Comments on: MINI’s Latest Clubman Ad Banned at the Frankfurt IAA Motorshow

By: frankie

frankie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:02:54 +0000

What’s pathetic about this is that if it was an ad for an Apple Ipod, people wouldn’t complain a bit! Ridiculous. Wonder if Apple has spread an odorless gas that makes people go brain-dead.

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Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:26:37 +0000

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By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:05:11 +0000

Excellent. Thank you, minihead.

By: minihead

minihead — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:04:52 +0000

hi there,

the song in the video is called “Baby” from “Grunge33″.

you will find a link on the banned mini myspace site.

http://www.myspace.com/banned_mini_clubman

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:13:09 +0000

Good on Mini for (quite literally) going above the heads of their competition with this advertising.

Damn this video for getting such a catchy tune stuck in my head, though. Can anyone identify it?

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Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:03:11 +0000

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By: irieman

irieman — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:31:12 +0000

Yeah! That was awesome! Kind of hard to top that. I can only imagine seeing it in person. If I were a competing brand at IAA I’d probably complain too! :)

By: Nathaniel Salzman

Nathaniel Salzman — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:41:53 +0000

The video is great! As for the whining on the part of their competitors, all I’ll say is that marketing people go out of their minds at big trade shows like this. There is so much money in play that it’s no huge surprise that some would resort to whining to the city. The sad part is that the city bowed to the pressure – although there is economic pressure to deal with there too. Lots of revenue for the city at risk if everybody isn’t happy. Still pretty lame.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:17:58 +0000

Okay, I’m dense. Why was this banned? Not the obnoxious throbbing soundtrack, I suppose. Is this an exceptionally provocative ad? Does it interest anyone in the product?

By: gokartride

gokartride — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:39:13 +0000

Three days of playing ain’t bad if the competitor’s whining gets you even more attention!! I love the “See Me Over There —>” thing. Overall…really nice idea!!!

By: greg

greg — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:03:45 +0000

Am I missing something? Why is this banned? And how do we ban anymore Clubman postings on MF? I’m sorry, did I say that out loud?

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:08:16 +0000

They’re just angry that MINI beat them to it! You can’t tell me that every company that complained, would not have tried the same thing if they thought of it.

By: SB

SB — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:37:59 +0000

As a result of high pressure caused by competitors, this projection of the interactive MINI Clubman movie has been banned by the city after three days of playing.

The old saying. If you can't beat them, join them. The new saying. If you can't beat them, whine.

Nice advertising.

By: Franz

Franz — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:56:50 +0000

What’s that tune?

By: nina simone

nina simone — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:28:57 +0000

fab! probably did MINI adverts a favor by officially banning it.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:56:51 +0000

awesome.