New duramax ad campaign. Max & Al. Print ad... and series

[Yaj Yak]

GM's marketing department has stepped it the fuck up.

this is fucking awesome.

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[Yaj Yak]

seriously. chekck out the website- really impressive.

http://www.maxandal.com/#

 

[Yaj Yak]

nothing?


whhhhatever

 

[Turk]

I'm just not into this kind of stuff.

 

[Yaj Yak]

yeah. we know. you like beemers and lexusses and popped collars. whateva.

 

[Turk]

Beemers are bikes, I don't like them, Lexus' are OK and I don't ever pop my collar.

 

[Yaj Yak]

except for tuesdays.

 

[Turk]

After 11pm.

 

[jason05gt]

Pretty good, but Ford and Chrysler already had solid campaigns already going.

GM changes their branding way too often. I will say that their new campaign will be a winner if they stick with it. I also like the Caddy Nurburgring commercial.

 

[ktraver97ss]

Thats fucking awesome, love it.

 

[radioguy6]

i saw one of these commercials the other day, it was funny. Regardless, I'd still buy a Ford truck.

 

[Eagle]

KJ dude, you're insane. And I love it.

 

[Bru]

i saw one of these commercials the other day, it was funny. Regardless, I'd still buy a Ford truck.

Not anymore dude. They may have the best sales, but the new Duramax is fucking beastly. Ford just got walloped in this real-world comparison while towing 19,000 pounds up a massive grade/distance, despite having more power and torque:

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/11/chevy-vs-ford-in-heavy-duty-rumble-in-the-rockies.html

Each truck was run up the grade in Tow/Haul mode starting in four-wheel drive for max traction in the cold conditions and switching to two-wheel drive at approximately 30 mph. The fastest time was used for the comparison.

The Chevy Silverado was significantly faster. It finished more than two minutes ahead of the F-350, in 8 minutes, 38.2 seconds. Average speed cruising up to 11,000 feet was 53.63 mph, 11.22 mph faster on average than the Ford. The Chevy’s top speed was 67.38 mph for a few seconds before the grade changed from 5 percent to 7 percent.

 

[Eagle]

I hear they're considering stuffing a smaller duramax into the 2011 suburban :drool:

 

[Eagle]

If you were wondering where the Ram 3500 is in all of this, it wasn't included because these weights exceeded its 24,500 maximum GCWR by more than 2,500 pounds. It wouldn’t have been safe or responsible to test the truck in these conditions.

 

[Bru]

Yeah, weak shit.

 

[ktraver97ss]

I hear they're considering stuffing a smaller duramax into the 2011 suburban :drool:

and in 1500 silverados I heard!

 

[Eagle]

 

[XxApollynxX]

Funny advertising, nice trucks but i'd still buy the Ford. I wouldnt turn the Chevy down if given to me or a great deal came across though!

 

[Bru]

Last I heard, the 4.5 duramax is designed and ready to go. They just need the green light from the number crunchers.

 

[Eagle]

they need to do that AND NOW

 

[jason05gt]

Not anymore dude. They may have the best sales, but the new Duramax is fucking beastly. Ford just got walloped in this real-world comparison while towing 19,000 pounds up a massive grade/distance, despite having more power and torque:

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2010/11/chevy-vs-ford-in-heavy-duty-rumble-in-the-rockies.html

At elevation. That's not a "real world" comparison for most of the US. Me thinks that it is a tune issue. Cars run like crap at elevation....I've actually driven the road that they tested on.

Another thing that I found odd (and newbish) is that they list the transmission gear ratios, but don't list the rear end ratio.

 

[Bru]

Most of us in the US don't buy HD Diesel's, but the guys who do use them like they should, possibly to extremes like this. The Ford still got beat in Pickuptruck.com's heavy duty shootout during non-elevation testing.

Both were 3.73 rear ends.

 

[Bru]

http://special-reports.pickuptrucks.com/2010/08/2010-hd-best-overall-oneton-diesel-truck-drw.html

 

[Bru]

FYI, they attributed the poor elevation performance to the Ford's turbo, and not the tune.