2007-02-18 18:29:47 · 16 answers · asked by drnknrmnce 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Toyota
LOL, No sir i don't think it's a true life "real commercial, i think it's finished by using computer graphics.
The only part i think is real is when the truck drives up to the camera.
Just my TWO cents.
"/JOe
2007-02-18 18:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by "/ J()€ 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would be worried about the frame it's built on...it's a "C" frame. Cup your hands like the letter "C", and you notice there's a gap, the upper and lower "C" doesn't touch. New trucks now, and at least Ford has for awhile fully boxed "O" frame.
Whats the difference? I would love to see the Tundra 5 years from now if it were truely hauling all that payload...The creaks and rattles and just the integrity of the platform will deminish in comparison to the competition. Even body panels will flex, interiors might be a bit louder than they have to, etc.
Ironcanically Toyota stated in a new conference that the reason the body panels had such large gaps, were because it gave it a more masculine butch look. Sure, if thats the case then Saturn with it's wide gaps are the butchest vehicles next to a Harley.
Gotta love that spin, but really, the gaps are there because (again, back to the foundation), if the foundation isn't strong enough, tghe body will flex, so will the body panels, etc. Domino effect.
But again, consumers won't know any of this, so the commecials will work...
2007-02-19 12:02:39 · answer #2 · answered by A A 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Indeed, the Tundra commercials are not computer generated graphics. They are actual stunts performed to show the actual capabilities of the truck. Compared to the Tacoma commercials....ah, ha, ha! Gotta love the Loch Ness commercial. The Lexus IS commercial is actually real as well but they did not drop the car while the other car was driving, they put both clips together.
2007-02-19 11:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by tamman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you look closely at the bottom of the screen at the begining of the commercials for the Tundra's (not the Tacoma commercials), there is a "disclaimer" that states that the demonstration is an actual demonstration, albet with a professional driver and course and not to try this at home...
So to answer your question, it would appear that they are real, just well coreographed.
wnyken
2007-02-19 10:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by wnyken 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I puked in my mouth when "Coach T" called it a "Made in America" Tundra. It's like the old story, "If a order a bike from France and asseble it in my basement, it's STILL a French bike." Same thing goes for the foreign made Toyota Tundra. NOT AN AMERICAN VEHICLE ! ! !
2013-11-04 20:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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toyota is known to lie and cheat about many things, such as gas milege (sic), HP, torq (sic), and many others.
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Toyota has done no such things. Gas mileage posted on new cars is using EPA numbers. Therefore, if anyone lied about the gas mileage, the EPA did.
Horsepower and torque are measured using tests and testing methods developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE, not to be confused with ASE, or "Automotive Service Excellence.) Recently, new standards came out that Toyota and Honda voluntarily complied with which resulted in lower numbers-- but the performance and driveability of the vehicles did not differ. (Some automakers did not retest their entire line of vehicles when the new testing methodology was announced.)
Again, this was not the result of Toyota lying to us.
The fine print says "actual demonstration"-- they'd be in violation of advertising laws to say it's real yet not be real.
Toyota's page has a "behind the scenes" available. http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/minisite/commercial/tundra_tv1.html
2007-02-19 15:55:02 · answer #6 · answered by Sevateem 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Frame design is a trade off. Big rig frames don't get boxed so that the frame twists under load and the stress is spread out over a large area. Some small trucks get boxed because it improves ride and driver feel. C frames are not all of a sudden bad, just a different design tradeoff.
2007-02-19 12:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I own a Tundra and its real as far as towing is concerned that stopping with 10 tons on a trailer on a dime is some bs thou. But ive had my Tundra since 2003 150,000 miles nuthin but routine maitnce and i just love it best truck i ever owned
2007-02-19 02:41:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah it is. Toyota.com has a secial section talking about the making of the commercials and how its real. Pretty amazing though isn't it? How the Tundra can accelerate and stop with such drama.
2007-02-20 20:12:59 · answer #9 · answered by Car freak 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course the trucks are real they make them in San Antonio.
But don't try those tricks at home!
2007-02-19 02:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋