powerclown

One tough car!

VW Polo Ad

ngdawg

Poor taste, but giggled anyway.

T.U.B.

it's a spoof ad.
never meant to go public.
link

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Halx

That's the strategy. Cause controversy. Deny it completely.

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GetRdone

I would love to see the publics reaction if that ever actualyl was on tv

powerclown

So, this ad would never coerce you into buying a VW Polo/Golf, eh?
It seemed rather effective, I thought...

Atomic Pinkie

lmao

that's a great ad

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he_haha

I thought it might be a little controversial when I first read the headline but I can't stop laughing about it now

kurty[B]

damn that's funny.

Ilow

that's a great ad, too bad we'll never see the car or the commercial in the States

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omega2K4

Hahaha. That's great.

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RaDiAn

Funny, but not really funny...

ngdawg

On today's CNN internet news, it was said that a particular company has been making these bogus commercials for cars. They are really pissing off the automakers since they do not put a disclaimer on any of these parodies. VW issued a statement decrying this parody, calling it 'disgusting'. (Another car commercial that floated around, a Ford Sportka that beheads a cat, had be intended for Ford's use, but they rejected it and it then made the internet rounds.)

powerclown

Interesting. Its pretty controversial stuff, no doubt. It seems the only place for such ads is the internet. It's like the next, allowable 'creative' step after cable tv:

network tv: no nudity, no swearing, mild violence, etc.
cable: nudity, swearing, extreme violence, drug use, etc
internet: porn, swearing, scenes of real violence, discussion of real drugs, and stuff like, 'vw polo suicide ads'.

Its all strangely hypocritical. Anything to get people talking, I guess.

he_haha

I found some link for videos previously mentioned

Ford Sportka Pigeon Ad

and

Ford Sportka Cat Ad

And an interesting article about it.

DJMala

Ford and VW are both full of it. It's just a way to get cheap advertising. Spend a few bucks on a controversial "unauthorized" ad that gets passed all around the Internet, and then your name and product get splashed all over by the news media, all for free.

No such thing as bad publicity.

Cycler

Funny and disconserting at the same time. Isn't that what these companies want you to do think about what you jjust saw? Keep it in your head? Either way effective advertising in my book. Good film making.

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userasdf1234

damn thats funny. Speeking of ads that didn't air, i remember seeing this one clip of corvette commericial on internet a while back. it had a kid (clearly younger than driving age) driving a corvette. I guess they didn't air it because kids would get the ideal to take their parent's car out.

Temporary_User

I loved that VW ad. I don't see anything wrong with it.
It makes me laugh at the stupidity of suicide bombers.

punx1325

It was a funny ad. The first time I saw Ford's Sportka commercial. I swore it was real and they really did decapitate a cat.

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DJ Happy

In consumer goods there is most certainly such a thing as bad publicity. VW already knows this due to the problems it's having with the Touareg in the US.

I work for VW's ad agency on the VW account and we've all been told that it is a spoof. A series of high level meetings on this very subject would confirm that.

phathom

i wish i had a car that would do that to birds and cats that tried to crap on my car and leave little foot prints on it. If it actually did that, even though It's a Ford, I'd sell my honda and get that, well wait, I'd probably go to the junkyard and jack all the parts of it to hybrid into my honda after looking up some info on the internet.

.....Damn Fords

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herostar

Funny ad. I liked it in a really non-sadistic way.

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todd

I could be mistaken, but I could of sworn I saw this on TV before. Maybe somebody just sent me the link or something, but I've definitly seen that commercial before. I just remember thinking how suprised I was that they would produce something like that.

Gatorade Frost

Oh jesus that's hilarious. I'm not going to lie, I laughed. I expected it, but... wow.

wrongfullyaccuzd

Kind of expected it, but I was thinking "Will they really?"...and they did. Pretty funny.