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As viewers of The Seventh Seal know, you can’t really foil Death; you can just hold him off for a while.
One way to do that, according to this Dutch ad, is to drive a Hyundai Velostar. Or, more accurately, to be a backseat passenger. That’s because the model has three doors instead of four and the back row door opens on the passenger’s side. So, there may be cases, like the one dramatized here, where that makes the difference between life and death.
Ad agency Fitzroy makes the point well. Maybe too well. The ad was supposedly banned most likely for being too graphic. But Amsterdam Ad Blog floats the plausible theory that Hyundai got it banned on purpose. That, or it was never banned in the first place.
Makes sense, especially when you consider that this Volkswagen ad actually ran in the much more squeamish U.S.
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Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:08:05 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/nXoV9a4Qmcg/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/hyundai-cheats-death-in-banned-dutch-ad-video/#comments
As viewers of The Seventh Seal know, you can’t really foil Death; you can just hold him off for a while.
One way to do that, according to this Dutch ad, is to drive a Hyundai Velostar. Or, more accurately, to be a backseat passenger. That’s because the model has three doors instead of four and the back row door opens on the passenger’s side. So, there may be cases, like the one dramatized here, where that makes the difference between life and death.
Ad agency Fitzroy makes the point well. Maybe too well. The ad was supposedly banned most likely for being too graphic. But Amsterdam Ad Blog floats the plausible theory that Hyundai got it banned on purpose. That, or it was never banned in the first place.
Makes sense, especially when you consider that this Volkswagen ad actually ran in the much more squeamish U.S.
More About: ads, cars, hyundai, viral-video-of-dayFor more Video coverage:Follow Mashable Video on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Video channelDownload our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:08:05 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/nXoV9a4Qmcg/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/08/29/hyundai-cheats-death-in-banned-dutch-ad-video/#comments
