Viva Commerce! (#20)
Dear Mercedes-Benz,
Your latest spot for the C Class on the eye of hell opens with the following:
300 horsepower is fast.
400 will take your breath away.
That’s why we gave it 451.
Sorry, but I’ve just got to ask: why exactly did you give it 451?
Do you want me to lose control of the vehicle and get myself killed?
Are you trying to belittle me? Oooh, I don’t think you should buy this car. It’s much too powerful for little old you. You might hurt yourself.
Maybe it’s your idea of a dare: I just bet you can’t drive this car without killing somebody.

Kimberly Bock on 08 Oct 2008 at 11:04 am #
“How to turn your transportation into a killing machine”
S K on 18 Oct 2008 at 12:39 pm #
Anyone who has to ask why 451 HP obviously has never driven 451 HP. Drive one and then you will know why.
qwerty on 18 Oct 2008 at 3:15 pm #
Thanks, but I think I’d rather hang on to my sense of mystery and wonder about it.
J on 21 Oct 2008 at 10:09 pm #
451 is interesting – 451 Fahrenheit is the temperature that paper ignites. Coincidence?