German "car bomb" commercial--not real but still on the Net

[rainbow4321]

Yikes...I'm surprised there is not outrage amongst the Muslim community that may live there (and elsewhere!)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gh3GJc9-HOw


edit:
Clarifying that VW didn't make it..but it's still on the Net being presented as a real VW commercial

[Freedom_Aflaim]

1. Nah.

Riot and killing is reserved for important things like cartoons.

[beam me up scottie]

2. That's fucked up.

Some things just aren't funny.

[salvorhardin]

3. Disgusting. n/t

[charlie]

4. Wasn't VW's

It was a showpiece made by an ad company looking for work. VW wound up suing them, if I remember right.

[beam me up scottie]

7. Thanks, I'm glad to hear that.

I love VW's, always have.

[rainbow4321]

8. Guess the lawsuit didn't include Internet use?

Cuz it is still "out there" being shown on youtube as if it is a real VW commerical. Ya think they would go after sites that showit as being real.

Here is a snopes article about it all:

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=VW&getit=Go&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0



After a week of prevarication, the car giant has decided to go ahead and sue the people behind the advert on the grounds that it was damaging its reputation around the world and falsely linked the VW with terrorism.

"We are taking legal action but because it's early stages we cannot comment further," a Volkswagen spokesman said.

But the company privately admitted that it cannot locate Lee and Dan, the London based advertising creative partnership who dreamed up the film, which has been seen around the world via the internet.

"We are prepared to pursue the two individuals but need to locate them to ensure the success of our legal claim," the company said in a private memo, details of which have been obtained by MediaGuardian.co.uk.

[charlie]

9. It probably included any distribution

That is, if there was a lawsuit. That video has been banging around sites on the net for years. It landed on youtube 2 months ago. They might get a nastygram when VW gets wind of it.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. There are others out there that are worse, remember the one with the cat?

They are intentionally designed to be hysterically funny but very non-PC as a viral marketing approach. Quite successful, even before Youtube. Some are a little better, but not much.

[Selatius]

6. That's not a real commercial, btw.

I can't possibly imagine VW would be blind enough to release such a thing into the public.