Q&A: How Jerry Seinfeld Wrote His Ideal Salesman Into Acura's New Ads

'The kind of guy I would like to sell me a car'

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Jerry Seinfeld's last set of Acura ads took the automaker to some truly odd places, like an emergency room plagued by putrid potato salad and a 1960s-era rocket launchpad. Now he's taking the brand somewhere quite a bit different: a car dealership.

Seinfeld has once again written the Acura ads that will bookened his hit video series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, on Crackle. Last time around, he told AdFreak he was trying to channel his inner drunken '60s copywriter with breathless retro enthusiasm for even the most minor amenities.

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