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jbenavidez2

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Detroit Auto Show Grills
« on: January 12, 2016, 05:50:55 AM »
Oh look at those bodies!  Painted to the new ford colors.  Too bad weber doesn't offer them.




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LightningBoldtz

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2016, 06:02:58 AM »
Very cool
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jbenavidez2

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2016, 06:05:43 AM »
Credit to Eric Tung, Fords' Social Media Elite


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GregS

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2016, 08:04:17 AM »
interesting way for ford to show the new focus colors, no?  :o 
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addicted-to-smoke

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2016, 09:30:48 AM »
So, Ford just picked "a recognizable thing" to repaint to highlight car colors? Interesting.
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LightningBoldtz

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2016, 10:00:36 AM »
This gets me thinking how much I would love to see a pearlized kettle.....
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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2016, 10:57:12 AM »
Maybe their display design guy is a WKC member :)

Te smokey joes do a great job of showing off the colors from all angles. Swatches aren't exciting enough. Everyone does panels, but even panels don't show off all the colors from ALL angles. Plus they're harder to layout. The grills are domed and have a square footprint, perfect for that application.

stellato1976

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2016, 11:15:38 AM »
ford should give away a matching color weber with every new car purchase.
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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2016, 11:21:48 AM »
ford should give away a matching color weber with every new car purchase.
That would get really expensive for a lot of us here.

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2016, 11:25:00 AM »
Nice way to pull people into the booth. Original..
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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2016, 12:05:16 PM »
So, no Weber logos anywhere? How does that work?
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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2016, 03:33:32 PM »
Damn, I would love one in that silver/grey color (upper right corner)

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2016, 03:33:48 PM »
Weber that is...

addicted-to-smoke

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Re: Detroit Auto Show Grills
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2016, 05:20:45 AM »
Maybe their display design guy is a WKC member :)

Te smokey joes do a great job of showing off the colors from all angles. Swatches aren't exciting enough. Everyone does panels, but even panels don't show off all the colors from ALL angles. Plus they're harder to layout. The grills are domed and have a square footprint, perfect for that application.

Excellent points.

So, no Weber logos anywhere? How does that work?

Normally, by "deleting" a logo you won't be responsible for compensating the company for providing the product that helps you sell your product. (Even though it's "free advertising" for the providing company, on some level.)

"Providing" is an interesting term, because it might not have been acquired from the company directly but instead, purchased at retail and then modified. It could be cheaper to purchase it rather than given the product but then have to pay the company for the privilege.

For years, Apple's logo has been removed from all sorts of Macintosh computers on TV appearing in sitcoms or commercials for example. Microsoft infamously did it once for a print ad. Talk about awkward.

In Ford's case they would have had to create new lid vents, here sans text and handle tab. And have the paint removed and repainted. Probably not difficult for a car company to make happen. Not sure why the SJ Premium lid handle was used, unless the gray Weber logo is easier to remove than the white logo on the regular SJ's handle.
It's the iconic symbol for the backyard. It's family/friends, food and fun. What more do you need to feel everything [is] going to be all right. As long as we can still have a BBQ in our backyard, the world seems a bit of a better place. At least for that moment. -reillyranch