this has to be the worst commercial ever! the cadi makes up for mileage driving around town trying to find a parking spot big enough for a large bus and imagine pushing that heavy thing up a hill...your back down to 9mpg. not to mention its just no fun, that thing would roll over in the twisties....if it ever fit.

sorry i just had to vent. what do you guys think?

 

I think that they cant give these things away right now, thats what, despite gas prices being at, what is it, five year lows, and with the economy the way it is.

 

And I imagine this mileage was actually calculated with the accessories disconnected, accelerating to 25mph in 30 seconds, etc.
And the Escalade hybrid (and the failed Accord hybrid) are idiotic concepts. No one wants to pay $8k more for a few mpg made by retrofitting a hybrid engine into a car not designed for it. Well, suckers do, I guess.
The Escape seems like the only retrofit that actually got decent mpg. 20mpg city is impressive for a luxo-tank, but let's see how they do on combined mileage.

 

C'mon Detroit...get w/ the program!!!

It's the one w/ the MINI that really gets me , if only as a total manupilation of the facts.

 

ok found out the comparison is as follows- highway mpg for cadie- and city mpg for auto MINI with top down....thats like saying my bike is faster than yours when you take your chain off

 

OK...now you've gone and done it!! My blood is boiling and my Blood Pressure has gone through the roof!! How can these low lifes make the idiotic claim that the CE is anywhere near the same as a MINI Cooper?? It's a Disgrace!!

 

atleast you guys feel my pain

 

Hmm, the commercial is for the Hybrid version comparing to a MINI. Yet the Red Tag sale shows that the non Hybrid costs $55K instead of normal $69K..so the hybrid must be more...I'd say for under $69K you can get two MINIs to move 8 people and get better gas mileage for less money!!

 

I hate GM products and yes even the corvettes... just something about GM has always pissed me off...

 

Hey, but you have to admit, Cadillac came up with a pretty good idea. I don't blame them, they are trying to make it too.
Now ragging on Cadillac, there is absolutely no comparison. 20 mpg is the best the Cadi does, and its like the worst the Mini does.

You can probably tow more with the Mini anyway. The hybrid is completely useless.

 

Big F***** Deal!Good to know GM is putting our bailout money to good use!

 

I just saw this commercail and hated it!!
What a bogus comparison,
When people ask me what i like about my MINI i tell them tha it's
NOT A CADILLAC,
i am not ready for a big boat, soft sprung luxury car yet!
motor on
boxcars

 

Market gimmick. GM wants to get attention by using a very successful car like Mini. It is as simple as that.

 

I'm not sure if this is valid, but although the voice over says 'Mini Cooper,' the car shown is an S (it's dark so I'm not sure) which gets less mpgs than the Cooper. More twisting of the 'facts.'

 

The cynicism of this commercial ("viewers are really going to believe this!") reminds me of a radio commercial during the oil crisis in the 1970s that had a woman talking about how, since she could afford a Caddie in the first place, she really didn't have to worry about gas prices.

 

The whole idea of a giant truck as a status symbol is ridiculous to me. The big three have convinced a lot of suckers who would be better off in Town Cars, because the profits on these trucks are huge. I'm sure most of these owners have no idea how many people are laughing at them as they wobble past.

 

hissssssss. There goes any buisness ill ever give GM in the future.

 

I'm confused. The lowest EPA estimate for any model MINI is 21mpg city. Where do they get 20mpg from?

 

For under $69k, you could, in fact, get THREE (and a half) MINIs.

Sounds like a deal to me.

 

Lets just take a complement as a complement. This makes the second commercial in which a rival car manufacturer features a MINI for comparison purposes - Suzuki being the first. Companies don't do this unlesss the comparison model is the acknowledged gold standard.

 

Here, try this one on for size. In the area that I work, in Brooklyn, there is a 'car' club called, are you ready, the 'SUV Divas.' It should be pretty self- explanatory as to who and what gets in. All I know is I quietly crack up every time I see one of these trucks with the logo plastered across the rear and/or side cargo area windows.

Do they have a right to exist? Of course. Am I being an elitist? I don't think so. There are plenty of car clubs around (like every other one I've ever seen) that just dont elicit that response from me. I just find that particular combination of type of vehicle/name of club hilarious.

 

Way I see it, if you're dumb enough to believe the commercial without doing any kind of research then you deserve the car you get.

Unfortunately, I'm betting most people that see the commercial on TV are going to be those people. <sigh>

 

And GM wonders why the Government does not want to give these morons money.

Whoever made this commercial and came up with the concept should be thrown in prison.

In any event, yeah I can see people rushing to the GM dealership to spend over $60,000 [after taxes] for a gas guzzling banana boat that says "I'm a moron and elohssa" as the wide-berthed driver thump thumpas down the street.

Sidenote: My MINI gets 30 MPG average on my steep San Francisco hills. That pimp mobile gets 12 MPG, tops. False advertising it is.

Here is the video in case it does not work on YouTube:

http://www.thelegaluniverse.com/MINI...RedTag2008.wmv

 

My MCSC manual gets much better than 19 mpg. Even when i drive hard, the lowest it's been is 24 mpg or so.

 

I hear ya....I drive one of those +40 mpg city MINIs!! I don't blame them for trying....but such a misrepresentation is absolutely sickening.