Wardog687 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I wonder if brooke shields is trying to be as nutty as tom cruise

JetJL (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Get top scientist to fib it would be more believable

Julora83 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this so funny..... single for the love of german....

snowglobe380 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I agree...this aint a real vdub...

xthewh3elmanx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, Brooke Shields did make this funny, but if the owners of a Routan look inside the doors they could see that it's made by chyrsler by a sticker. I found that on a suzuki equator and it looks better than the frontier. (I really think it would have been a better idea if they made it off the grand vitara).

xthewh3elmanx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yup, the passport was built by Isuzu (to bad they're gone from america).

thatmuse76 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Good point, but Honda and Toyota actually build their own cars (except for one Honda (the original Passport, I think) which was an Isuzu)

thatmuse76 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah, but it's not funny. It also misrepresents the vehicle (again, it is not actually German). It fails on the humor level (thus failing as a joke) and it does little to actually tell you about the vehicle. It really insults the car buying vehicle. Although possibly anybody who finds these commercials funny, deserves to think they are buying a German car.

thatmuse76 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's not German Engineering, it just isn't. It's a freakin' Chrysler. That's the part I find the most offensive. VW is trying to dupe the uninformed.

thatmuse76 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

German engineering??? It's not enough that it is a ridiculous and stupid commercial, but it is not German engineered at all. It's just not! It is a Chrysler mini-van with a new interior and sheet metal. This is pretty sad since, while Chrysler brought back the mini-van craze with the Caravan in 1984, it was Volkswagen who originated the idea with the Micro-Bus in the 1950's. Apparently the VW technicians are having some difficulty with these as they are tooled to work on VW cars, not Chryslers.