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GM caves on robot suicide ad, changes ending

Feb 9th 2007 4:24PM - 38 Comments

We're not going to spend any considerable amount of time on this, since we are pretty exasperated by this whole ordeal (judging by the comments, apparently you are too). GM has decided to "modify" their Robot ad after a complaint from the Foundation ...

20 Questions: Suicidal robot from GM interviewed

Feb 14th 2007 1:00PM - 20 Comments

Among those sounding the gong against GM cowing to an anti-suicide group's offense at its Superbowl spot is the star of the commercial himself. The robot, who shall henceforth be referred to as Ricky, reveals a few things about the production, and ...

Aw Snap! VW decides to pull suicide ad, too

Feb 16th 2007 10:24AM - 27 Comments

Though Dan Roth has traditionally written our posts covering the controversy over these suicide-laden commercials, I'm taking this one. Right now Mr. Roth is pulling his hair out and beseeching his infant child never to buy a Volkwagen from those ...

GM can't take the heat, but VW can: Suicide group takes aim at "Jumper" spot

Feb 16th 2007 9:24AM - 12 Comments

Volkswagen has the spine that GM hasn't shown recently to overly touchy advocacy groups. No stranger to commercials that spark conversation, the company has no plans to pull a new commercial that shows a suicidal jumper change his mind on a ledge ...

Suicide At Ford's Marketing Headquarters

Mar 19th 2007 7:51AM - 0 Comments

Tragedy struck the Ford Motor Company on Saturday when a man jumped to his death from the 10th floor of the automaker's Regent Court Building in Dearborn. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, company spokeswoman Sara Tatchio confirmed that an ...

Top Gear in trouble for mock ad depicting suicide

Nov 10th 2009 9:01AM - 63 Comments

Top Gear ad for the VW Scirocco -- Click above to view the video after the jump It should be well known by now that if you play with suicide on screen, you're going to hear about it. Sometimes it's from prevention groups who want shows to "stop ...

Suicides at Renault prompt investigation

Feb 21st 2007 3:03PM - 11 Comments

Very sad story here. French authorities are beginning an investigation into working conditions at Renault's technical design center, following three suicides among the workforce there. All three have occured since October, when one worker jumped to ...

Hyundai corruption scandal precipitates suicide

May 16th 2006 10:04AM - 9 Comments

An ex-government official in the growing Hyundai scandal was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide. Park Seok-an, under suspicion for bribery in the Korean automaker corruption case was found dead in a lake-he had been slated to appear in the ...

Why no suicide doors on the Lincoln MKR?

Jan 2nd 2007 9:27AM - 31 Comments

Thanks to the 1961 Continental, one of the first things many car fans imagine when they hear "classic Lincoln" is suicide doors. Therefore it's only logical we'd come to expect them on any signature Lincoln show car. The 2002 Continental concept had ...

Suicide prevention group tells GM to pull robot ad

Feb 8th 2007 2:29PM - 88 Comments

What with the pulling of the Snickers Superbowl spot and now this uproar, it's getting to the point where you can't say anything. Seriously, do these people look for ways to be offended? The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention has called for ...

Stress reliever: Peugeot/Citroen adopts new plans to prevent suicide

Apr 1st 2008 5:27PM - 14 Comments

With six employee suicides in the past 18 months, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen thinks it may have a stress problem. While experts have found no direct link between the suicides and work stress, one in five PSA employees has reported feeling extreme pressure ...

Now Playing: Revised GM ad, sans suicide, humor

Feb 24th 2007 2:12PM - 15 Comments

This story is more played out than Monica Lewinsky jokes, so we'll say that officially, this is the last time we'll mention the inanity of pulling GM's dreaming, suicidal robot ad. The lawyers have won and the new ending is playing over at GM's page ...

Spy Shots: Opel Meriva mule caught brandishing suicide doors

Mar 20th 2009 5:34PM - 9 Comments

The Opel Meriva concept shown at last year's Geneva Motor Show had a nifty set of rear doors that employ that less-than-nifty epithet: suicide doors. According to all the spy shots that have surfaced, the production model won't exchange the concept's ...

No suicidal robots this year: GM may not run ads during Super Bowl

Oct 8th 2007 7:32PM - 6 Comments

GM is considering a hiatus from in-game advertising during the next Super Bowl. Mark LaNeve, GM's VP of vehicle sales, service, and marketing, said that the timing simply wouldn't be right. With no new cars or launches, there would be no reason to ...

GM plans 'suicide-style' rear doors for future models

Sep 14th 2007 5:28PM - 33 Comments

click above image to view high-res gallery of the Opel Flextreme Concept For those unfamiliar with the suicide-style rear door, it's basically a car door with the hinges located closer to the rear of the car, usually on the C-pillar. The design ...

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