Banned Car Ads: Censorship 101

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"The whys and wherefores of car advertising are pretty arcane. Who knows what motivates the censors? We picked six of our faves. This one is superb. In a phallic kind of way. Mature petrolheads would have run out and bought "

Even More Banned Car Ads

Cars Culture

Written by Influx

It’s beginning to get rather fun spotting auto ads that will never run. This gruesome tale from the twisted minds of the Norwegian Motorcycle Union sums up what hardcore bikers believe to be their dehumanisation at the hands of bike-hating motorists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l38blGqVeHc

More clichés about blondes, brains, and beauty from Mercedes USA.

Only in Italia, our favourite country, would this be screened.

And finally, another kid’s fantasy comes true.

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Saatchi’s Life

Cars

" This ad for the tenth anniversary Datsun Z-car screams sells old-fashioned , mustached sex... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWF-hH1nloo&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] And this will make you look at the Ford Sierra anew... [youtube]"

Mercedes 190 VS BMW M3

Cars

"Classic this one. Sometimes the slickness of contemporary TV car shows forget the gonzo-like beauty of a good old fashioned burn up. And this is a classic old fashioned burn up. We're not sure where or when this was shot, "

McLaren, Senna, Lewis, Jenson and Monaco

" If you're at all interested in cars and motor racing, you probably caught the best edition of TG ever a few weeks ago: the one where Lewis Hamilton finally got to drive his hero Ayrton Senna's Mclaren MP4/4. Well, check "

Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing

"[gallery link="file" orderby="title"] It must be one of the automotive marketing world's greatest coups. Every week, we've been glimpsing the mechanical beauty that is the gull-winged Mercedes SLS coupé by AMG set the pace as the F1 Safety "

The Best Driving Music Ever?

"I used to think that All Right Now - that pastiche piece of English Americana by the seventies band Free was the greatest driving music of all time. Now, I'm not sure. Here's that classic and the contemporary banger from "

David Lynch & Cars

"David Lynch is one of our favourite humans. Not only does he make truly beguiling movies, he has a killer haircut and David Lynch & Cars go together with a strange kind of resonance. His movies nearly always feature cars "

Citroen DS

"A friend said it looked like General De Gaulle’s nose on wheels, and certainly the Citroen DS23 EFi I briefly owned had a Gallic beakiness. Film lovers might remember The Day of the Jackal, starring Edward Fox as a "

Triumph Twin Test with Twists And Turns.

"Jeremy Webb jumped on two very different Triumph motorcycles, travelling on a couple of the best biking roads to put them to the test. He took the Tiger 1200 and the Street Twin to Wales to find out Who Dares Wins. &"

Paul Bracq

"Some car designers will forever be associated with one brand or have a style all of their own but the legendary Paul Bracq is not only a talented car designer but a sculptor, artist and even had a hand in "

Vauxhall Cavalier

"We called it Charles the First because it was a Cavalier. These days it’s the sort of vehicular relic you see slumped in the corner of a field at a provincial car boot sale, boot open to reveal old "

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