Hat tip to Judapest for bringing this ad to our attention.
Is it any surprise this is a VW?
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shtreimel
1/18/2005
That’s friggin disturbing.
Geoff
1/18/2005
Actually, it would have been more fitting if it were a Peugeot.
velvel
1/18/2005
Is that for real?
ck
1/18/2005
Geoff: The Peugeot would have fallen apart before the terrorist got to his target. Way to scoop me T_M
T_M
1/18/2005
CK, just trying to lighten up your workload before you leave. You do recall that I’m going to be busy while you’re away, right?
Josh
1/18/2005
Doubt it’s real.
Janice
1/18/2005
That is totally, totally sick. WHAT aspect of the car — the VW Polo — were they really trying to show? That it’s “tough?”
I’d say “insane.” IMHO, just don’t buy the car for this reason alone.
fineline
1/18/2005
Ok, if this is a real ad, I admit to being very surprised that anyone made it. That said, I am apparently the only person here who finds this ad funny.
(a) Terrorist made to look bad. Note the very normal, friendly people who he is trying to kill).
(b) Connection made with Palestinian terrorists. The scarf will remind many of Arafats kefiyah. I admit that it does feed into the ugly “Arabs are bad and scary” stereotype.
(c) Terrorist foiled…kills only himself. We always like when that happens. Admit it. When you see that in the paper, you have a sense of gratification.
(d) VW proud that their car cannot be used as a terrorist weapon by Islamists. Ok, so its not realistic, but that’s not the point.
I laughed. I’m sorry.
ck
1/18/2005
I laughed too! I think the ad is a riot! Tsteless, but funny as f*ck!
T_M
1/18/2005
I agree. Funny and tasteless.
I can’t wait until some washing machine manufacturer does a commercial where it launders bloody, shredded clothes to a spanking clean white.
Dan
1/18/2005
Anyone notice that the terrorist slightly reselbmes Ringo Starr?
Neocon
1/18/2005
Oh, good…
I was watching it at work trying not to laugh so loud I would attract attention.
My vote firmly in the funny column.
T_M
1/18/2005
By the way, Janice, there are many other reasons not to buy this car.
fineline
1/18/2005
Ok, I don’t feel like some freaky loner with a bizarre sense of humor, now. Apparently, we just need to break the ice and laugh where laughs were earned. So, anyone know from whence came this ad or ad-parody?
T_M
1/18/2005
So far, we just have the Hungarian connection at Judapest. Have you guys visited their blog? I don’t speak Hungarian but it looks damn good!
Bathroom Reading
1/18/2005
I was just over at Jewlicious and came across this post which takes you to a supposed VW ad. She says it’s tasteless.
Personally, she’s right, but it’s still pretty funny, too.
T_M
1/19/2005
“She?”
shada:i
1/19/2005
I think the ad was done by Lee and Dan (a creative agency) at leeanddan.com. They just took off the VW page because of high traffic overload.
Grace
1/19/2005
Hysterical.
Sick and wrong, but hysterical.
velvel
1/19/2005
Volkswagen denies responsibility for ad
Lisa
1/20/2005
Seems the Volkswagen advert was indeed a hoax. But hey – not only did I buy it, I laughed too.
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Tom
2/1/2005
That is just disturbing… In a humerous way
Conrad Kilroy
2/1/2005
If you hate this commercial,
then sadly, you are the terrorist.
Tequila
5/24/2006
Aww.. I love you guys. I’m sorry for calling you morons(at some point in time)