2012 VW Passat Commercial: Learn Spanish [Video] [Updated]

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VW's latest ad for the Passat stresses the fact that you can drive the diesel version of the sedan for 13 hours between refuels and the commercial also show you what you can do with such an amount of time - learn Spanish!

Two guys somehow find themselves in the car, starting an almost 800-mile (1,300 km) journey, but without music. The driver insets a "learn Spanish" CD and we see how the two go from pronouncing "Vamonos" as BMW's 'Vanos" to speaking fluent Spanish at the end of the ride.

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Update: New 2012 VW Passat commercial out: a husband, his wife and nudity - it's not what you think. Watch it here.

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On 21 September 2011 at 21:24 UTC, Mc said:

Superfunny!!

On 24 September 2011 at 19:53 UTC, Lainey said:

I love this ad. Had me laughing out loud at the very end. May be funnier to those of us who are already fluent in Spanish.

On 29 September 2011 at 12:14 UTC, B said:

FUNNY!!!

On 1 October 2011 at 22:45 UTC, Patsi said:

Pure genius!!! I love watching Super Bowl commercials...in my opinion, this one would've been a winner!

On 1 October 2011 at 22:52 UTC, Letty said:

My husband and I found this commercial hilarious!

On 3 October 2011 at 20:35 UTC, PR Girl said:

Love, love, love it!

On 4 October 2011 at 23:26 UTC, al said:

this is awesome!!! thanks

On 5 October 2011 at 12:06 UTC, Pocahontas said:

Love this commercial!!! My son is a freshman and is in Spanish...I told him a 13 hour car trip with Spanish in the car might be better than school! hahaha!

On 5 October 2011 at 13:02 UTC, Margo said:

Great Ad!

On 5 October 2011 at 16:39 UTC, bilinguismo said:

Â?Par de bilingues guap?simos! Pair of good-looking bilinguals!

On 5 October 2011 at 20:16 UTC, Jengibre said:

This commercial makes me laugh! I live in Miami so that's why it may seem so funny to me! Verdad?

On 6 October 2011 at 00:27 UTC, Maria said:

It is really funny, great

On 6 October 2011 at 18:29 UTC, Jeoutt said:

I love it. And I dont really like most commercials,.

On 6 October 2011 at 19:12 UTC, Paul said:

Haha I laughed so hard. I speak Spanish and it made it even funnier!

On 6 October 2011 at 21:28 UTC, NATURELOVER said:

What is the band/song in this commercial?

On 6 October 2011 at 22:20 UTC, DJ said:

I love this commercial. I laugh out loud every time I see it.

On 6 October 2011 at 23:46 UTC, TwoNs59 said:

One of the best commercials ever. Should have been a Super Bowl ad!

On 7 October 2011 at 00:33 UTC, Lola said:

LOVE this commercial! Hilarious! Seriously LOLed!

On 7 October 2011 at 12:07 UTC, wd said:

This is the funniest and best ad I've seen in a long, long time!

On 7 October 2011 at 14:15 UTC, passat said:

THIS COMMERCIAL IS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!

On 7 October 2011 at 15:36 UTC, Lu said:

I love this commerical and never get tired of watching it. Cracks me up everytime.

On 7 October 2011 at 17:17 UTC, Sumairy said:

LOVE IT!!! It is creative, the guys are pretty good looking, and their accents are great as well!! (I am a Spanish native speaker) I have to say it was creative and coveys the message perfectly . . . although I dont think you can get that good at Spanish in only 13 hrs but the Ad still AWESOME. Way to go 2012 Volkswagen

On 7 October 2011 at 17:49 UTC, Ceil said:

I may just buy one of these cars because the commercial is perfection. Thanks! Hope people who are not bi-lingual will "get it".

On 8 October 2011 at 15:44 UTC, rickyalvarez said:

love tha commercial,very smart.

On 8 October 2011 at 23:13 UTC, ROSALYN said:

I LOVE this commercial, looked it up to show my friends cause it's so funny, being latin my self I understood the humor.. Would love to see more like this...

On 9 October 2011 at 15:15 UTC, Ida said:

Love, Love, Love this commerical!! Laugh out loud everytime I see it, and that never happens when I see a commercial. I had to search online to show to my husband, he loved it too!!

On 10 October 2011 at 00:49 UTC, LETTIE said:

LOVED LOVED LOVED.... I KEEP SHOWING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY.....

On 11 October 2011 at 22:51 UTC, Nick said:

The song playing is DeVotchKa - The Enemy Guns from the album How It Ends. Pick it up, and don't look back!

On 12 October 2011 at 12:01 UTC, laney said:

Hilarious!

On 12 October 2011 at 15:48 UTC, trang said:

funny! lloloolololololollo ack... loolololoolollo

On 12 October 2011 at 22:21 UTC, whistlemoney said:

what are they saying as they get out of the car?

On 14 October 2011 at 17:17 UTC, MrSticks said:

I love this!

On 14 October 2011 at 17:18 UTC, Chris said:

I love this commercial. It is hilarious!

On 15 October 2011 at 20:09 UTC, Helen said:

The greatest commercial of 2011.

On 16 October 2011 at 18:38 UTC, Aml said:

This is the BEST. Love watching it over and over...Genius writing. !!!!!!!!

On 19 October 2011 at 13:54 UTC, bUTCH said:

They should of learned ENGLISH

On 20 October 2011 at 23:49 UTC, edzia62 said:

Excellent commerical with VW Passat learn Spanish. Great Idea, I have forwarded to my friends

On 23 October 2011 at 20:47 UTC, eef said:

Just laughed out loud...very funny

On 24 October 2011 at 16:16 UTC, FanClubSD said:

Loved this! It occurred to me today that great advertising has as much to do with an open-minded client as it does with a clever agency.

On 24 October 2011 at 20:16 UTC, lukethe said:

Hahaha, I love this because I can relate. Great commercial :)

On 25 October 2011 at 15:05 UTC, CasaMartinez said:

Every time I see this commercial, I laugh. I think it's so smart and funny! I rarely enjoy commercials (face it post people tune them out) but I always tune in on this one. Pure genious. Keep em comming.

On 27 October 2011 at 21:12 UTC, Dilligaf said:

This is AMERICA, how about stopping trying to teach us to learn Spanish, which I already know from school, and place some effort on teaching the illegals how to speak English!! Little by little, our media is playing right into the hands of people that should not even be in America anyway. I say, English ONLY on every product sold in America, imagine the cost savings in advertising alone. Stop being Politically correct and do what is right for America!! Send the illegals back to their homelands unless they want to enter America the Correct way, the way my forefathers did......

On 29 October 2011 at 02:24 UTC, mtnmamaoso said:

Â?Trece horas del carro y no traes musica!
Mira, entre hay y comprame unas papitas.

On 30 October 2011 at 14:53 UTC, RC Cola said:

Just saw it (again) in an NFL game, today. Regardless of the # of viewings, this one still cracks me up (& gets its message across, too!!) I'm not buying a car, presently, but would consider a Passat when I do.

On 30 October 2011 at 15:57 UTC, Marie said:

This is one of the best commercials!! I laugh every time that I watch it!! Love it, love it, love it!!

On 1 November 2011 at 20:41 UTC, kb said:

omg!!! cute cute cute.

On 2 November 2011 at 19:17 UTC, Viv said:

This is a fabulous commercial. I laughed so hard. What a great way to show off the VW Passat and add great clean humor and quite believable. Keep it up!

On 3 November 2011 at 11:20 UTC, texsmith said:

How can you find out the names of the actors?

On 10 December 2011 at 01:31 UTC, sydney said:

DISGUSTING!!! Trying once again to push America into a bilingual country. This is America! WE SPEAK ENGLISH HERE!! Stop trying to balkanize our nation!! I refuse to ever buy another Volkswagen. You're pandering to the Hispanics. Sickening!

On 15 December 2011 at 20:44 UTC, ali said:

i LOVE this commercial !!!!

On 17 December 2011 at 12:19 UTC, Sandie said:

I am a hispanic woman and I think this commercial is pure genious. I love it! If I had the down payment, I would buy the Passat because of this add for how long you can drive it without refueling.

On 24 December 2011 at 23:27 UTC, Maestra in Charge said:

Not too many things make me laugh but this commercial made me really laugh! Luckily, I was able to play it back so I can see it again and I still loved it! I will definitely be showing this clip to my high school Spanish students on the first day of school. I think they would find it humorous!

Note to Dillgaf: I was an illegal as a child, my parents worked hard to put my 6 siblings and me through college and never collected welfare. Today, I am a proud US citizen with a master's degree in education, on my 20th year teaching, and paying taxes. Sounds like you should be buying me "papitas." Thank you, VW, for having an open mind.

On 2 January 2012 at 18:00 UTC, weda said:

Why did you stop showing the 2 dudes learning spanish on road trip. Best one you have. Have not seen it latley.. Please show it more often

On 12 January 2012 at 14:38 UTC, arroyo said:

this is pretty awesome. vw is getting some free advertising from me as i share this with all of my friends......i would buy a vw but i love my acura

On 25 August 2012 at 14:54 UTC, Myrna Cruz said:

Me fascina esta comercial, es genial! Me encanta la creatividad de Volkswagen.
Obviamente uno se la pasa bien con Passat!

On 28 August 2012 at 10:23 UTC, LYVICK PEREZ said:

LOVE IT!!!!

On 28 August 2012 at 11:47 UTC, patricia gallegos said:

patty from cal. love my passat, that spanish commercial is still hilarious!!!!! that my husband saved it just to have it. Hope you make more thanks for making us laugh...

On 30 August 2012 at 19:57 UTC, sjolive711 said:

I never watch commercials as I record all my favorite shows this was merely by accident that I stumbled onto this SUPER HILARIOUS COMMERCIAL! As I am currently in the market for a new vehicle I shall surely purchase this one!!!!