Truth Versus Advertising: Sex Is Sexier Than The Environment Edition
With the environment taking an ever-larger place in automotive advertising, it’s interesting to note that Fisker’s latest brochure puts green in its place: behind sexy. Of course these sultry images [via BusinessInsider] aren’t free from environmental overtones, featuring taglines like “designed to get you hot, not the planet,” but it’s clear that Fisker is more heavily relying on the most traditional tool in the advertising playbook. Why? For one thing, even though Fisker is delivering Karmas, the EPA has not yet certified its efficiency rating… so we don’t even know how environmentally friendly it is yet. For another the Karma’s main rival, Tesla’s forthcoming Model S, is pure electric and therefore more appealing to wealthy environmentalists. Finally, unlike environmental messaging, sex doesn’t remind people that Fisker was the beneficiary of over half a billion dollars in government loans. Plus, sex is still, well, sexy. The more things change, the more they stay the same…
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Wow, talk about a phallic symbol....
the point of the high heel stepping on the bowser nozzle is an obvious play on a standard hardcore fetish but hey... at least it's not a gathering of Nissan Leaf owners
They've had these photos on the website for a while. When I first saw them I thought they were out-of-touch, at best. So is the target Fisker customer so tasteless that these photos will appeal to him? (Clearly not a her.)
Man. I can't wait to have sex with that car... wait... No, that's right.