Adgrunt AndrejX spotted these two jaw-droppingly similar twin-ads, and with a little help from Robblink the übercollector, we now have two quicktimes movies to show you.

What's faster than a racing bullet? A BMW or a VolksWagen?
Adgrunt AndrejX spotted these two jaw-droppingly similar twin-ads, and with a little help from Robblink the ¸bercollector, we now have two quicktimes movies to show you.

What's faster than a racing bullet? A BMW or a VolksWagen?

It's a quasi-effective anti-theft device.
It's a Bud Light commercial.
It's a Pepsi commercial.

Oops.

Read more for the forensics on this defensive drink device doppelgänger...

A judge has ordered Pepsi to withdraw a television commercial that has angered child-labour activists. The commercial depicts a ten-year old boy carrying pepsi to the Indian cricket team, negotiating a difficult route to them, finally emerging from an underground tunnel.

"We are against multinationals using children in advertising that shows child labour in a positive light," said activist Santosh Shinde of the Mumbai-based voluntary group Balpraful. They launched a petition in Hyderabad, where a judge ruled it should be withdrawn.

A spokesperson for Pepsi said: "The boy is obviously delighted to get an opportunity to deliver drinks to the idolised team members. It is unfortunate that the advert has caused some anxiety despite the fact that there was no such intention."

"The India media and the ad agencies are irresponsible," said Uma Bhopal Rai, who filed the petition. "They just can't convey the message that it is all right for children to work instead of being at school. They make it acceptable. The fact that millions of viewers watch them and think it is okay makes me shudder."
source: pressrelease

Update: Found it! As of this posting, the commecial can be found here.

I'm beginning to think that European and American guys shouldn't travel to Asia without some pepto-bismo....

SFGate reports that the Chevy Corvette ad directed by Guy Ritchie has become a PR nightmare. The ad shows the daydream of a young lad - clearly too young to drive - taking a sleek Chevy corvette for a fast flying ride to the tunes of Jumpin' Jack Flash. Consumer safety groups protested saying "This ad is certainly among the most dangerous, anti-safety messages to be aired on national television in recent years", and Chevy yanked it off the air.

The ad can be viewed by super adgrunts here.

SPECIAL NOTE: Super towards the bottom of the screen at the beginning of the spot: "This is a dream. Do not drive without a license. Obey all traffic laws."

Nike's new global ad, a spot on depiction of giggly teenage girls that have a crush on their handsome tennis instructor, has been withdrawn, due to it's terrible timing really. Less than two weeks ago, high-profile tennis coach Gavin Hopper was jailed for three-and-a-half years for indecently assaulting a 14-year-old student in the mid-1980s and somehow this ad reminds people of that. Nike has apologised for the "insensitive" ad Stuff.co.nz reports;

"We have decided to axe the commercial in question given current community concerns regarding recent events and our own position on the matter," Nike Australia Managing Director Tony Balfour said in a statement."We apologise to those who have been offended by the television commercial."

The commercial can be viewed here in the commercial archive by super adgrunts. The timid teenagers all turn into hard hitting Serena Williams in their bid to impress their instructor. The tagline explains "You are faster than you think".

In one of those "really sad ad" departments lastminute.com is trying to be funny ha-ha with a viral game that had some success due to it's silly content. Yesterday lastminute premiered the press and posters that go with it.