Back in September last year, Ford NZ was up in arms about an ad that the Land Transport Safety Authority was showing on TV. They have a long standing agreement with car companies that if cars are shown in their safety advertisements, they can’t be identified.
Now anyone that knows anything about cars (you know, 4 wheels, doors, engine…) would pick this car as a Falcon; they’d only removed the badges. Despite this LTNZ maintained that they had upheld their side of the bargin, and didn’t back down.
I noticed today that they’re at it again. Focus your eyes if you would on the banner of the Metservice weather report, and tell me if you pick the Holden staring you straight in the face (and what’s with the ‘airnewzealand’ in the URL?)!
http://ad.nz.doubleclick.net/adi/N2758.airnewzealand/B2726035.8;sz=760×120;ord=[timestamp]?
Update: now I notice that Rod’s found another example; this one hitting right at the heart of what we internet surfers really hate.
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