The Top 10 Funniest Commercials of 2016
By Buckie Wells
10. Toyota Prius and “The Longest Chase”
The Toyota Prius has been around for a long time and has been ugly since its inception.
I’m sorry, Prius drivers, its lack of street cred just doesn’t do it for me, but no one can take away from the fact that it is one of the most fuel-efficient cars of all time.
After overhauling the car’s look for the 2016-17 season, Toyota began a new campaign titled “The Longest Chase.”. It began with the above video, which I consider the best. A bunch of bank robbers, including Orange is the New Black‘s Pablo Schrieber, steal/buy a Prius and use it as their getaway car. Thanks to the disarming, hipster vibe of the car, when the quartet nearly drives into some cops blocking off the street, the cops don’t even realize they’re looking at robbers or a stolen vehicle.
The follow-up commercial that featured the law enforcement’s response to the “Prius 4”. American audiences and their televisions have now been over-saturated with Toyota Prius commercials. Still, the original’s dark-witted humor deserves a moment to shine.
They didn’t make the car any cooler to me, but I am genuinely rooting for Pornstache and the Prius 4.
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