Dubai metro - Abandoned Cars as ad campaign

Dubai metro - Abandoned Cars as ad campaign

Here's an interesting idea from Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai. The financial crisis in Dubai 2009 had many expats suddenly receiving pink slips and their debts mounting as their paychecks vanished.
Fearing debt prison, expats fled the country, abandoning their fancy cars at the airport.
Thousands of abandoned cars were collecting sand-dust, when Saatchi had the bright idea of using them as ad space instead. They turned it around: thousands of abandoned cars

as people left Dubai

Marc Lineveldt (Executive Creative Director)
Danny Higgins (Creative Director)
Darren Jardine (Senior Art Director)
Neil Harrison (Senior Copywriter)
Tara Atkinson (Photographer)
Chandresh Rughani (Account manager)
Hema Patel (Account manager)

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