Audi debuts suicide attempt commercial

[the Teuton]

Audi TDI good at a lot of things, but suicide apparently isn't one of them

Killing yourself is a bad idea. And trying to kill yourself by running a hose from the tailpipe to the cracked window of an idling Audi TDI diesel isn't only a bad idea; it's apparently unlikely to get the job done. That's the message we get from the four-ringed automaker's interesting disturbing ad. We aren't clear as to what market this commercial aired in (or if it's intended solely for Internet consumption), but the commercial features the Audi A5 and an actor playing part of the dangerously depressed. The man pulls out a hose, feeds it into the A5's exhaust and places the other end into the cracked passenger window. He then turns the car on and waits in vein for the afterlife. The controversial one-minute spot isn't a quick guide to euthanasia but instead Audi is apparently demonstrating (avoided) death by emissions as a way to graphically illustrate just how clean its diesel technology is.

Hit the jump to view this very disturbing, very not-ready-for-U.S.-consumption spot. For the record, we have absolutely no idea whether or not the TDI in the Audi A5 is so clean that you safely can run a hose from the exhaust to the window, let the car idle until it runs out of gas and live to tell about it. In other words, under no circumstances should you try this at home, with or without a clean diesel.
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/06/video-audi-tdi-good-at-a-lot-of-things-but-suicide-apparently/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWX1cBWSzwE&feature=player_embedded

Did they hire Clarkson to write ads for them after the Scirocco episode? This ad would never fly in the U.S., and I'm surprised it hasn't been banned in Europe yet, to be honest. It's gutsy for Audi to release something like this.

[ifcar]

This ad would never fly in the US because we'd never buy a diesel A5.

[Raza]

I thought it was funny. 

[Pommes-T]

Hahaha, awesome! 

[r0tor]

seems funny to me, and all the better if it kills off the lower end of the gene pool -shrug-

[SVT666]

HAHA!  They should have shown him getting out and jumping off the side of the parkade and it only being 3 ft. above street level.

[giant_mtb]

That was a good one.

[cawimmer430]

Really creative commercial. 

[mzziaz]

I thought it was funny. 

Me too



Which reminds me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arfNofxBtfY

[Pommes-T]

Me too



Which reminds me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arfNofxBtfY

Haha, also a good one. I love VW commercials. Next to the video you posted was a link to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxjP4tOuI6E&feature=related

That woman says: What? Rev Counter? He: Yes, no, I didn't say that. Hmmm.

Somehow I must have missed that commercial.

[Pommes-T]

Ha!

Did anybody know this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXK63kvUi6U

[cawimmer430]

Here's another brilliant Audi commercial. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzQI1D1zPI

[hotrodalex]

Here's another brilliant Audi commercial. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rzQI1D1zPI

I want an R8 in that color.