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And the award for threatening planet Earth goes to...

Posted by jamie — 12 January 2012 at 6:03pm - Comments
Darth Vader present Ivan Hodac of Acea with an award for threatening planet Eart
All rights reserved. Credit: Tim Dirvan/Greenpeace
Darth Vader present Ivan Hodac of Acea with an award for threatening planet Earth

Another bit of fun from the Brussels motor show today: an award presented by Lord Vader himself for jeopordising the future of our planet.

Together with a squad of stormtroopers, Darth Vader interrupted a speech given by Ivan Hodac, general secretary of the car industry lobbying body Acea. The dark lord presented Hodac with a gong for his achievements in blocking propressive car efficiency legislation in Europe.

Listen to Darth Vader's speech below and tremble with fear.

VW: pioneering anti-social media

Posted by jamess — 10 January 2012 at 2:20pm - Comments

After ignoring well over 1,000 comments on its Facebook pages, Volkswagen has found a new tactic: deleting them.

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VW: what a social media fail looks like

Posted by jamess — 4 January 2012 at 10:44pm - Comments

What I love about social media is that you can’t fake it.

For all the hundreds of millions of dollars companies like Volkswagen pump into their advertising machines (for VW it’s a cool £1.5bn every year) they can’t crack social media. And that’s down to one simple reason: they fear honesty. 

VW: Return of the Brian (video)

Posted by jamess — 22 December 2011 at 12:09pm - Comments
Watch the final episode of Brian the Stormtrooper - ex-VW employee
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Scroll down to watch the final episode of Brian the Stormtrooper - ex-VW employee

It's the end of the road for one of our campaign legends: Brian.

Only six months ago, Brian was working for the Dark Side - an anonymous Volkswagen employee only concerned with getting through his day job. He took orders from his superiors without questioning them. He did what he was told.

But then – suddenly - everything changed.

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