Olaf has a message for Will Ferrell and GM | AMCAR Refuel.no

AMCAR Norway responds to GM and Will Ferrell
With General Motors’ humorous “attack” on Norway’s electric vehicle dominance as a backdrop. AMCAR Norway have produced a sequel which centers on the car enthusiast Olaf’s struggles as owner of GM’s first mass produced EV; the Chevrolet Bolt. GM vehicles have declined from a leading market position in Norway to having no official representation today. GM also has a history of failed sales offensives in Europe. In AMCAR’s opinion this has been largely due to a lack in the products offered and poor sales and marketing efforts.
AMCAR Norway represents more than 40.000 car enthusiasts in Norway. On the behalf of our patrons we encourage GM to bring us real EVs that will appeal to enthusiasts with inspiring designs, impressive performance, range and reliability. GM is still a world leader in vehicle technology. AMCAR is confident that with the right products and sales strategy, GM once again can become a market leader in Norway and Europe.

[@gilangsetyawibawa185]

Olaf? As in the snowman from Frozen?

[@karinwestereng1910]

Olaf (Olav) is one of the oldest, most used Norwegian viking names. All the other names from Frozen are old norwegian/scandinavian names as well.

[@psykodactyle]

@@karinwestereng1910 yeah right, Elsa? You'll have to trek further into fairy tale land with that one. That's some ludicrous elf name

[@karinwestereng1910]

@@psykodactyle Lol! In the early 1900s more than 10% of all Norwegian girls were named Elsa. Literally every Norwegian I know has a great grandmother who’s name was Elsa or Else (I have two). Today they usually get the more modern version of the name, Else.

[@psykodactyle]

@@karinwestereng1910 tror eg ikke nokke på

[@karinwestereng1910]

@@psykodactyle Haha, du får ta en runde i de gamle slektsbøkene og se om ikke du finner ei Elsa et sted ;)

[@usa-jy5ox]

I dont think the chevy add was actually about hating Norway. It was kinda complimenting them and the GM saying that they want to replicate that in America. (Of course they dilevered that in a humorous way with Will Ferrell going overboard about "crushing Norway" and all that) I liked the ad personally.

[@altinhaugen7780]

yeah as a norwegian I totally understand the ad and got that he was joking, but as you can see many norwegians took it the wrong way which is dumb

[@tollakrafto]

It’s challenging the United States to beat Norway in EVs sales. Not hate them directly. It’s definitely a challenge because to get a country of 350+ Million to have over 50% or more of new car sales to be electric requires more cares than it took to get Norway there. Also Norway has been incentivizing that for years now.

[@ethanlee56]

Until Audi just done a Norway ad.

[@tollakrafto]

@@ethanlee56 Audi responded a couple days ago brilliantly. 😊

[@Victoria-ij3cb]

Will Ferrell's wife is from a Nordic country (Sweden) so I'm pretty sure it was meant as a compliment

[@donswier]

Christopher Columbus used Norwegian maps.

[@nop33470]

hum.. I think he used portuguese maps.

[@ankelaostheweird905]

I think he thought the world was shaped like a pear.

[@annieskywalker9290]

@@ankelaostheweird905 more like a boob

[@Neatmeetings]

@Will Ferrell Here are 10 reasons NOT to hate Norway....
10.) Norway invented the cheese slicer and the paper clip (not at the same time 📎 🧀 )
9.) The Arendelle Kingdom in Frozen was inspired by Norway designs (sing it with us Will Ferrell ❄️ ...)
8.) Norway knighted a King Penguin (that's Brigadier Sir Olaf III 🐧 to you!)
7.) We've got a real passion for making Zoom video devices (go check them out!)
6.) Norway has won more Winter Olympic medals than any other country in the world (368 to be exact!)
5.) You can see polar bears in the wild (who doesn't love a wild polar bear?)
4.) Northern Lights (enough said)
3.) Norway introduced salmon sushi to Japan (the wasabi was their idea)
2.) Our flag is red, white, and blue too! 🇳🇴 🇺🇸
1.) We have way cooler names than Will (like Thor, anyone?)
#NoWayNorway #YesWayNorway

[@tinaneighbors1671]

How about a Norwegian discovered North America 500 years before Christopher Columbus even thought about it!

[@odinn8169]

@@tinaneighbors1671 PREACH

[@USandGlobal]

@@tinaneighbors1671 how about the guys that discovered it before him, thought about that😂

[@noensomserdegsoveomnattenp7732]

Alle vet at vi er bedre enn de meksikansk-blandede briterne 😁😂😂😄😆

[@tinaneighbors1671]

@@USandGlobal My point was the history books have always credited Columbus.

[@noensomserdegsoveomnattenp7732]

De er rett og slett sjalu fordi vi ikke er meksikanske blandede, som dem. 😁😄😆

[@waterdog9555]

😂🤣😂🤣 👏👏👏👏👏

[@jaymoney522]

Isn't the commercial supposed to have Will ferrell or atleast be funny if there cars are going to suck?

[@FlipBoxStudio]

GM is the school bully that asks why they don’t win the “kindest people” award every year.