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DaimlerChrysler Slams America in S. African Billboard
Car & Driver, Sept. 2006, pg. 29
Posted on 08/07/2006 8:21:59 PM PDT by erkyl
I thought everyone might like to see this picture which appears in this month's Car & Driver. Chrysler jumps on the anti-American bandwagon to sell cars abroad. This is an actual picture of a billboard displayed in South Africa...touting the absence of any American influence in its Smart cars.
http://i2.tinypic.com/23wws3n.jpg
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: advertising; america; americahaters; auto; boycottbait; carmanufacturers; chrysler; doctorz; nomorechryslerbenz
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To: erkyl
"hey doctor z: that thing got a hemi? how 'bout some anti-americanism?"
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:30:24 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(Proper foreign policy makes loud noises.)
To: muawiyah
As ugly as that thing is, I'm not offended at all, and I drive Chryslers.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:30:32 PM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: erkyl
Take it in to your nearest Chrysler dealer and ask them WTF. Do they expect a sign like that to not get some attention in America?
And if they say they're playing to a local audience. Tell them that they just lost a big local audience here in the States.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:31:33 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(What is our exit strategy in the war on poverty?)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:32:07 PM PDT
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: gcruse
BTW, I'm pretty sure the engineers who came up with that particular vehicle were huffing American auto paint during the effort.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:32:19 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
(-/sarcasm)
Looks like an early '70's Honda 600 with a bad paintjob.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:32:20 PM PDT
by
ChuteTheMall
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To: erkyl
Hmmm....
The last car I bought from them was a lemon. Looks like it'll be the last car I EVER buy from them too.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:32:22 PM PDT
by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever. Including their vassal nations.)
To: Jeff Head
That's a seriously ugly little car. There's no law of physics which says that Germans can't **** up on occasion.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:33:17 PM PDT
by
tomzz
To: Old_Mil
Homos don't buy Fords!
They buy girly cars. Like Hondas.
And the Toyota Prius.
Straight Republicans buy Fords.
To: erkyl
This has been making the rounds for quite a while.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:34:07 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Homos don't buy Fords!
http://www.boycottford.com/
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:36:55 PM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: erkyl
Someone put BOYCOTTBAIT in the keywords. LOL. Ain't that the truth.
To: Jeff Head
Probably a subcompact piece o crap with a target market of " out of work drug dealers" : )
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:37:19 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
To: Old_Mil
To: stephenjohnbanker
No more support for Dodge in NASCAR
35
posted on
08/07/2006 8:38:09 PM PDT
by
rstrahan
To: rstrahan
Enough to make a preacher cuss!
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:41:57 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
To: Jeff Head
Hey South Africa, buy their Nazi Box.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:43:33 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(I'll have the duck with mango salsa.)
To: erkyl
Anyone remember the Opel?
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:44:07 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s...you weren't really there.)
To: ChildOfThe60s
To: erkyl
The only people in South Africa who can afford a car are the ones stealing Care packages off the wharf.
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posted on
08/07/2006 8:46:37 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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