We guarantee this is the most “WTF?” moment you will have while watching a car commercial today - heck, maybe even the whole year. First of all, though, please acknowledge that - despite the rather good quality of the footage - the following video is not an official Mercedes-Benz commercial, nor its makers have any connection with the German manufacturer.
Second of all, some of our more squeamish users might even find it a bit NSFW, so consider yourselves advised.
If our Google Translate German is correct, the spoof commercial is actually a thesis film for a team of just three graduates from the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg in Ludwigsburg, a city near Mercedes-Benz's home in Stuttgart.
Considering all the nasty connotations that it might have had for the three-pointed star brand, especially when remembering their pre-war history, it's no wonder why the video has so many in-your-face warnings.
We don't know how the non-authorized ad was received by the people who saw it at Mercedes-Benz, but it sure shows that German dark humor does exist and it's sometimes even better than some old-school Monty Python sketches. Just take a look at the following video and tell us we're wrong.
Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project. Full profile
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