Man Tries To Commit Suicide In New Hyundai Commercial (UPDATED)
The spot is for the Hyundai ix35 with 100% water emissions.
As Adland points out, this “clean emissions” failed suicide idea has been done before, back in 2002 by Citroen — who at least did it with some humor. See that spot here.
I’ve emailed the agency to get confirmation that this is a client-approved ad.
Ad agency: INNOCEAN Europe, Frankfurt, Germany.
UPDATE (April 25th): Hyundai now says the ad “wasn’t meant to go out.”
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/copyranter/man-tries-to-commit-suicide-in-new-hyandai-commercial
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