This guy really loves Chevrolets.
The controversy surrounding the “Real People”, TV ad for Chevrolet doesn’t seem to be going away, even though the carmaker has taken the commercial out of circulation. Mahk and Dave Irwin (or Mahk) are a comedian who, with Ali Shahriari, runs the Youtube channel Zebra Corner. They don’t believe what the Golden Bow Tie wants people to believe and have found the best way to make the commercial better and add his own ideas to it. You can watch the parody video at the top of this page.
Chevrolet’s TV commercial from early this year stated that their cars were the most reliable, according to a survey. The fine print stated that the survey was based on vehicles manufactured in 2015. Advocates for consumers Other carmakers are skeptical about the reliability Reliability survey.
It was the fact that the latest versions of the cars were shown in the commercial, which caused confusion. The claims that the Honda or Toyota had challenged the findings were false, but no developments have been reported.
Chevrolet already removed the ad and issued the following statement:
Chevrolet stands behind the reliability claim. The ad is still in the brand’s toolbox, but we have decided that it will be removed from the regular rotation to launch new Silverado content. Because of concerns about the accuracy of our ads, we have not changed our marketing campaign. We won’t comment on conversations between other manufacturers.”