What’s With Your Sponsor Car?
With the economy in such turmoil many businesses have cut back on expenses – including vehicles used in sponsorship. But there are still a few bizarre company cars portraying their logo on windows and back doors. Others are sponsored by some ironic organizations. Warning, a couple of these could be a little NSFW.
I noticed while sitting in on Sunday’s Yankee’s-Indians game at The Jake (aka Progressive Field, Yanks lost 4-7, go figure) a full size Toyota Tundra pickup next to the “Home Run” section.
I found this oddly ironic (or maybe, as the Alanis Morissette song doesn’t tell you, just sucky) that a foreign automobile is a big sponsor of an American team based in Ohio, where several car manufacturers have been or are in the process of closing down assembly lines. Ford also sponsors the team, but on there is no Ford car on premises showing off – there IS a Progressive Ford Explorer (as in the Insurance Provider) in right field, probably a coincidence.
Aside from poorly placed advertisement in sports complexes there are plenty of funny business names out there – and if they deliver you can get a good laugh during your commute. For Example, you may not think grabbing a hoagie at a place called “Sheetz” is wise, but honestly their sandwiches are the opposite or crappy.
How about a company like Viagra – they not only splash ads all over nudie mags (not that we look at those in our spare time here at Automopedia) but also right on race cars. We hear the handling is a little…stiff…but only for about 4 hours.
Of course we can’t mention the Viagra NASCAR without a nod to BJ’s Wholesale, whose trucks sport a giant “BJ” logo on each side. Maybe we should get these two together.
When it comes to dealing with Sh*t all day you probably build a sick sense of humor. We all have some crap in our everyday lives, but this plumber has you beat. He took the least glamorous part of an unforgiving career and turned it into one funny van ad for the business.
Finally, since I started with a sports-related topic that is how I’ll end it. This advertisement on the back of a NY registered van features a NJ Nets star – guess they were hoping to have that new home court finished a bit sooner.
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