zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Help! I'm Thinking About Chrysler's Gross 2001 Concorde Commercial Again
Help! I'm Thinking About Chrysler's Gross 2001 Concorde Commercial Again-September 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:06

Every night I wish I was in a grave.

Oh no, it’s happening again. I’m thinking about the Chrysler Concorde sex commercial from 2001. God help me. I can’t go through this again.

Yes, this was a real commercial that Chrysler aired in 2001. It was so controversial back then, the automaker pulled the original version (the one you’ll see in a second) and replaced it with a watered-down recut. does a good job of recapping the whole saga, including the revolted reaction from the TV-watching public. (Despite what the YouTube video title might try to tell you, the ad was never “banned,” it was simply recut after Chrysler started getting complaints.)

Everything about it is so bad, I can’t look away. I just watch it over and over again. Those seven words. Those seven damn words — “How did she get the name Concorde?” — ring out in my head like tinnitus. It’s painful. It’s gross. It’s YUCK.

There’s just so much wrong here. Let’s go through and really evaluate every weird-ass line in this Godforsaken menace of a car commercial.

The mother explains, TO HER OWN DAUGHTER WHO IS NO MORE THAN 10 YEARS OLD, that she was named after the place she was conceived, which is Savannah. Whomst the hell would tell their child that. “Your dad and I stayed at a Motel 6 in Georgia, and now you’re here.” What the hell man? The mom sort of looks like Hillary Clinton, which is unsettling to me. I figured she was .Savannah then asks Hillary/Mom why her sister’s name is Concorde. You guessed it. It’s because mom and dad desecrated the backseat of their full-size Chrysler. The horror on Savannah’s face. It’s palpable. She wishes to be dead, and so do I.WHO THE HELL NAMES THEIR CHILD CONCORDE??? Even if you’re going for the “name the kid after where they were conceived” bullshit it still wouldn’t make sense. Savannah is named Savannah after the city. If they were going by the Concorde naming logic, Savannah’s name would be “Best Western” or some shit like that.

AWH YUCKI hope they cleaned up

We are all Savannah.

No one who worked on this ad will ever see heaven. I promise you that much. How was this the best way to convey how big the back seat of the Concorde is?

I’m sorry if this is ruining your day, but if I have to watch this ad that God forgot, so do you.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I Entered My Lifted Miata In A Real Off-Road Race, Here's What Happened
I have two automotive loves: The first is the Miata, the second is off-road racing. For a while I raced air-cooled Volkswagens in the deserts of California and Nevada and I was lucky enough to co-drive in a class 11 stock bug in the Baja 1000 a few years...
Sep 8, 2025
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10
MotorWeek’s is some of the on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the or a ? MotorWeek’s recent Retro Review upload is...
Sep 8, 2025
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I Can't Get Enough Of This YouTuber Who Builds Tiny, Fully Functional Scale-Model Cars
I love tiny, of . I have a that is roughly half the size of a normal cat, and she’s perfect. I own a 2013 , which is like the miniature version of a normal-sized vehicle (at least here in Texas) — but beyond that, I also own a Hot...
Sep 8, 2025
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
Toyota Is Moving A Prewar 700-Ton Press Machine Halfway Around The World
closed its São Bernardo Plant in November 2023, marking the end of its first overseas production facility. The closure caps off a period of continuous car production in São Paolo, , lasting over 60 years. The plant was home to a Komatsu 700-ton press that predates itself. And now...
Sep 8, 2025
Subaru Had It Right All Along
Subaru Had It Right All Along
When first came to the United States, it sold small funky cars that were decidedly un-American. As the company grew its own identity and became more established in the U.S., it became the first automaker to offer an all-wheel-drive passenger car in 1975. Subaru was also an early-adopter of...
Sep 8, 2025
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
2024 Kia EV9: What Do You Want To Know?
At long last, we are about to get behind the wheel of for the first time. Sure, , and sure, , and sure , but hey — what can you do? Anyway, before we get behind the wheel of this three-row electric beast, we want to know what you...
Sep 8, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved