Infiniti QX60 ad pays homage to 'Vacation' movies - Automotive News
The spot pays homage to a classic scene in 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation where an alluring blonde, played by supermodel Christie Brinkley, suddenly pulls up in a Ferrari alongside Chase’s character Clark Griswold as he takes his family on a... Infiniti’s spot, titled “Vacation,” puts a fresh spin on the scene 32 years later. Actor Ethan Embry -- who played Clark’s son, Rusty, in the 1997 sequel Vegas Vacation -- is in the driver’s seat of the QX60 this time as he takes his family on a trip to Walley World. A blonde in a Lamborghini catches Embry’s eye momentarily until his wife, played by none other than Brinkley herself, brings him back to reality with the ironic statement, “Honey, a blonde in a convertible. When Infiniti first saw the concept for the ad in March, the brand didn’t know a new film was also coming out, said Allyson Witherspoon, Infiniti USA’s director of marketing communications and media. Witherspoon said in an interview, “There is a little bit of a sense of nostalgia just because it’s such an iconic scene, but what we also wanted to do was bring it into the modern day and use a modern family and a modern car. Source: www.autonews.com
