Saturn Ion commercial

Saturn Ion commercial

[@Coffeepanda294]

Remove the last 10 seconds with the narration and this is a new urbanist ad.

[@skitlus335]

Up until they show their cars, it feels like they're sharting all over the car "culture". Look at how much space is spent just for cars, look at how quiet and peaceful and safe it is without them.

[@chad9166]

Looks like the carfucker reddit found this video

[@femboyfoxfurry2603]

I feel like who ever filmed this was definitely anti car and consumerism, and when some head of marketing gave them this project they realized just how much they could get away with and ran with it

[@lao5456k]

тогда изобрети телепорт

[@Brickmati0ns]

⁠@@lao5456k just use public transportation, sadly not really an option in the „land of the free“.

[@sparkymularkey6970]

This doesn't make me want to buy a Saturn. It just makes me want to live in a world without cars.

[@nothere572]

Removing cars completely isn’t the answer. Expanded public transport and walkable cities is what we need and they can work along cars, they do not have to be enemies of each other.

[@ChryslerHyper]

@@nothere572DW he is just joking lol

[@Coffeepanda294]

For real.

[@kathyalex778]

How else are you going to travel long distances quickly and in a private space? Public transit is not always reliable nor is it safe

[@notXaragame3542]

@@kathyalex778you only think that because you have yet to live in a country with safe public transit and bikeable streets

[@IanTranSend]

What a brilliant commercial. Looking at it with a new paradigm for walkability in cities, a better understanding of infrastructure and sustainability, I can't help but think that it's a bit ironic and hope that it's also prophetic about how we approach the way we travel and where we go to do the things that make up our lives.

[@peterjv8748]

It said to me that it's oblivious how much space cars take up and how we should bend to car culture.

[@william2154]

Its sad that this comment was made 12 years ago and nothing changed. Even sadder that this commercial was made 20 years ago and nothing changed.

[@IanTranSend]

@William You're right and I'd agree, though if there's a bright side we can look to right now there's a growing movement to get rid of car centered life especially among the many who struggle to afford the costs in general, and an entire subreddit called r/fuckcars . Some of us are now old enough to run for office and push some of the policies in a different direction now though obviously the auto industry and business as usual folks definitely have too much sway still.

[@chad9166]

cool story carfucker

[@Handles-R-Lame]

That thread is exactly how i revisited this car commercial and now reading your comment from over a decade ago. 🤯mindofficiallyblown..@@IanTranSend

[@ChrisMolyneaux93]

When GM accidentally exposes just how inefficient cars truly are and how much space they occupy.

[@DarkJak]

Imagine how much healthier America would be if they followed this simple video

[@dwinterowd]

This is how the evil demon-crats want merica to become!!!1 I'm love my f-1500 and won't ever give it up! They can take my guns, .y daughters adn freedoms but never my freedsom! 😡😡😭🧐

[@applesyrupgaming]

@@IJoeAceJRI you're aware that's a sarcastic comment right?

[@godofwards6882]

@@IJoeAceJRI bud Dustin's comment was sarcastic, no need to start arguing

[@godofwards6882]

@@IJoeAceJRI yeah i got ya bro, no trouble

[@jackd8933]

This ad is a great argument against cars, how inefficient they are, and how much space they and their roads take up. Ironically, this car ad makes me want to live without a car.

[@obeseperson]

Weird way of thinking, it makes me want to be THE one with a car. Look at all those peasants walking around, while I get to cruise in a climate controlled stylish machine. Hell yeah.

[@jackd8933]

​@@obeseperson You only get the privilege to cruise around in that machine because of the subsidies given to cars, gas roads, etc. That and the built environment was built for cars (again with subsidies). Try going to an organic city like Rome or Oslo and see how much fun you have in an F-150.

[@PanzerkampfwagenVITigerIAusfE]

@@obeseperson😂😂😂

[@omnacky]

@@obeseperson You'll never be THE one with a car. You'll just be another person stuck in traffic in a rage cage

[@cbjm4568]

It really just highlights how much room cars take up, imagine this with cars.. all the fumes, noise pollution, far more dangeriouse and likely will be hostile towards each other. It's about time we reclaim out towns and city

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

"The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man." ~ Marshall McLuhan

[@natchy99]

The music is "Sheet Metal" by Ken Fujioka. The brilliant balance and structure gives it a very late Baroque tone, similar to Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations.

[@thecuriouslifeofamanoutoft8451]

This is 13 years too late but do you have any idea where i can find more of his work, I've looked extensively and can't even seem to find a single mention of him or the song, was it a simple commissioned work for the ad or was it part of a larger composition

[@selflesssamaritan6417]

So much precious space and land wasted for cars. If we design infrastructure for our people (or by relying on rail-based mass transit), we can have more wonderful things like more housing for the people, more farmlands, more beautiful parks with trees, preserving natural habitat and so on. Good job on making the most honest car ad.

[@2010hyundaielantra]

well, with mass transit, you can only go to a predetermined location and can't go whenever you want, but it's much cheaper. you loose a lot of freedom, but it's much cheaper and takes up less space. cars give you much more freedom but are only capable of providing transport to 2-8 people and are more expensive. cars are much better for some, but I will admit there are people who do not need a car at all.

[@ikeworkman4449]

@@2010hyundaielantra Cars only give much more freedom if you can afford a car, and live somewhere car centric where everything is so spread out to accomodate all the space that cars need. Cities that are built for people and not cars, inherently make it much easier to get where you want, without a car. Also, it's not as if cars are the only way to get somewhere other than public transit. Bikes, scooters, and simply walking allow you to go wherever you want also. Of course in rural areas where stuff is naturally spread out and the population desity is lower, public transit etc. are less effective like you said. That however is different from population centers that have been unaturally spread out soley to accomodate cars. Yes cities with lots of suburban sprawl, freeways, strip malls, parking lots etc. are going to be more difficult to navigate without a car (and without good public transit), but that stuff largely wouldn't exist if it weren't necessary to accomodate a car centric society in the first place.

[@gymusen]

This makes walkable and non vehicle dependant cities few like a dream compared to American ones and such who follow the vehicle culture (even tho I'm a fanatic for such)

[@caso6481]

Wow. This was always a ɓrilliant commercial. But looking at it now, I think th e ad company slips in lots of messaging that the car company didn't know it was paying for. I wonder also how much this commercial influenced public perception at the time, leading to our current re-think of car culture.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

What year was this though? Seems very old

[@gr33n39]

​​@@neurofiedyamato8763mid-2000's, i want to say. EDIT: late 2002, due to the end of the commercial saying ion coming soon.

[@ChileSpiceNinja]

Not enough, unfortunately. And it was 2003

[@MacFreaks]

Haha, I remember seeing this ad on TV! Saturn always has great commercials!

[@TheGrayton2000]

Nice

[@C0deH0wler]

Lol, ironically this video makes current car culture look stupid and silly. Time to break car culture.

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

What is "car culture"?

[@Coffeepanda294]

Not Just Bikes needs to use this in a video.

[@obeseperson]

@@Coffeepanda294that dude sucks lol dude would rather we all live in tiny homes and walk everywhere

[@Coffeepanda294]

@@obeseperson nice strawman :)

[@aidaaliten8817]

0:16 this looks really depressing

[@socialtraffichq5067]

Most people don't know that Saturn released a less popular model called Uranus

[@TwoTreesStudio]

Allowing cars in cities is one of the dumbest things humanity has ever done.

[@volkswagenk7017]

Cities already had large paved roads well before cars existed, hippomobile vehicles were also common.

[@Coffeepanda294]

Not dumb. Egotistical and self-serving. Also driven in a large part by lobbying.

[@obeseperson]

How else am I supposed to get around? Walk? Fucking bike? No thanks

[@TwoTreesStudio]

@@obeseperson Never forget what they took from us. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy

[@eduardgenardandalis1437]

@@obesepersonAt least you can shred unnecessary weight + you lessen the time on 0-60 acceleration than being nothing

[@ILikeTallMen]

That’s kinda weird, that’s the first time I’ve really thought about how that’s exactly what “we” look like without the cars around us.

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

Saturn sucked so bad that they decided to hate on cars themselves, no wonder they went bust

[@aayushdipande18]

This gem turns 17 today

[@limediamond4595]

I can’t believe this is supposed to be ADVERTISING a car, this just makes me want to run away and live in the woods

[@twotoned_echos]

Same but the desert instead of the woods

[@kyealive]

Who choreographed this? It's an incredible ballet

[@Freakbo6]

This advertisement was just so depressing.

[@shadowmanwkp]

I think you misspelled Utopian.

[@tonymagona334]

I once had a thought while driving on the highway about if everyone rode a bike while still having the infrastructure for cars. Imagine thousands of people on bikes on a half mile stretch of one highway, and generally everyone going about the same speed too. Would probably make for a much better society, and community.

[@SuperlativeCG]

They're going all in.

[@melonlord7443]

so this is that "human trafficking" thing everyones always on about

[@bellathebestautisticgirl247]

I love Saturn car sl1 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RobCardIV]

why didnt they include any of the 1 mile jogs between lights? as a citizen of america, i can attest, A LARGE portion of time was spent at 45-50mph between mile light stops.

[@dceufan]

Hahahaha that was cool. But I don’t remember ever seeing this TV ad.

[@Diostillrocks]

I got a 2007 ION. It's been a great car. I live in an area where cars get rust spots after 4 or 5 years. That is something I don't have to worry about for much of my Saturn. Too bad Saturn stopped with the plastic body panels. That was something that set themselves apart from other cars.

[@MorbidPuppy]

So how did the rust thing go?

[@Diostillrocks]

@@IJoeAceJRI I don't have the car anymore. Sold it to help pay for a Hyundai Accent 10 years ago.

[@Diostillrocks]

@@IJoeAceJRI no, I sold it when it was 5 year old. The woman I sold it to only puts about 3,000 miles per year on it.

[@davidkastin4240]

Classic commercial! I remember it 😀

[@iiprandz-officialyoutubech5784]

1886: The birth of car industry. People before 1886:

[@LasVegasDashie]

imagine if cars were invisible and you go on the highway and see people floating at 70 mph, all fun and games until you see a semi truck driver taking a nap in his sleeper while the truck is on cruise control.

[@spingleboygle]

i could’ve sworn the dude in the thumbnail’s leg moved just slightly when i clicked it…

[@kevinnosx9]

This car looks cool

[@Coffeepanda294]

I refuse to believe the Saturn Ion is real. No car that small has a cloaking device.

[@MalekB.S06]

What's the song?

[@ArtimusDragon]

lol hilarious

[@MrJoeytony]

Saturn always made clever Commercials, but all the money they put into these ads, could've been put into the Company and could still be around if GM put a little more work into it, but I know GM will NEVER bring back Saturn, which is too bad. :(

[@nicholaswilson598]

Saturn's problem was GM

[@calcetto24]

This crazy.

[@mgerdes255]

good work saturn.

[@esgee3829]

i watch 2x per day. is my bible.

[@majordankDG]

My first car. 07 Ion Redline.

[@zygas25]

So this is the one with that faulty ignition?

[@PKMNFan4664]

zygas25 Yes. My uncle actually owns one of these...

[@arone6298]

funny thing is Saturns aren't even made out of metal there plastic

[@josephstevens4032]

Just the sides.

[@tncorgi92]

Saturns were great cars, I still drive my 2005 VUE and it's the best car I've ever had. It's a shame what Mary Barra and GM did to torpedo the company, GM couldn't accept the fact that Saturns were superior vehicles.

[@Browningate]

The sheer gen-Z ignorance of the comments section of this video is telling.

[@obeseperson]

Boomer moment

[@Browningate]

@@obeseperson More like a Millennial moment, am I right?

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

How is the truth ignorant though?...

[@Browningate]

@@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN Their dystopian version of the truth isn't accurate just because some ignoramuses presumed so.

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

@@Browningate a car centric city does sound dystopian though.

[@MrIansmitchell]

Social distancing before COVID-19

[@koolioperson5534]

This Triggered a Very Old Flashback :( of a Simpler Time

[@Tony.in.motion]

Funny

[@omaryaccob2975]

it sound very film

[@maleahlock]

I think they proved how pointless individual car ownership is 😂😂😂

[@SchnoekerOriginal]

God that one really got me laughing. They literally did that to promote cars 🤣 but they didn't show that whole picture, maybe a few more lanes will fix it, not because of the lanes, bit because there will be less people in the city. 🤡

[@blazingbattlehawk9626]

How I imagine Europe when they start whining about America having roads

[@stevejohnson1321]

Yes, a rebadged cobalt -- nothing "different" at all.

[@moshpic]

Shows how stupid the concept of cars is.

[@volkswagenk7017]

it's not stupid if you don't use for everythings everyday since they can be still useful like horses, it's stupid if you use cars for literally everything like thoses Drive-In and not exercising enough.

[@HelpMeFindTheseSongs]

How is the concept of cars stupid? Please reply.

[@Coffeepanda294]

Indeed.

[@LasVegasDashie]

What's your favorite food? because chances are, some sort of automobile brought it to you.

[@toonymoony16]

I wouldn't say the concept is bad , it's just the fact that most cities are literally depended on cars

[@michaelfornes1479]

Videos from the past are always really low-definition, but I remember those days being much sharper.

[@bill-fk7tl]

Wow Someone paid an agency for that stupid ad??

[@EJ_Rose]

Stop. Go. Park.

[@BoltRM]

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