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- From: ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: best car ads
- Date: 27 Jan 93 12:39:04
- Organization: MIT/LCS Spoken Language Systems
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- In-reply-to: kenny@osf.org's message of 26 Jan 93 20:23:33 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.202333.2895@osf.org>
- kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- One of the most interesting ads I've seen was the Volvo commercial
- for what I guess was the (just introduced?) 7X0-series, where they
- drive a Volvo off the end of a raised road, and it lands on it's
- nose, turning it into an accordion (but only for about a foot),
- slides about 10 feet, and comes to rest on it's (intact!) wheels.
- It looks like you could have re-started it and driven away.
-
- Or how about that Volvo ad after that where they drove a monster truck
- over one with no apparent damage. Too bad that they were later sued
- (and lost) for having beefed up the interior with wood beams and
- braces before the stunt. I'll never trust another Volvo add again.
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- Lee Hetherington
- ilh@lcs.mit.edu
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