Honda's $6 million dollar advert for the Accord

Un-f*ckin-believable

 

http://www.steelcitysfinest.com/HondaAccordAd.htm

wow its even true http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp cept maybe the 6 mill part

i saw the add, very ingenius!

Hmm. It's at least 3 years old or something like that. And I remember that it looked like made with computers, but it's cool to hear if it's not. nice add anyway

no computer graphics or trick photography eh? thats why the wheels roll up hill with just a little nudge and don't roll back down after....right :partyman:

no computer graphics or trick photography eh? thats why the wheels roll up hill with just a little nudge and don't roll back down after....right  :partyman:

 

Actually, that was done with weights, wheel weights in fact, glued to the inside of the tires. The tires were balanced with the weights up top and as they started to roll to the right, the weights rolled the tires uphill. It took something like 1100 takes to get the entire process to work out without failing. The "crew" involved were so excited when they got through some of the typical failure stages (the wiper-walk was a big one) that they almost blew it by jumping up and down as it neared the end.

 

There have been numerous news articles about this ad, it's awesome when you realize that every single object is a part of 1 Accord and it was done all in one take with no computer-aided help of any kind.

 

Bill in Brooklyn

wow, that was pretty impressive

You Americans only just got this? Crickey... it was shown in England years ago. They gave a dvd away with Autocar (main weekly car mag) which showed the making of it. Very interesting!

no computer graphics or trick photography eh? thats why the wheels roll up hill with just a little nudge and don't roll back down after....right  :partyman:

 

Actually, that was done with weights, wheel weights in fact, glued to the inside of the tires. The tires were balanced with the weights up top and as they started to roll to the right, the weights rolled the tires uphill. It took something like 1100 takes to get the entire process to work out without failing. The "crew" involved were so excited when they got through some of the typical failure stages (the wiper-walk was a big one) that they almost blew it by jumping up and down as it neared the end.

 

There have been numerous news articles about this ad, it's awesome when you realize that every single object is a part of 1 Accord and it was done all in one take with no computer-aided help of any kind.

 

Bill in Brooklyn

 

ahhhh...those cheaters, lol. impressive none the less.