Got to love German Engineering
 

Love this commercial! It is so funny on so many different levels; and didn't know German engineers had a good sense of humor. Yaah maan, everyting will be alllrite. SmileWavy

Volkswagen Game Day 2013 Commercial | Get In. Get Happy. - YouTube

VW pulled the commercial after members of the African American community complained it was racist.

Too bad maan! It would have sold many many bugs maan!
Reeespect bossmaan, love that line!

A guy a know at work is white as white can be and he grew up in Jamaica. Now tell me who is being racist?

I agree.
I enjoyed it also, but the squeaky wheel got the grease.

Looks like the commercial will be playing tomorrow on Super Bowl Sunday. A representative for Volkswagen of America said Wednesday morning that the company has no plans to pull the Super Bowl spot.

"As of this morning, we received no consumer calls or complaints about our ad. In fact, we've only received positive endorsements," Scott Vazin, a company spokesman, said in an email.

0ver 5,000,000 hits on U-tube. The controversy is going to make this commercial even seen by more people!!! The big winners, VW and Jamaica who will likely receive more visitors. Good for both, and so puut da frown da oda way around and smile and be happyyy!

Cool!
The voice of many consumers triumphs over a few "watchdogs."

Jamaica officially endorses the VW commercial. So, don't be a cloud on a sunny day!

The island's government has endorsed the commercial, which shows an ebullient white worker from the U.S. state of Minnesota trying to cheer up glum colleagues with a Jamaican patois accent because he is so happy with his Volkswagen. At the start of the commercial, he paraphrases the lyrics to late reggae icon Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds" as he tells his co-workers: "No worries, mon. Everyting will be all right."

The company's website continues the theme, offering a clip of Jamaica's Jimmy Cliff singing "C'mon, get happy."

On Wednesday, opposition lawmaker Edmund Bartlett said the television ad "is a perfect illustration of Jamaican culture's global reach and our uncharacteristic penchant to be happy even in challenging situations."

Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeill said he believes the Super Bowl commercial has the potential to increase tourist arrivals.

"I think this is a very creative commercial which truly taps into the tremendous appeal that brand Jamaica and its hospitable people have globally," McNeill said in a late Tuesday statement.

I think it's great.

Excellent. Some people need to get over themselves. If you're looking for racism everywhere, you're going to find it.

What! there's no pot smoke streaming out of the car.

I missed the racism - would some kind soul point it out to me, please? :confused:

So strange.... in a perfect world, we would all have fun like this guy from MN.

The complaints were centered around a white actor speaking with that accent.

Why doesn't Speeder sound like this guy?

makes me wanna go spark up a blunt, pour a gin & juice and not wash my hair for a decade! Actually I think it puts the Caribe bro in a very good light...able to influence even the stiffest of WASPs and sell VWs at the same time. Yet another example of the ridiculousness of the the sensitivity movement...

This commercial aired during the game. Where did you hear it was pulled?

I'm glad it did air, it was very funny.
News reports on CNN and Fox during the week prior stated VW had pulled the spot. If I remember correctly it was around Wednesday.
There must have been some counter backlash that overwhelmed the initial outcry and VW decided to run with the ad.

Land of ten tousand lakes!

He is a former UO Duck football player - majored in theater.