# Volkswagon commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 26, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagon-commercial/26937 "2000-07-26T17:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BaldTaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BaldTaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldTaco)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagon-commercial/26937/1 "2000-07-26T17:28:28Z")
Does anybody know the name of the song that is played in the TV ad for the VW Cabrio? It’s the one where a bunch of teenagers are driving along at night to a cottage party, and when they get there, they like driving so much that they keep going. BT ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagon-commercial/26937/2 "2000-07-26T17:38:36Z")
Check out this thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31339](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=31339) ---
**Author:** ![Rusalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volkswagon-commercial/26937/3 "2000-07-26T17:53:44Z")
I generally hate car commercials, but I think VW makes the best car commercials without a doubt. Several times I’ve wondered “Who plays that song?”. Well it appears that other people must feel the same way because VW has a page devoted to their commercials. The song is “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake check it out, you can play any recent commercial to your heart’s content: [http://www.vw.com/commercials/](http://www.vw.com/commercials/)? I’d like to know if they have kept the same ad agency for all of these. I think my favorite is still the one of several years ago with the stinky couch. Music, timing, everything. Da da da…