One of those great commercials that fit the personality of the pitchman. This one was easy to remember. Thanks George Lois!
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@antigen47 жыл бұрын
he's PERFECT to make small cars look HUGE
@c-0284 жыл бұрын
You're right!
@ahsenkhan538615 күн бұрын
Tom Cruise: Hold my bear
@mateuscarvalho387010 жыл бұрын
He should advertise plastics.
@kensolar69 Жыл бұрын
I see what you did there. Saw it 5 times w/ friends the first 8-9 days it was out.
@PyrolonnАй бұрын
That's what I was thinking, "where is the plastic?!"
@Skeeballman64 Жыл бұрын
Always appreciated VW's sense of humor.
@arcanondrum6543Ай бұрын
Oh yes. I remember motorists laughed at me as well the many times my liquid cooled Volkswagen developed vapor lock and left me on the side of the road, waiting for the engine to cool down. Don't talk to me about maintenance, I was there, I had the receipts as well as my own time under the hood. Ahh yes, the hood. Maybe that's why Volkswagen stopped hiding the engine.
@Skeeballman64Ай бұрын
@@arcanondrum6543 Dam.
@MrLouis-of3yl3 жыл бұрын
EY I'M DRIVIN HERE!
@Paul-vc8onАй бұрын
Nice....
@evm6177Ай бұрын
🤣😁👍
@grimblegrumble11 жыл бұрын
Actually a pretty decent commercial.
@Spiritdove64Ай бұрын
Raymond: I'm an excellent driver." from Rain Man movie staring Dustin Hoffman
@jamiespinks3657Ай бұрын
A car with an electric clock! Wow, what an age we live in!
@thebestisyettocome4114Ай бұрын
Had 1971 VW Square back. A wonderful car. Good memories.
@HansDelbruck53Ай бұрын
I had a feeling Elaine was going to be in the trunk when he opened it.
@MichaelD83939 жыл бұрын
VW should just make this version of the Fastback again.
@kensolar69 Жыл бұрын
I loved mine. A 68' maybe.
@Emanistan8 жыл бұрын
It has an electric clock!!! The first car I have any real memory of was my mom's '67 Fastback. She bought it in 77 and sold it to a shady mechanic around 1980. I'd love to find that car again--if it's survived the last four decades--and make a restoration project out of it.
@TimothyForbesXXI10 жыл бұрын
My next-door neighbor owned a Squareback, and it always seemed to run just fine. They had that car for years. It's very cool to see Mr. Hoffman do a commercial this early in his career; this was probably circa 1966 or so.
@smittykins9 жыл бұрын
IIRC, the Fastback and Squareback were introduced in the US in 1966 so you're probably right.
@Daniel-un5mpАй бұрын
I actually remember this ad on TV. Nobody knew the guy, of course. It really knocked me over to find out years later it had been Dustin Hoffman.
@speakfreeley4473 Жыл бұрын
Dustin Hoffman could've easily done an ad for the Toyota Corolla. For him even that would be nice & roomy.
@10gallons4 жыл бұрын
I long for simple no-frills cars. Most of today’s vehicles are complicated money-pits that hold their owners hostage through proprietary technology.
@dekelanson52803 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. I wish todays cars were simpler without all the modern gadgetry. They're just computers on wheels now.
@richardelson326121 күн бұрын
The VW "Lemon" ad is the all time classic. Genius.
@johnhoye4535Ай бұрын
i had one and loved it, good car in it’s day……
@judeirwin222214 күн бұрын
No. In ITS day. It’s = it is.
@kavanghia6908 Жыл бұрын
Great commercial! My son and I are working on our 69 Ghia that we saved from the car crusher!✌️✌️ It doesn't have two trunks 😂
@delldrive Жыл бұрын
Excellent year. I had a '68 coupe and rebuilt a '74 convertible. Wonderful cars. Enjoyed their energy. Have fun!
@luizaugusto9353 жыл бұрын
Now, I understand the Brazilian version.
@evm61776 жыл бұрын
Awsome actor, impeccable timing.. thats alot of effort there! Entertaining while being comically explicit & detailed.. Now u dont see that kind of creativity often Mr. Hoffman.
@torgmanАй бұрын
@@evm6177 * Awesome * a lot
@judeirwin222214 күн бұрын
Awesome. Learn to spell.
@adamschwartz34495 жыл бұрын
An example of "anticipatory surprise." When he opens the truck, we wait for the moment when he looks in and sees no engine. We never tire of watching the spot, anticipating that moment of surprise. VW's print ads were equally brilliant.
@budgienation10 жыл бұрын
hotspur666 must have gotten a lemon. I had a '68 fastback Type III. I can say, without a doubt, it was one of the best cars I ever had. It held the road like it was on rails, it really could do 85 on a flat track on a dry day, and I must have had a forced hot air from the motor heat exchanger because I was always warm in my '68 fastback. I miss that car and I'd love to have one back in my life. 'hotspur666' I'm sorry you might have gotten a lemon, but I have nothing but fond memories when it comes to that great little car!
@anibalbabilonia1867 Жыл бұрын
Lol 😂 great sales man! And actor!
@jimseviltwin1Ай бұрын
At 5’5”, he was the perfect spokesperson for this auto …
@bobe.3719Ай бұрын
When you consider that this car was expected to get 27 MPG, it's truly amazing that today's cars with their complexity and power, can beat this number. My dad owned a 1966 Fastback similar to the one in the commercial. I remember driving it on more than one occasion and thinking that this is what it must feel like to drive a sports car. What did I know. I was only 16. I also laughed at Hoffman's mention of a clock in this model. My dad's first VW, a 1960 Beetle, didn't even have a gas gauge!
@edwardpate61285 жыл бұрын
Love to have a car like that now! No frills and high quality!
@stepha59262 жыл бұрын
High quality 😆
@jamiespinks3657Ай бұрын
I like how he fumbles while attempting to open the trunk, and yet that's the take they went with 😅
@sfopaladin2661Ай бұрын
Great commercial to make it look great. Nothing like Dustin
@lar790524 күн бұрын
I bought the 1971 Fastback in Boston at the auto show held at the John B Hynes Auditorium in November 1970 . It was orange . It's official color was called clementine . So when I went to register it at my insurance company they asked me the color . I said clementine . The girl said , um we have red , yellow , blue green , brown orange ...I said stop there , call it orange . I think I paid $ 2200. For $ 2200 now you get a 20 year old car ....if you're lucky .
@myobmyob2215Ай бұрын
The Graduate The VW car pitchman It's the same character
@jerrypie777Ай бұрын
Dustin Hoffman's uncle, Max Hoffman, is the man most responsible for successfully bringing German cars to America in the 1950's. ya think Dustin got the gig through his uncle?
@ford957212 жыл бұрын
Awesome commercial!!! Dustin Hoffman's great!!!
@DTSsince20166 жыл бұрын
ford9572 Amen!
@johneddy908 Жыл бұрын
Volkswagen also sold a four-door version of the car in this clip - the first such VW sold in America. It was called the 411 (Type 4 in Europe).
@isaacabadi4667 Жыл бұрын
Forgot to tell the car HEY IM WALKING HERRE
@MichaelOKeefe20095 жыл бұрын
The engine BTW is located in a compartment that is accessible through an engine lid in the trunk.
@friendlypiranha774 Жыл бұрын
Michael O'Keefe - nonsense!!! That car runs on fresh air.
@kensolar69 Жыл бұрын
Yep, the miracle a boxer engine, it's flat, the pistons move sideways not up and down. I owned a 68' I think. Hey, it was 50+ years ago.
@ForbinColossus3 жыл бұрын
Uncle had one. He bought it used after his 1969 Mach I Mustang got creamed and totaled. He got a nearly perfect orange Volks fastback. After being used to 351 Cleveland in the Mach I, he said the Volks had 4 speeds - slow, really slow, even slower, and slow slow! 'Twas a looker with black bucket interior. Threw a rod through its block - the end. Love Benjamin Braddock, I mean Mister Gladstone
@shoknifeman2mikado1353 жыл бұрын
My Dad had one, a Squareback, unlike his Beetle, it had NO trouble running Highway speeds
@ongbruhlol2 жыл бұрын
tell us more about the Mach 1
@stepha59262 жыл бұрын
So, sounds like it was a heap of crap?
@friendlypiranha774 Жыл бұрын
@@ongbruhlol- it never reached Mach 1
@billthomas8994Ай бұрын
Had a 65 Fastback bought for $75 from my high school auto shop teacher in 1975. Bought a red and a white Squareback for parts dirt cheap. Loved the car, including the way it drove, and that unique smell from the horse hair padding. The Fastback eventually burnt to a crisp and shortly afterwards sold the two Squarebacks. Would love to have the two Squarebacks back now I have the means to restore them. I believe the white Squareback was a 64 and had the word Variant on the back.
@hyena131Ай бұрын
@billthomas8994 This video is about Dustin H and not you. So much me me me on UTube and all over. A crashing bore.
@torgmanАй бұрын
@@hyena131Way to be an asshole! 👍
@hyena131Ай бұрын
@@billthomas8994 Nice attempt at deflection, Miss queen of self absorbed...a shame it didn't work :) Got any more long winded stories about you and your past, old one? Hee! Hee!
@hyena131Ай бұрын
@@billthomas8994 What "irony", old one? *LOOOL!!!* Unlike you, I didn't utter a single word about myself. Have you ever heard of the song: 'Me, myself and I?" Got any more long winded stories about your long gone youth? Hee! Hee!
@billthomas8994Ай бұрын
And you’re just digging yourself a deeper hole😆 I love being old and if you’re very lucky one day you may be old too. At this rate though you’re at risk of being taken out by someone even more foolish than you. So grasshopper, if you can’t grow a heart at least grow a brain.
@saulchapnick1566Ай бұрын
I’ll take it!!!! Whatta pitch.
@zapataalonzo9177 Жыл бұрын
He does look like a sleezy car salesman 😂😂😂😂😂
@Richard-xu4cjАй бұрын
I had a '67 fastback and it was huge fun to drive!
@paulpanhook13 жыл бұрын
awesome i love dustin hoffman
@shoknifeman2mikado1353 жыл бұрын
They did actually, especially the Squareback Sedan (AKA Type 3 station wagon)
@brianhechinger6726Ай бұрын
Can’t imagine a car with no a/c available. Otherwise a great little classic VW.
@Spiritdove64Ай бұрын
I want it!
@hermanyanto1338Ай бұрын
For a second, I thought he was Gary Lewis. The group who sang the song This Diamond Ring.😮
@capricejohnson3128Ай бұрын
"Don't worry about the equipment....imagine all the fun you can have in the back..."
@ChazSmithProductions7 жыл бұрын
Ha... a guy who is 5'6" tells you the car has a lot of room.
@antigen47 жыл бұрын
NOT EVEN - he's tiny
@Any_FridayАй бұрын
I was hoping he’d be advertising an Alfa Romeo
@macharper8214Ай бұрын
That's a step down from what he was driving in Mrs. Robinson.
@MaineSWHАй бұрын
an electric clock??⚡️ Lit!!
@joelstein4657Ай бұрын
I miss the days when cars made sense and didn't all look the same.
@CapitanFindus415Ай бұрын
Sells Volkswagen, but drives Alfa Romeo Spider/Duetto...
@MrAnswerificationАй бұрын
He's going to break that car.
@jonmeadow2449 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy this ad
@serafinacosta7118Ай бұрын
The VW TL 1500 or 1600. Released at the same time as the Variant sports wagon. Up to that point VW only made air cooled engines , the Bettle and the Van. These cars would be a gap towards water cooled engines of latter.
@chrisst8922Ай бұрын
No. The VW TL 1500 or 1600 and Variant were air cooled too just like the Beetle and Van but the engine was re-arranged to lower it's overall height.
@peterm1826Ай бұрын
Last time I remember him he was driving an alpha and chasing someone named Elaine and mrs Robertson
@MrMjolnir69Ай бұрын
Great looking car. Never saw one. Have seen the Logo tho ...let me guess, there's a mysterious break horizontal space between V and W? Nope. That was never there..not before now anyway.
@robertaxelАй бұрын
Benjamin Braddock was forced to sell cars when he and Elaine realized their families had cut them off and they had no money...
@studiocalder818Ай бұрын
He subsequently sold the Duetto, with satisfaction I would say
@MACTEP_CHOB3 ай бұрын
It`s 2024 and we are still puzzed where the motor is
@birddog3130Ай бұрын
Its a wind-up toy.
@secpac58chichiАй бұрын
technically oil cooled
@user-fj9hf4bu9fАй бұрын
omg it has an electric clock!
@chrisnewman7281Ай бұрын
Obviously during his Mrs Robinson phase
@jorgezarco9269Ай бұрын
Use the car to buy underwear from K-Mart.
@kennethswain6313Ай бұрын
My mother and sister had identical’66 fast backs they were more refined though I had a ‘65 beetle
@jarrelljimerson3346 Жыл бұрын
Autohaus of Naples did an remake of this commercial! Quite the fitting homage to Dustin Hoffman, don't you think?
@deadcarz4926Ай бұрын
Rain-man doesn't know where the motor is! Syrup on the table first.
@JxHАй бұрын
"84 mph" ? My 1966 Type 3 Fastback went 103 mph, once.
@ADAMSIXTIES24 күн бұрын
0:20 "It also has the most powerful engine we've ever made." 0:46 "Where most cars have their trunks we have a..." So Dustin not only is part of the "we' that made the car, but is in the commercial for it and doesn't know where the engine is? Maybe Mr. Robinson stole it.
@toAdmillerАй бұрын
I've never seen this model before...
@kenenash13 жыл бұрын
Are they still offering wall to wall carpet? We may laugh at this commercial but life seems like it was pretty good back then. Kenny Nash youtube KENNY NASH "DESIRE"
@ThePresidentialTouristАй бұрын
A young Dustin Hoffman looks a bit like a young Al Pacino to me.
@dixonpinfold258211 күн бұрын
I got them mixed up when I was a kid.
@jimveybe7689Ай бұрын
Hire a short actor to sell a small car.
@vidpieАй бұрын
VW used 7′ 1″ tall Wilt Chamberlain to sell a small car: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rJ6jZ6Vyp5vKdY0.html
@jourwalis-8875Ай бұрын
"Electric clock"!
@vidpieАй бұрын
Headline from a famous Rolls-Royce ad circa1958-1962: "At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock"
@nassmatic5 жыл бұрын
"Gotta get a fastback get a fastback....about a hundred dollars..."
@chaburchakАй бұрын
It has an electric clock? No way!
@BruceMusto25 күн бұрын
What is he? Like 5'2", 5'3". He would make the Beetle look big.
@tripjet9999 жыл бұрын
Attempting to sell a car (or anything else) without sex? How novel!
@type36663 жыл бұрын
Type 3 🤘👍✌️
@marvinthemaniac76982 жыл бұрын
I bet anything the engine on that car is under the floor, like in the Squareback.
@zikamano48472 жыл бұрын
amazing
@edl61721 күн бұрын
5’7” tall
@williamjones7163Ай бұрын
Think Small.
@kensolar69 Жыл бұрын
Hoffman, an unknown actor, ad libbed almost the entire commercial. It was not the script he was given. The director was furious and was going to fire him on the spot, but the producer stopped him. They went to the camera man and had him run the tape back. The director was still fuming ''That's not my commercial'' but the producer told him ''That's the commercial. Pay him, thank him, and get me his file.'' Note: I owned one.
@Paul-vc8onАй бұрын
Good story. Didnt happen, though.
@SayHey2TheEarth13 жыл бұрын
"trunk, a large trunk" rotfl
@UncleWally3Ай бұрын
Wow, a VW with walls!
@michaelkatz99185 жыл бұрын
Will he do a commercial with a new model with song Mrs. Robinson?
@mooxblubble74044 жыл бұрын
"goes 84 miles per hour"
@harrycallahan9733 Жыл бұрын
Can you have 2 door sedans? Sounds like a contradiction, like bitter sugar, or soaking dry :)
@purefoldnz30703 жыл бұрын
it has an electric CLOCQK!
@ahsenkhan538615 күн бұрын
Next Volkswagon advert to advitise how big theor cars is will have Tom Cruise Yeah I know ....rainman Happy now
@domitype7 ай бұрын
Shoulda done an Alfa Romero commercial!
@lifeisgood1234112 жыл бұрын
Another fact for some to get their peoples car they would have to go their local goverment office and purchase a stamp book wich once filled with the particular stamp could be used as 900 reishmarks unfourtunantly war started and only 12% of applicants got a vehicle
@tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын
Was George Lois working for Doyle Dane Bernbach at the time?
@jozla4 жыл бұрын
i like it specially 1500
@doktormcnastyАй бұрын
No but seriously, where's the motor?
@ricardokim544Ай бұрын
I looking this car.
@ahmedalialtaf4025 Жыл бұрын
Master Shifu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@birddog3130Ай бұрын
How many times Before he got this ad done right ?
@hansgrehoner98473 жыл бұрын
I think,he needed the money.
@aris95 Жыл бұрын
Maybe with electicity conversion the back trunk could be as big as frontengine cars?
@operator91210 Жыл бұрын
This car is better for the environment as it sits. You don't have to strip a mine in China to operate this vehicle. EV's are a fraud, dangerous, expensive and inconvenient