Who Is The Woofwagen Commercial

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During the reign of Adolf Hitler, a project called “the people’s car” was brought to the horizon. Hitler himself wanted the Germans to enjoy westernized standard of technology. Therefore, he pushed for an affordable family vehicle. To complete the project, an automobile company was created. The company was named after Hitler’s proposal. Thus, it was named Volkswagen, which translates into “the people’s car” in English. Over the years, Volkswagen has transformed into an international player in the automobile industry but it still stands by its name. Almost all popular Volkswagen commercials are directed towards the common man because they advertise “the people’s car”. Some ads like “Black Beetle,” “Punch Dub Days,” “Woofwagen,” and “The Polo …show more content…

The Star Wars relation is therefore appropriate if they are trying to target the average man. The scenario presented in the ad is of a beautiful and spacious home, which represents a successful middle/high-class family. It does not necessarily mean that those types of families are being targeted. It just shows that the image of the home with a beautiful family with two kids, a fully well-furnished home, and a beautiful wife represents the ideal goal that is set culturally for the average man. Thus, by advertising a car in that environment hints in the achievement of it through the purchase of the car. The symbolism is also well oriented. Now that the ad establishes a good connection with the desired audience, the ad leaves a memorable impression within the viewers by inducing some important …show more content…

Also, Volkswagen is known to create simple but fun ads for families like “The Force”. There is no doubt left of their dedication to families and to the people when their company is named after them. Ethos is the glue that keeps the whole foundation of the ad together. If ethos came off to be weak, then the validity of the car company truly knowing what families want would be non-existent. The ethos is also reinforced by the adult male driving the car in the ad. He is dressed well, in shape, and overall looked like he had his whole life together. He seems like he knows what exactly he needs and his decision making skills are reliable or else he would not be this successful. Thus, his pseudo reason of buying that car reinforces the company’s ethos. With the appropriate ethos being present alongside the pathos, it efficiently conjoined the appropriate pathos with the car advertised. Thus, the ethos played an important role in the ad because all the pathos created would be useless to the ad if they did not bind to the product itself.

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