| There are very few adverts that avoid being annoying, | | | | made. |
| irritating or serve as a cue to flick over the channel | | | | Honda have built a reputation for not only designing |
| these days, yet those that stick in the memory are the | | | | innovative cars, reliable and sought after, but also for |
| clever ones, the cool ones, the ones that you actually | | | | their remarkable adverts. Other classic Honda adverts |
| forward to seeing during the commercial break and | | | | that stick in the memory include the animated advert |
| there is one particular company that fail to impress | | | | about Honda's then new diesel engines. The ad had an |
| with their TV adverts: Honda. | | | | incredibly catchy whistled theme tune with the words |
| Their latest offering is The impossible Dream ad | | | | 'Hate something, make something better' (if you can't |
| featuring a bearded man leaving his residence - a | | | | remember it, YouTube it!). |
| caravan - on a sunny morning wearing a racing | | | | Then there was the cog advert where different car |
| jumpsuit complete with racing stripes. He hops onto a | | | | parts including nuts, bolts, windscreen wipers, wheels, |
| Honda Z50J Monkey bike and rides off, then you see | | | | windows and many more were used to perform an |
| him riding a Super Cub scooter through the winding | | | | amazing domino like effect resulting in the ignition of a |
| roads, and then onto the beach where he is riding a | | | | Honda Accord starting up and playing the Sugarhill |
| TRX450R ATV quad bike through the shallow waters. | | | | Gang's hit song, Rapper's Delight. |
| You next see him driving an old school S500 | | | | Many people did not believe that the advert was real, |
| convertible with his wispy strands of hair blowing in the | | | | more that it was made using special effects, but to the |
| wind, he is next seen riding a Goldwing motorcycle | | | | contrary, it was rumoured to take just 20 takes over a |
| through the streets, then onto a 1960 125cc RC143 | | | | five day filming period, although the 2 minute sequence |
| track motorcycle speeding through the open road, then | | | | was filmed in two and cut together using minimal CGI. |
| into a Honda S2000 Roadster, then a NSX-R sports | | | | Honda are wading in head first to an aggressive |
| car, then a Fireblade motorcycle, a Formula One | | | | advertising campaign for their new eco friendly cars |
| RA272 race car, an 2005 BAR F1 car, a Honda | | | | with an 11 page ad campaign in the Guardian |
| Offshore Powerboat and finally a Honda branded hot | | | | newspaper and buying an entire commercial break on |
| air balloon. | | | | Channel 4 to show their new TV advert - again an |
| Take a breath! So many vehicles in such little time, but | | | | animated ad called 'Do'er'. |
| there's no denying the quality of this advert. The scenic | | | | Honda continue to push the advertising boundaries as |
| locations are a joy to behold, especially if viewing the | | | | well as the engineering boundaries, and thanks to them |
| ad on a large plasma screen. And the breathtaking | | | | not all TV ads are monotonous and have you reaching |
| drop of the Iguazu Falls - the scene for the finale of | | | | for the remote control. |
| the ad - just top off one of the best commercials ever | | | | |