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The Ford Ka commercilas are funny, the audi one, not so much. Too sensitive a subject to depict so lightheartedly.

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Old 01-06-2010, 09:24 PM
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That VW commercial was a spoof side job from an advertising agency group in London. I would not be surprised if the Audi commercial also isn't an official commercial, rather than a rogue "fun" project by a group of pros.

I didn't even watch it. Sounds lame at the least.

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Old 01-06-2010, 09:33 PM
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Great commercial! Excellent dark humor. I love it. The power window spoof at the conclusion really set the tone. Funny...

And no, of course it wouldn't play in this land o' weak pedestrian minds and constitutions.

First of all, no one here even understands "clean diesel," so why waste the guffaws?
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The VW and Ka spots are also very good. Now I want a Ka. Nice looking car.
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VW/ Audi have, historically at least in the UK, used humour on the cusp of acceptable (by UK standards) so this one is right there...

That it may offed others, in markets where it will not be shown, is not really an issue...so if its aimed at the UK...
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Aimed at the UK, huh? That makes sense. Nothing shown here is any worse than Benny Hill.
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I found the audi christmas lights ad interesting. The only family on the block not putting lights up, instead use their black audi headlights for light. i could care less for x mas lights, but found the ad oddly off putting. black audis headlights only on xmas, hmmm WWII
I went and checked this out on youtube, and I really can't see anything sinister, even trying to find it. Here's the spot:

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Old 01-07-2010, 05:01 AM
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The ad left me wondering;




Just how long would it take you to 'idle' through a full tank of fuel?
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Good point - you'd probably die of starvation, or maybe boredom, first
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The Audi headlights commercial was just a straight sell -- nothing new there; little imagination. Perfect for the milquetoast consumer. (Yawn!)
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My understanding is the Ka ads are also fakes.
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The most disturbing thing to me is that in the blog story they wrote 'wait in vein'

Much like the story last month describing the describing Chris Henry's 'arm brake'

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