Mar 17 2008Spy Hunter Themed Pontiac Car Commercial
In an attempt to go after the "grew up in the 80's and played the hell out of Spy Hunter" demographic, Pontiac's new G8 commercial is based on the video game. I always thought the car was supposed to be a Stingray, but I did some deep digging (~4 seconds on Wikipedia) and found out the fictitious G-6155 Interceptor was actually modeled after a 1983 Z28. So, yeah, you learn something new every day. Like yesterday (Sunday) I learned that the lady who runs the ice-cream van around here parks it in the empty middle school lot and scarfs a lot of the product. I saw her pound at least two Drumsticks, a Flinstones Push-Up, and a Rocket Pop. She better have paid for them too. Because if I find out the price of orange creamsicles went up another dime I'll just die. Now where was I? Oh right, Spy Hunter. Loved the boat part. That was my favorite.
UPDATE: Higher quality video added after the jump.
A big thanks to Nick, who hunts spies and does a damn fine job of it, for the tip
Reader Comments
1. kevin - March 17, 2008 12:07 PM
frist
2. Michael Brown - March 17, 2008 12:11 PM
Way to monitor old digg posts.
3. Jonathan - March 17, 2008 12:28 PM
Awesome...I always loved that game....especially when you got to the point where it turned to snow on the road.
4. JagedNS - March 17, 2008 12:53 PM
hehe cool. I just played that game the other day too.
oh, and not everyone reads posts at digg so yeah, that's all I have to say bout that.
5. Jumpin_J - March 17, 2008 12:59 PM
Not bad, but by the time the ad ends, it just beats the high score of 20,000. Which only means one thing. That car sucks.
6. rush - March 17, 2008 6:36 PM
God I was crap at this game, good commercial though.
7. guate6 - March 17, 2008 8:13 PM
Top gear pitted this car up against the Dodge Charger and this car whooped the charger's ass.
8. Samuel - March 18, 2008 3:15 AM
American Muscle at its best!
Too bad it's a Holden Commodore, made right here in Adelaide, Australia.
9. dr.yosh - March 18, 2008 5:58 AM
Fuck yeah!
10. guate6 - March 18, 2008 10:51 AM
Pontiac = Holden. Just like Ford = Jaguar