Is this the most desperate advert in the history of motoring

[tercelgold]

Negative Creep said:

Is that an Audi A7?

[AndrewW-G]

jake15919 said:

I have two posters in my study, the first for Rolls Royce could be advertising country houses or promoting dinner parties. The second, for Bugatti could be advertising trains, or just reminding you that women are sexy.

In all fairness, the Bug poster could be advertising either cars or trains, as they produced both, with a derivative of the motor used in the type 41 Royale powering rail cars

[morgrp]

ChevronB19 said:

I actually (very nearly) complained to the ASA about a car ad - remember the TV ad for volvo (late 90's, early 2000's?) with the doctor, air ambulance and the 'this car saves lives' strapline?

No cars save lives - ok the doctor driving one could, but not the car. A similar one was another ad for volvo, probably in the late 80's where it has a side impact and a cassette tape flies up in the air, only for the driver to catch it in his fingers, implying all that would happen if you were slammed from the side at circa 30 mph was a slight annoyance with outdated audio technology... I also hated the toyota (?) one with the guy in the back seat and the strapline 'this car drives itself'.

I mean - sheesh - I am a true petrolhead, but even I recognise they can be bloody lethal things - these ads were true examples of 'if you buy our car you'll be ok no matter how crap a driver you are' - an attitude that is increasingly obvious on the road

(sorry to put a damper on the humour, I've had a crap day and am unusually grumpy!)

I've often wondered who is sad enough to consider contacting ASA over a 2 minute product plug - hmmm, now I know ;-)

[Twincam16]

marksx said:

Was there ever a car more inappropriately named? OK, so the Mitsubishi Carisma and Proton Persona are a bit wide of the mark but are they seriously suggesting that members of the Royal family are going to forsake their Scimitars for a 'Regal'?