- Target: NISSAN CORPORATION
- Sponsored by: Dawn Lazzini
BECAUSE THE NISSAN COMMERCIAL IS PROMOTING THE KILLING OF PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES, AND MAKING MOTORCYCLISTS OUT TO BE EVIL PEOPLE.
I KNOW MOVIES PORTRAY CRASHED VEHICLES AND BIKES, CHASE SCENES, ETC., (NOT GOOD, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE) AND SO FORTH, AND VIDEO GAMES, ETC. BUT THIS IS AN AUTOMOBILE CORPORATION, WHICH BUILDS VEHICLES, AND SELLS THE KILLER MACHINES, TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC WHICH GOES OUT AND PAYS ZERO ATTENTION, USING CELL PHONES, APPLYING MAKE-UP, READING, EATING, ETC.......THINK PEOPLE, WHAT IS THAT TELLING THE DRIVING PUBLIC????? THAT IT IS OK TO GO DRIVE AND KILL????? *SHAKING MY HEAD* IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT COMMERCIAL, WHAT ELSE WILL THEY WANT TO CREATE, WHICH IS SENDING OUT THE WRONG MESSAGE. I DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THIS, NEVERTHELESS, SEE MOTORCYCLES!!!!! AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO GET'S SICK TO THE STOMACH JUST THINKING ABOUT IT?????? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, I GUESS MY INTENSITY IS WHAT MOVED ME TO BUILD/CREATE THE FALLEN RIDERS WORLDWIDE MEMORIAL - SEE US OR WE DIE - SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE!!!!! NOW TO SEE A HUGE CORPORATION SENDING OUT THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING KILLING PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES - DEPICTING US AS ACTUAL "PREDATORS" ! REALLY? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE AUTHORITIES ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT TO US, PROFILING US!!!! GLOBALLY!!!!!! NO WAY AM I GOING TO JUST SIT BACK AND TAKE IT!!!!! THAT'S JUST NOT IN MY PERSONA!!!! I WOULD "THINK" EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH A RIDER, BIKER, MOTORCYCLE, CHOPPER, HOG, MC CLUB, LOVED ONES, FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN RIDERS WOULD PROTEST THIS COMMERCIAL AND IT REMAINING ON THE INTERNET - YOUTUBE, ETC. *BOYCOTT* NISSAN AND ANY COMPANY PROMOTING THE KILLING OF ANYONE ON AN MOTORCYCLE. AM I WRONG, AND I JUST DO NOT SEE HOW I COULD BE ON THIS SUBJECT, I AM NOT PERFECT, BUT THIS MUST BE WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS!!!!! NO? YES? YOUR THOUGHTS?
THIS IS GLOBAL, NO LOCATION TO ATTEND!!!!!
SEE THE VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qcuZzUpa7sg
Bikers Boycott the Promotion of Killing Motorcyclists
http://www.facebook.com/events/341242122605315/
YET IT IS STILL ON YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!
Nissan Responds Over Juke Commercial Controversy
After an outpouring of criticism of its Nissan Juke commercial, it looks like someone at the Japanese company has yanked its videos of the motorcycle-eating CUV from the internet. With the videos on YouTube and Vimeo now set to “private” and requiring a password to watch, it would seem that Nissan wisely doesn’t want you to see one of its latest promotions of the Juke, where a computer animated version of the Nissan Juke turns the tables on the “predatory” motorcycles, and hunts them down by running-over the motorcyclists. The pièce de résistance to this motorcyclist massacre is that the Juke’s motorcycle-inspired center console is in fact a trophy from one of the CUV’s many kills from the video. We seriously couldn’t make this up if we tried, and yet that very storyboard somehow made its way through an ad agency pitch.
Getting a proper roasting here at Asphalt & Rubber, we can only imagine that the frustration vented by motorcyclists in our comments showed a glimpse into the emails that Nissan recieved from the advertisement. Luckily one of our readers here at A&R shared with us the response they got from Nissan Canada, the branch responsible for the online Nissan Juke campaign in question. The reply confirms that the videos are in the process of being removed, though we’re not sure the duration of the campaign, nor its “super-natural” fell has much relevancy to the situation, and it certainly does not ease the fact that Nissan is showing an automobile maliciously run-over motorcyclists.
Considering that many of the members of the motorcycle community can share a common story about how a negligent or road-raged driver has nearly run them of the road (or worse, succeeded in that endeavor), we stand behind our position that Nissan probably could have picked a better way to make references to motorcycling-inspired design elements than what the company produced in this “trophy” storyline. A copy Nissan Canada’s response, with redacted names, is after the jump.
Dear ***********:
Thank you for comments regarding the advertising clip for the Nissan JUKE you recently viewed on ‘YouTube’.
The advert you have made reference to in your recent email has been run by Nissan in Canada for the past 12 months as part of a fantasy-inspired promotional campaign.
We at Nissan Canada wish to advise you that the advertising campaign featuring fantasy-inspired digital videos was created exclusively for online audiences, to showcase the unique design and performance of the Nissan Juke, including the motorcycle-inspired design elements of the car.
The clips were purposefully created in a supernatural setting so as not to draw on the reality of reckless driving and its consequences, which Nissan would in no way wish to promote.
Please accept my apologies on behalf of Nissan for any distress that this advertising campaign may have caused you. I can confirm that the advert is being removed by Nissan Canada from its ‘YouTube Channel’ .
We appreciate you taking time to get in touch with us to share your concerns, and would like to assure you of our commitment to road safety for both drivers of our vehicles, and other road users and that Nissan do not condone or promote carless driving under any circumstances.
Sincerely yours,
*****************
Consumer Relations Representative
Nissan Canada Inc.
IT (KILLER OF MOTORCYCLISTS VIDEO) IS STILL SHOWING ON YOUTUBE!!!! REMOVE IT, TELL YOUTUBE TO REMOVE IT, AND YOU NISSAN PAY FOR MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS & SAFETY GLOBALLY, TO PROVE YOU STAND BY YOUR WORDS OF NOT CONDONING KILLING PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bikers-Boycott-the-Promotion-of-Killing-Motorcyclists/340694602661320
http://www.facebook.com/butch.boice#!/pages/Bikers-Boycott-the-Promotion-of-Killing-Motorcyclists/340694602661320
I KNOW MOVIES PORTRAY CRASHED VEHICLES AND BIKES, CHASE SCENES, ETC., (NOT GOOD, BUT THAT IS WHAT THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE) AND SO FORTH, AND VIDEO GAMES, ETC. BUT THIS IS AN AUTOMOBILE CORPORATION, WHICH BUILDS VEHICLES, AND SELLS THE KILLER MACHINES, TO THE DRIVING PUBLIC WHICH GOES OUT AND PAYS ZERO ATTENTION, USING CELL PHONES, APPLYING MAKE-UP, READING, EATING, ETC.......THINK PEOPLE, WHAT IS THAT TELLING THE DRIVING PUBLIC????? THAT IT IS OK TO GO DRIVE AND KILL????? *SHAKING MY HEAD* IF THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THAT COMMERCIAL, WHAT ELSE WILL THEY WANT TO CREATE, WHICH IS SENDING OUT THE WRONG MESSAGE. I DON'T SEE HOW PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THIS, NEVERTHELESS, SEE MOTORCYCLES!!!!! AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO GET'S SICK TO THE STOMACH JUST THINKING ABOUT IT?????? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY, I GUESS MY INTENSITY IS WHAT MOVED ME TO BUILD/CREATE THE FALLEN RIDERS WORLDWIDE MEMORIAL - SEE US OR WE DIE - SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE!!!!! NOW TO SEE A HUGE CORPORATION SENDING OUT THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING KILLING PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES - DEPICTING US AS ACTUAL "PREDATORS" ! REALLY? WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE AUTHORITIES ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT TO US, PROFILING US!!!! GLOBALLY!!!!!! NO WAY AM I GOING TO JUST SIT BACK AND TAKE IT!!!!! THAT'S JUST NOT IN MY PERSONA!!!! I WOULD "THINK" EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH A RIDER, BIKER, MOTORCYCLE, CHOPPER, HOG, MC CLUB, LOVED ONES, FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN RIDERS WOULD PROTEST THIS COMMERCIAL AND IT REMAINING ON THE INTERNET - YOUTUBE, ETC. *BOYCOTT* NISSAN AND ANY COMPANY PROMOTING THE KILLING OF ANYONE ON AN MOTORCYCLE. AM I WRONG, AND I JUST DO NOT SEE HOW I COULD BE ON THIS SUBJECT, I AM NOT PERFECT, BUT THIS MUST BE WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS!!!!! NO? YES? YOUR THOUGHTS?
THIS IS GLOBAL, NO LOCATION TO ATTEND!!!!!
SEE THE VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qcuZzUpa7sg
Bikers Boycott the Promotion of Killing Motorcyclists
http://www.facebook.com/events/341242122605315/
YET IT IS STILL ON YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!
Nissan Responds Over Juke Commercial Controversy
After an outpouring of criticism of its Nissan Juke commercial, it looks like someone at the Japanese company has yanked its videos of the motorcycle-eating CUV from the internet. With the videos on YouTube and Vimeo now set to “private” and requiring a password to watch, it would seem that Nissan wisely doesn’t want you to see one of its latest promotions of the Juke, where a computer animated version of the Nissan Juke turns the tables on the “predatory” motorcycles, and hunts them down by running-over the motorcyclists. The pièce de résistance to this motorcyclist massacre is that the Juke’s motorcycle-inspired center console is in fact a trophy from one of the CUV’s many kills from the video. We seriously couldn’t make this up if we tried, and yet that very storyboard somehow made its way through an ad agency pitch.
Getting a proper roasting here at Asphalt & Rubber, we can only imagine that the frustration vented by motorcyclists in our comments showed a glimpse into the emails that Nissan recieved from the advertisement. Luckily one of our readers here at A&R shared with us the response they got from Nissan Canada, the branch responsible for the online Nissan Juke campaign in question. The reply confirms that the videos are in the process of being removed, though we’re not sure the duration of the campaign, nor its “super-natural” fell has much relevancy to the situation, and it certainly does not ease the fact that Nissan is showing an automobile maliciously run-over motorcyclists.
Considering that many of the members of the motorcycle community can share a common story about how a negligent or road-raged driver has nearly run them of the road (or worse, succeeded in that endeavor), we stand behind our position that Nissan probably could have picked a better way to make references to motorcycling-inspired design elements than what the company produced in this “trophy” storyline. A copy Nissan Canada’s response, with redacted names, is after the jump.
Dear ***********:
Thank you for comments regarding the advertising clip for the Nissan JUKE you recently viewed on ‘YouTube’.
The advert you have made reference to in your recent email has been run by Nissan in Canada for the past 12 months as part of a fantasy-inspired promotional campaign.
We at Nissan Canada wish to advise you that the advertising campaign featuring fantasy-inspired digital videos was created exclusively for online audiences, to showcase the unique design and performance of the Nissan Juke, including the motorcycle-inspired design elements of the car.
The clips were purposefully created in a supernatural setting so as not to draw on the reality of reckless driving and its consequences, which Nissan would in no way wish to promote.
Please accept my apologies on behalf of Nissan for any distress that this advertising campaign may have caused you. I can confirm that the advert is being removed by Nissan Canada from its ‘YouTube Channel’ .
We appreciate you taking time to get in touch with us to share your concerns, and would like to assure you of our commitment to road safety for both drivers of our vehicles, and other road users and that Nissan do not condone or promote carless driving under any circumstances.
Sincerely yours,
*****************
Consumer Relations Representative
Nissan Canada Inc.
IT (KILLER OF MOTORCYCLISTS VIDEO) IS STILL SHOWING ON YOUTUBE!!!! REMOVE IT, TELL YOUTUBE TO REMOVE IT, AND YOU NISSAN PAY FOR MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS & SAFETY GLOBALLY, TO PROVE YOU STAND BY YOUR WORDS OF NOT CONDONING KILLING PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bikers-Boycott-the-Promotion-of-Killing-Motorcyclists/340694602661320
http://www.facebook.com/butch.boice#!/pages/Bikers-Boycott-the-Promotion-of-Killing-Motorcyclists/340694602661320
