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- From: finnegan@invader.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Kenneth Finnegan)
- Subject: Re: best car ads
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:07:53 GMT
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- In article <ILH.93Jan27123904@chicago.lcs.mit.edu>, ilh@lcs.mit.edu (Lee Hetherington) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan26.202333.2895@osf.org>
- |> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- |> 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.
- |> --
- |>
- |> Lee Hetherington
-
- Actually, the ad agency structurally modified the car for the
- filming without Volvo's knowledge. I wouldn't discount Volvo's
- impressive safety record because of one instance of bad judgement
- on the part of their (former) ad agency, though.
-
- Ob best ads:
-
- VW's ads a few years back showing Jetta's and Golf's speeding and
- stopping within inches of lab-coat clad "technicians" lined up
- on a test track.
-
- BMW's current (850i?) ad where the car appears to quickly zip
- away from the camera's approach, sideways. Slick.
-
- And who can forget the famous "Joe Isuzu" ads? ;-)
-
- Kenneth
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-