Nissan is feeling the wrath of upset Arabs, as their TV commercial that is running in Israel pokes some fun at Arab sheiks that are upset at the Nissan Tilda for being too fuel-efficient, and thus costing them oil profits. Interesting to note that the video appears to be in Russian.
So now it looks like Nissan may have caused the latest Mid-East incident as the Persian Gulf states have threatened to boycott Nissan products unless the commercial is pulled, and Nissan apologizes. Here we go again...
Full story here and here.
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ewilfong says:
10:02 AM, 08/ 7/08
Ugh. Give me a break.
ewilfong says:
10:02 AM, 08/ 7/08
Ugh. Give me a break.
orangutan says:
10:19 AM, 08/ 7/08
Where else have they been showing that commercial? The captions and voice-over at the end are certainly not Hebrew.
ateixeira says:
08:50 AM, 08/ 8/08
Kinda funny, actually.
Who feels pity for oil billionaires anyway?