds like a good time to me!!

 

[fetta78]

KFC ROCKS.........but I guess I'm biased!!

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[Solmanic]

Thanks for posting the link to the other thread - all my questions answered. Be that as it may, my car won't act in anything not directed by someone the calibre of Martin Scorcese

Besides, it's yellow, which means it's most likely a Macca's or Subway ad for me anyway. I wonder how well they pay?..