Amazingly inappropriate VW commercial featuring Arab suicide bomber.

Loopz

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LINKY.

Unknown whether or not this was a real VW ad, or something viral produced by someone else. WOW.
 
Tacitus

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It's a guerilla marketing ploy gone wrong.

VW "officially" said they have nothing to do to it.. which is also a Viral Marketing ploy...
 
Eric

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Fake.

Apparently made by the people at www.leeanddan.com (they admit to making it, but they claim it was never supposed to be released to the public.)

Note: Since they have made official commercials for other companies (including Ford) it does make you wonder if they made this commercial for VW originally, only to have it turned down (for obvious reasons)
 
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This has been covered at Museum of Hoaxes and Snopes.

It's a "Spec Ad".

That means a firm, not yet hired, shows off what they can do.
 
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I think suicide bombers need to grow a thicker skin if they were offended by this ad.
 
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That shit was funnier than hell.
I'd love to see them run it.
FUCK political correct bullshit!!!!
 
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Tom Wopat said:
This has been covered at Museum of Hoaxes and Snopes.

It's a "Spic Ad".

That means a firm, not yet hired, shows off what they can do.
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fixed

that makes more sense now
 
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They could have made an add featuring people in forced labor camps making cars while wearing gold stars on thier clothes.
 
bokmeow

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Just saw a follow up on this story. The group 'viral' that was responsible for making this ad apologized, and VW has agreed to pull legal charges.

Courtesy of CNN.com and Reuters:

Creators of VW spoof ad apologize
Carmakers dropping legal action

Monday, January 31, 2005 Posted: 2:32 PM EST (1932 GMT)


FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -- The creators of a hoax advertisement for Volkswagen AG's Polo car that has circulated on the Internet have apologized and promised not to repeat it, Europe's biggest carmaker said on Monday.

The so-called viral ad -- unauthorized by Volkswagen or its advertising agencies -- shows a suicide bomber detonating his explosives in a Polo parked outside a busy cafe, only to have the car absorb the blast.

The 20-second advert ends with the Volkswagen logo and the Polo's actual advertising motto: Small but Tough.

Volkswagen said in a statement it had received sworn statements from the two creators -- Dan Brooks and Lee Ford -- acknowledging that they made the ad but had not intended for it to be distributed.

"The creators regret the distribution of the film, will not publicize it further and apologize unreservedly for the damage caused to Volkswagen," it said, adding that the company would now drop legal action against the pair.

Volkswagen had lodged a criminal complaint last week over the ad, which it called "an attack on Volkswagen's good name."
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