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Toyota Prius: Shark

Toyota Prius: Shark
Your rating: None Average: 5 (13 votes)

- fuel + life

Advertising Agency: Garnier BBDO, San José, Costa Rica
Creative Director: Tito Araya
Art Director: Sandro Rojas
Copywriter: Juan Luis Valerio
Illustrator: Sandro Rojas
Other additional credits: Pablo Rojas
Published: June 2008

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Frits Harkema's picture 713 pencils

This car drives on shark juices. Bad news for sharks.

onestepahead's picture 97 pencils

I think i like this cmpigns, has that subtle but definite emotional pull factor.

boi4ki's picture 6 pencils

Bravo!!!

mikelite's picture 1028 pencils

why? you must know the creative team & are here for emotional support.

http://mikelightman.com/blog

Giugliani's picture 4 pencils

Nada a ver!

yesnomaybe's picture 17 pencils

Wait, isn't this the same agency that deceived the Cannes jury with the "Nelka-Rent-a-Car" fraud, and took home a Gold for it ??

They're from Costa Rica...

Paul 1979's picture 24 pencils

No, it isn't

Meminho's picture 22 pencils

No man, the fraud is JWT, no BBDO (thousands of years of difference)

sloppy4's picture 1210 pencils

these are ballsalicious.

Wordnerd's picture 5243 pencils

what do i have to hit how many times on my head to get this?

LZMNSTR's picture 8 pencils

i'm sorry, but i don't get it neither.
fuel + life. but i see a dead shark, is that showing the opposite? feels like something is lost in visual.

Paul 1979's picture 24 pencils

-fuel + life

vwray81's picture 256 pencils

A good ad is a simple read. You should look at it and get it right away. What do I get after seeing this ad for the first time? Toyota is in the business of killing sharks. Yes I know that's not what they're saying, and I know what the real message is, but it doesn't read that way at all.

This is just absolutely horrible. I'm sorry but it is.

tomotzi's picture 51 pencils

car-adds are getting more and more stupid. This is a very bad example.
Delete the Toyota-Logo and but Greenpeace instead. Then the idea will work.

macska's picture 6 pencils

I am sorry; maybe this is an ad for smarter people, but please have a little patience and explain it to me.
My question is: is it well known (like most people have this knowledge??) that a major side effect of oil exploiting is killing animals? Shouldn’t we worry first about air pollution, environment (like plants) issues?

Besides that.. I understand: you buy a Toyota, Toyota needs less fuel that other cars, that means that less oil must be exploited and animals live longer and happier. Yeeeey, let’s love Toyota for letting animals live! Light a candle everybody!

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