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• Public Transit? Nein! Get a Beetle! [Classic Ad Watch]

  You could be getting soaked at a bus stop that's colder than a Stalingrad winter, musing film-noirishly about your crimes and the lack of inner moral compass that led to your current state (not understanding German allows us to put noir interpretations on the protagonist's monologue)... or you could be crammed behind the wheel of a 36-horsepower machine equipped with a flower vase and rust-enhancing floorpans. What's it gonna be? Posted Nov 16 2007, 02:30 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: type 1, Volkswagen, Vw, Beetle, classic ad watch, Germany, 1950s

• You Cannot Resist The Goggomobil Invasion! [Classic Ad Watch]

  You think we're all done with the Goggomobil ads? Think again, Helmut! This short film documents the takeover of a small German city by hordes of Goggomobils, with a bouncy accordionic soundtrack to mask the ominous implications. Goggo! Goggo! Posted Nov 07 2007, 06:00 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: classic ad watch, Germany, 1950s, Goggomobil, glas

• Goggo! Goggo! Goggomobil Knows Young and Old! [Classic Ad Watch]

  newVideoPlayer("gogomobil_ad_gawker.flv", 475, 376); This profoundly disturbing puppet-show advertisement for the Goggomobile will have you singing the little "Goggo! Goggo!" cuckoo-clock song until you get Tazed by your enraged coworkers. Goggo! Goggo! We're just disappointed that they didn't make a Goggomino version (though there was a van ). Posted Nov 06 2007, 03:00 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: classic ad watch, Germany, 1950s, Goggomobil