Cadillac Says 'Front to Back' CTS Ad is Real, Releases Additional Footage

In late December of 2011, Cadillac published a thirty-second clip on the CTS sedan named "Front to Back" showing two cars riding alongside each other, with one driving forward and the other in reverse.

Apparently, some viewers weren't sure if said scene on the commercial was real or not so Cadillac came out with some additional footage from different angles.

"Many of you were surprised to learn that our CTS ad with the two vehicles driving side-by-side was 100% authentic," a Cadillac spokesperson wrote on the brand's Facebook page. "Now, as promised, we're giving you all the extended footage of our amazing drivers in action."

You can peep the videos after the break.

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Fiat Airs Brand New "Baby" Commercial for the 500 in the States

The Fiat brand is slowly abandoning the banal Jennifer Lopez ads for its 500 city car and moving towards sexier and cheekier spots like the overly successful "Seduction" clip featuring Catrinel Menghia with some 8.3 million views on Fiat's Youtube channel and "House Arrest" with Charlie Sheen and Catrinel Menghia that has garnered around 1.8 million views in two weeks.

Coinciding with the broadcast debut of "House Arrest" this evening on local and national TV stations as well cable channels, is another new commercial for the 500 named "Baby".

The new 30-second ad shows two young men in the front seats and a baby boy in the back pulling by a 1967 Imperial, at which point the toddler joins his fingers in the traditional Italian way and says something to the stunned driver (our Italian readers can help with the translation).

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BMW gets Interactive with TV Viewers of South African M5 Commercial

We are more accustomed to seeing ads that engage viewers through the internet (i.e. Peugeot's raunchy commercial on the 208) but BMW's South African arm created an interactive spot on the new M5 sports saloon targeting television viewers.

The clip starts with a message that reads: "The following is a high performance ad designed with BMW M5 drivers in mind. Those that don't drive an M5 may prefer to view it in slow motion. Just press the white button on your PVR remote."

You can see the ad in action in the video that follows below the break.

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Fiat Drops First Promo Video of 500L

One day before its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, Fiat decided to release the first video of the 500L, the mini MPV-like addition to its 500 range.

With the “L” standing for “Large”, the five-door 500L is indeed significantly larger in all dimensions than the diminutive three-door hatch. That’s because, despite its “500” designation, its underpinnings are sourced from the B-segment Punto.

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New Chrysler 300S Spot Grooves to the Beats of 'will.i.am'

Rapper William James Adams, Jr., better known by his stage name "will.i.am", is the new face of Chrysler's latest campaign for the 300 sedan called.

The commercial is called "The Hardest Ever" and shows will.i.am driving a customized 300S to promote its Beats audio system. Nothing special but if you insist, you can watch the 30 second clip in the video that follows after the break.

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Charlie Sheen Stars in New Fiat 500 Abarth “House Arrest” Commercial

A vast luxurious house, lots of beautiful women partying and Charlie Sheen. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Fiat decided to take advantage of the former Two and a Half Men lead, Hollywood megastar and serial troublemaker by using his “bad boy” image for its latest commercial.

The TV commercial promotes the 2012 500 Abarth, which Sheen is driving fast inside said house to the applause of his guests. Sheen rides the Abarth indoors as he wears an ankle monitor and is under house arrest – which is the name of the spot .

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Canada Won't be Getting the New Volvo V40 Either

Since many of you, our readers, asked whether the new Volvo V40 hatchback would be coming to Canada, as the company's U.S. spokespeople wouldn't elaborate on the issue, we decided to find out by sending an email to Volvo Cars of Canada.

And the answer in short is no, the compact-sized Volvo V40 won't be sold in Canada either.

"Volvo Canada also has no plans at the moment to bring the new V40 into the market. If things change at some point in the future, we’ll let you know," Paul Chater from Volvo of Canada told Carscoop in an email.

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