Wow thats a bad move in the public eye ffs

 

Well they've lost that part of the market anyway.

 

O lord.....

thats slightly controversial !!

 

that will get tongues wagging !

 

Thats an odd one

thought it was good though

 

I laughed

A bit of a controversial one though...

 

meh, get people giving out is better advertising then people being indifferant and not talking about it at all..

 

Show's off the safety feature's of the car, that is hardly bad is it.

 

Good/Bad hard call

Well if your suicidal don't by an Audi TDI it won't work

 

Well they've achieved any adverts objective in that it has drawn, good or bad, attention to Audi as we are all seeing and discussing it.

I'm in two minds whether it is in bad taste OR are we far too feckin' politically correct to the point where we can't have a bit of dark humour in this case.

I do appreciate that suicide is a serious area and perhaps even some people on here will know a direct relation or friend that has been lost as a result.

 

Its a touchy subject alright but in a way it shows how safe the cars are

 

that is just hilarious. simple as

 

shoulda used a bigger hose! sorry sorry . dont throw rocks

 

QUOTE (Polomint6N2 @ Jan 8 2010, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Its a touchy subject alright but in a way it shows how safe the cars are

I can't see that video in work.

How does it show how safe the cars are? because the low emissions won't kill you? I doubt it's safe to breath the fumes and in all seriousness anyone suicidal is not going to have a change of heart because their first attempt failed!

I think it's in seriously bad taste,if it is anything like the citreon one below it (which i can see for some reason)

 

Brief overview Shane: Guy in suit drives into multi story, parks audi, full tank of fuel, places tube from exhaust into partially open window. Sits and waits, nothing happens. Closing scene is of him with his head in the door frame trying to choke himself by opening and closing the window.

 

It show's that if something ever did happen where you would be exposed to the fume's for a long time, that it wouldn't kill you.

 

@ Shane

Ah not that but some lad died because he suffocated on the fumes from his mini when he was working on it

I'm not making it seem funny but it must be a good thing that your not able to die from inhaling the fumes from a TDI Audi.

I'm not making fun of suicide in anyway either its a very sad thing i lost a neighbour who i was friendly with because he commited suicide

I think it was wrong for Audi to use suicide to promote their cars TBH

 

It's a spoof video not released by Audi.
Worldcarfans updated it today:
QUOTE [UPDATE 08.01.2010] The video has been removed. After contacting Audi one of their spokespersons stated, "I can confirm that this is a fake and was not created by Audi AG. I can also tell you that the people who have created it are not connected to Audi AG in any way."

 

Good video all the same.

 

Thought it had to be spoof, couldnt get away with puttin that on tv ect.

 

Fourtitude has been sitting on an Audi-centered story this week. Many including our editors spotted the ad above on various automotive blogs. The piece that seems to tout Audi TDI technology's low carbon-emitting nature by depicting the driver of an A5 attempting to commit suicide by piping the TDI's exhaust into the cabin of his A5. When the driver awakes, he finds he's still alive. The message seemed over the top and tasteless that we suspected a fake.

Artistically, the piece is quite convincing - from the quality HD shots to use of a new Audi's corporate font in the supporting text shots. Then again, that Volkswagen Polo suicide bomber spot a while back was pretty convincing too and it turned out to not have come from Audi parent Volkswagen.

Rather than run the story attributing the piece to Audi we decided to hold off until we could get official word and that has come over today from representatives of Audi of America in a statement saying "This video was not commissioned or produced by any Audi organization worldwide."

German representatives were amusingly logical in their response to the AFP. "It's not ours. We think the clip is tasteless. It's not really a topic that lends itself to this kind of advertising."

"We don't make ads with this music and this font."

"We are trying to get it removed from the internet as soon as possible."

For now we've found the piece at Adland.tv and this is linked above for your review. Warning, some may find it disturbing.

 

t's certainly a high quality fake. wonder have the same crew produced any other ones?

 

I have actually heard people have failed trying to commit suicide putting a pipe in the window on a diesel. Apparently diesel engines don't produce carbon monoxide.

 

Good thing too, As id probably try and top myself if i ever had to drive a diesel

 

QUOTE (Shane @ Jan 8 2010, 12:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I can't see that video in work.

How does it show how safe the cars are? because the low emissions won't kill you? I doubt it's safe to breath the fumes and in all seriousness anyone suicidal is not going to have a change of heart because their first attempt failed!

I think it's in seriously bad taste,if it is anything like the citreon one below it (which i can see for some reason)
Ah........sometimes they do Shane? I dont know is this the best thing to say given the fact that one of those people could be reading this!?