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more about #advertising more comments → SgtKeel: I'm torn here. Many companies or organisations here in Germany still simply ignore the time between '35 and 45' in their company profiles and timeline... more » Novaload: Ja, Ja, nothing to see her--please move along. more » wojo: Reading the comments, I notice that many are all too willing to forgive BMW for all of their questionable (read: deplorable) wartime practices, but wi... more » LandofID: My grandmother's best friend, Ruth, and the stories she would tell..... I'll spare you most of the details of her imprisonment except for what she sa... more » RamonaCharon: more » MushyHeirloom: Surely 1946-49 produced something uncontroversial? more » GeeHalen: BMW does not have to apologize for the past. I guess many Jewish people ride happily in their VW bugs. So what? more » Tanshanomi: Perhaps wartime = not a lot of advertising? more » TampaRon: The Ultimate Bombing Machine? I think that may have been their tag line. more » Mad_Science: Are those sandals with black socks? For shame. more » lilwillie: It's not like GM has pictures of the Chevette on their hall of fame wall. more » PowerTryp, Starless wonder.: BMW embrace your past, nobody save for the Jews is still pissed off at you for that. more » davem3fan: This refers to advertsing, but there is an entire section of the BMW museum that attempts to take responsibility for the slave/prisoner labor they use... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: "We were building aircraft engines to bomb you easier" more » -
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BMW Museum's "Advertising Through History" Display Conspicuously Blank For 1940s
The BMW advertising through the years display at the BMW Museum in Munich features a conspicuously empty 1940s. Well, if you've got nothing nice to say, best to just leave it blank, right? [via Imgur] -
#lolcars
Adventures In Auto-Wraps: Mitchell's What?!
One of the ten ways to get a free ride from earlier was a company car. However, if you're the boss, maybe re-check the signage layout before buying, or you may end up with an unintended message. Like this. More » -
#adwatch
This Is Why Local Car Dealers Should Never Make TV Commercials
Inspired by those E*Trade baby commercials and, quite possibly, Satan, a local dealership has digitally grafted the mouth of an adult on a child to sell Fords alongside his "mother-trucker" in this disturbing commercial. [AdFreak] -
#adwatch
Weather.com Presents Green Week, Sponsored By Hummer
NBC Universal has jumped into the marketing-frenzy of greenwashing surrounding Earth Day with a network-wide green week. Since Weather.com lives under the NBCU banner, they are too — sponsored by Hummer. More » -
#transformers
Chevy To Drop Marketing Of Transformers 2
GM will not support the release of Transformers 2 with a Transformers-like barrage of commercials. Why? Just call it Revenge Of The Carpocalypse. More » -
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Toyota Won't Stop Saved By Zero Ads Despite Pleas From Thousands Of Facebookers
Anyone who has watched any sporting event in the last few weeks has been subjected to a wrist-slitting Toyota commercial featuring a cover of "Saved By Zero" by The Fixx. While succeeding in it's desire to get you to remember the company's promise of 0% financing, you're not alone in feeling like you want to punch a flat-head screwdriver into your ear every time you hear it, as the numerous Facebook groups attacking the ad's simple, catchy and annoying jingle would attest. But maybe that's Toyota's secret plan. More » -
