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Chrysler releases $9m Super Bowl ad while requesting more taxpayer dollars
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/...xpayer-dollars
You may have noticed that Chrysler released the longest ad in Super Bowl history on Sunday night, featuring the new Chrysler 200 driven by Detroit native rap star Eminem, an ad that CEO Sergio Marchionne says cost less than $9 million. But given that the company's CEO also announced this past week that is seeking a "better deal" on government loans, it is likely that this ad had more to do with getting political support than selling cars. Besides, is spending millions on a Super Bowl ad appropriate for a company that received a taxpayer bailout to recover from a bankruptcy? Maybe the ad wasn't an appeal to car buyers, but rather politicians. According to the Detroit News, Chrysler is seeking a better deal on its bailout: "I am paying shyster rates," Marchionne said, noting that Chrysler had no choice in 2009 but to pay the high interest rates the government set as part of its $15 billion Chrysler bailout. "We had no choice… I am going to pay the shyster loans." He called the loans "a thorn in my side." Chrysler's also in talks with banks to refinance its debt and plans to have an "agreement in principle" by end of March, he said. Marchionne spoke at an auto industry conference sponsored by JD Power at a hotel here ahead of the National Automobile Dealers Association three-day convention. He said he is hopeful that the company can win an agreement in principle for $3 billion in low-cost Energy Department retooling loan — a move that is necessary for Chrysler to win private financing, Marchionne said. That's right: Chrysler took $15 billion from taxpayers, to which it wasn't entitled, and at an industry convention its CEO calls taxpayers a word that is defined as "someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law, politics and used car sales." Message received: "Taxpayers' money saved a car company from bankruptcy and all they got was this lousy Super Bowl commercial." And what a commercial. Chrysler turns to America to say that because Detroit has been "through hell and back" it has endured the "hottest fires which makes the hardest steel," and that the reason people don't know that is because newspaper reporters "don't know what [people in Detroit] are capable of." A few things about that. One: Chrysler didn't go through the hottest fires. Unless, of course, "hottest fires" means "skipping bankruptcy" and asking for a handout to protect union pensions, which it got. And when Fiat was able to take control of Chrysler, it was because of a heavily politicized deal facilitated by the president's auto task force. It even got $6.6 billion in exit financing by Uncle Sam. Most failing businesses have trouble finding buyers. Not Chrysler. Two: Detroit may have been through a self-imposed over-taxed, over-regulated hell, but it certainly hasn't come back. Budget numbers still show Detroit's books in the red, despite Mayor Dave Bing's best efforts to rein in spending. And Pew reveals that Detroit residents spend more for their municipal legislature than any other major city in the U.S. Heck, even its library is facing a dire fiscal crisis. Three: We know what Detroit is capable of because we saw it in the 1960s. We still see potential, too -- Michigan economist David Littman told The Examiner last year that there was plenty of reason to be optimistic: "We're not even on the map," Littman notes. But the opportunity is there. "We have bargain basement prices on everything -- from water properties, which are a hallmark of growth, to infrastructure. And this is tied together with a large and progressive highway system. We also have the largest underground gas reserves in the nation." Chrysler must have found the investment worthwhile, using the opportunity of the new Chrysler model to plug Detroit's tough "know-how." Fox was charging approximately $2.8 to $3 million per 30-second slot. This ad doesn't reveal how tough and competent Detroit is. It shows how the federal government picks winners and losers. Guess which part the taxpayers play? |
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Can you really watch this and say it isn't a great ad?
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02-08-2011, 05:41 PM | #47 |
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You don't think they'll sell 211 cars?
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02-08-2011, 05:45 PM | #49 |
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I don't fault them though for wanting to advertise during the biggest advertising opportunity on TV it's a prudent thing to do....at least they didn't come out with a "Paid in full" piece of crap commercial. |
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02-08-2011, 06:08 PM | #52 |
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They should have just shown the opening credits to Action Jackson.
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In case you haven't noticed .. most car commercials are for the high earners anyway .. who cares ......
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02-08-2011, 06:19 PM | #54 |
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Doritos are going to have to sell a shit-ton of corn chips to pay for their ads. Good thing the guberment keeps their nose out of agricultre. Dipshits
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02-08-2011, 06:27 PM | #55 |
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I think all superbowl ads are a waste of money. It's ridiculous to throw that kind of money at 30 second spots. I don't care how watched the superbowl is.
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Sorry to be Debbie Downer. But if you're buying a 30-second spot for the Super Bowl for a lesser-liked brand like Chrysler, you have to hit it out of the park. If you buy a 2-minute spot, you better hit a grand slam while doing cartwheels. |
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What's so silly about it. They are basically paying $100 per person to see that ad.
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This is just partisan crap.
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