Did anybody notice

[CZ_Dave]

That the new Geico Geco

Was driving a Triumph TR3

In one of their new commercials?

 

[aeronca65t]

Yes, actually, I did. :thumbsup:

These 50 year old (+) cars are <span style="text-decoration: underline">far more</span> iconic than the current crop. That's why they still pop up in commercials.

 

[NutmegCT]

Yes, actually, I did. :thumbsup:

These 50 year old (+) cars are <span style="text-decoration: underline">far more</span> iconic than the current crop. That's why they still pop up in commercials.

And probably why many of us really *like* 'em!

--> ME!

Tom

 

[Basil]

I was just watching an episode on Columbo on Netflix and in a couple of scenes, the actress playing the daughter of a "Matador" (Ricardo Montalban) is driving (I think) an MG TF.

 

[billspit]

To me it looks like a compiliation of several cars. I guess I need to pause the TV next time its on.

 

[Banjo]

I guess it is a "cartoonized" TR3. Looks like an Austin Healey "Bugeye" with TR3 doors to me. Still, I like it.

 

[rlwhitetr3b]

Incase someone has not seen it. Geco's car

 

[Billm]

Looks like a sytlized (Jag) XK150 to me.
BillM

 

[Guest]

Looks like a sytlized (Jag) XK150 to me.
BillM

X2

 

[Darwin]

This is not new. It is one of the 1st ads run by Geico using the Gecko. They are just re using it, Better than a lot of the stupid (IMO) stuff they have been running lately.

 

[DNK]

That's a Jag
TR3 , you wish
No right thinking Gecko would be caught dead in a tractor car

 

[Sherlock]

First I've seen the ad (the Youtube link), then again I'm here north of the border... It looks more like a Jaguar XK120/140/150 to me as well, no doubt about it...

 

[CZ_Dave]

the ad posted is not the one that I saw on TV.

The one I saw, he parks it and leans against it.

still looks like a TR3 to me, at least like the 1st LBC

that I ever owned.

 

[Roger]

He had a Frogeye Sprite in an ad I saw yesterday.

 

[Basil]

That's a Jag
TR3 , you wish
No right thinking Gecko would be caught dead in a tractor car

It's definitely a Jag. The back, based on the slim bumpers, is XK-120, but the front, based on the thick front bumber, is XK-140.

 

[Billm]

One piece windshield (150)

 

[John Turney]

Incase someone has not seen it. Geco's car

If this is the right commercial, it's a mix of mostly XK120 with a XK150 windshield.