Old Car advert - help me identify it...

[monthefish]

There was a car advert on the TV, probably 20 years ago or so.

It was a guy in an office whose ideas were getting shot down repeatedly, so he goes for a drive in the featured car (which clearly re-invigorates him) and he comes back into the office with a spring in his step announcing "I've had a great idea for...."

Sorry if the details are a bit vague, and I promise I'm not on drugs, but does anyone remember this, and what car it was that was being advertised? (think it was a Golf, or maybe a Renault)

[monthefish]

ReverendToast said:

The car commercial you are referring to sounds like it could be the Volkswagen Golf GTI "Changes" ad from the early 2000s. In the commercial, a man takes a drive in the Golf GTI, and when he returns to the office, he's full of energy and presents a successful idea. The idea was to emphasize the exhilarating driving experience of the Golf GTI.

That sounds exactly it. Many thanks
(great first post BTW )

[bigandclever]

monthefish said:

That sounds exactly it. Many thanks
(great first post BTW )

'Changes' was Paula Hamilton binning her ring, fur coat and what not but keeping the Golf.

[monthefish]

Yeah, that's all that comes up when you search google/youtube for 'golf gti changes'.

[Mr Pointy]

Classic example of someone (or a bot) typing into Chat GPT & not bothering to check the answer.

[FlyingMarsupial]

It sounds like the advert for the R3 Rover 200 from about 1996 or so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZ0UWKBkps

[LuS1fer]

FlyingMarsupial said:

It sounds like the advert for the R3 Rover 200 from about 1996 or so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZ0UWKBkps

Sounds like the one.

[monthefish]

FlyingMarsupial said:

It sounds like the advert for the R3 Rover 200 from about 1996 or so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zZ0UWKBkps

THAT'S THE ONE!!

Brilliant - many thanks!!

25 years on, the message of the advert - taking a step back, reassessing, and then going again (not necessarily going for a drive in a rover ) - is so good.

I'm so glad to see this again.

[SS427 Camaro]

Remember it well as I used to know Robin, the “ I’ve got an Idea “ lead actor well and I know how £ much he was paid for doing it.
He gave up acting soon after making this advert and went into a Tree Surgery biz. He was a partner and I worked for him for about a year, on some very interesting jobs, before leaving to start my own tree surgery biz. Not spoken to him for years now, but I know where he works.

[daqinggregg]

Back in the 2000’s, VW had some innovative and amusing car ads. One that stuck in my mind was a little girl in a series of clips using mildly colourful language.

This culminated with her walking in the park with her mother/grandmother, eating an ice cream. The ice cream fell off the cone “bks”, the clip cut to her father misfueling his car “bks”; very funny.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

SS427 Camaro said:

Remember it well as I used to know Robin, the “ I’ve got an Idea “ lead actor well and I know how £ much he was paid for doing it.
He gave up acting soon after making this advert and went into a Tree Surgery biz. He was a partner and I worked for him for about a year, on some very interesting jobs, before leaving to start my own tree surgery biz. Not spoken to him for years now, but I know where he works.

I'd have loved to have been a tree surgeon, but I can't stand the sight of sap.