Comments on: “Tasteless” Citroen ad angers MPs

By: Lizi

Lizi — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:09:24 +0000

Its ridiculous to think that politicians are spending our time and money complaining about trivial issues like this instead of things that really matter. My boyfriend is half-german, and it doesn’t bother him, so why should our government waste time bothering about it like this? Idiotic…

By: DON

DON — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:45:48 +0000

Sad to see that Mr Robertson is worried about things like this….

By: andy

andy — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:48:10 +0000

Has this man got nothing better to do with his time. What a joke.

By: Bottie

Bottie — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:28:54 +0000

I am concerned only because Mr Robertson seems to have nothing better to do with his time – time paid for by us – than to try to prove he has no sense of humour. “Dour” springs to mind

By: Wobbletastic

Wobbletastic — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:23:10 +0000

Haha I think it’s funny… it’s simply a Citroen advert set in the fatherland highlighting the C5′s German sensibilities. It’s about time we were allowed to poke fun at ze Germans without being accused of racism. I suppose they could have had open-top C5′s in convoy and some nazi salutes but they fell short of that this time!!

By: F0ul

F0ul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:30:58 +0000

what a great advert!
Stereotypes is what advertising is all about – when will politicians understand that?

Its like the current Renault ad where all the parts are thrown together to make a car – its the normal French way of doing stuff!
Then there is the Fiat ad where the car falls apart as the fella gets into it – another stereotype of Italian cars.

but mention Germany and the stereotype that makes you think of …!

By: BoA Wrath

BoA Wrath — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:26:29 +0000

1st time I saw this ad I had to do a double take because of the nazi standards in the ad and other references. I’m sure the Germans wouldn’t find this tongue in cheek.

But since when have the car adverts nowadays been anything about the cars.

Nissan’s xtrail ad with futureistic robots guiding its way… could you actually sue them for misrepresenting its abilities . Sure if it came with those robots it would be a bargin. The skating cars which transform into robots too or even cars made out of cake like the skoda ad… whatever will those crazy fellas think of next.